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Sears 917.253721 Owner's Manual page 4

Varidrive garden tractor gtv 16 twin

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CAUTION:
DO
NOT
OPERATE
VARIDRIVE
CONTROL
(FIG.
11)
UNLESS ENGINE
IS
RUNNING. DAMAGE MAY
OCCUR TO VAR
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DRIVE
SYSTEM.
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To assemble and
adjust your
Tractor
you will
need:
one 3/4"
socket, two
7/
16"
wrenches and
one
11/
16"
wrench
NOTE
:
RIGHT HAND (R.H .) AND LE
FT
HAND
(L.H
.)
ARE
DETER
MI
NED
FROM OPERATO R'S POSITION WH
ILE
SEATED
ON TRACTOR
.
ASSEMBLY
1.
Remove
Shipping
Strap
Banding,
Bundling
Wires, Battery,
Steering
Wheel and Bag of
Parts.
Al
so
there
is a
Hold
Down
Rod (shown below)
holding
f
ront
end of tractor to wood
crate.
Remove Lag
Screw
from
Hold
Down Rod and
wood
crate
.
Discard
Rod and
Screw.
2.
Fill and charge Battery
(before
installing).
NOTE: SEE
DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS
PACKAGED
WITH
BAT·
TERY.
WEAR EYE AND FACE
SHIELD.
a. Fill
Battery
with
electrolyte to
bottoms
of tubes in
cells
(
Fig.
1).
NOTE: DO
NOT
OV
ER
FILL.
OVERFILLING
WIL
L
RESULT
IN
DAMAGE TO
TRACTOR
.
WASH
HANDS
OR
CLOTHING
IMMEDI·
ATEL
Y
IF
ACCIDENTALL
Y
IN CONTACT
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WITH
ELECTROLYTE
.
b. Check level of
electrolyte after
30
minutes.
Add addi·
tional
electrolyte
if
necessary.
NOTE
:
TIGHTEN
V
ENT
CAPS SECURE
LY.
c. Charge
Battery
at a rate not
exceeding
three
amperes
for
about two
and one
half
hours.
DO
NOT
SMOKE, FUMES
FROM
CHARG·
ED
ELECTROLYTE
A
RE
EXPLOSIVE.
d.
Neutral
ize
excess
electrolyte
for disposal by adding
to
four
inches of
water
in a
five gallon
plastic
container.
Stir
with
a
wooden or plastic paddle
while
adding
bak·
ing
soda
until
the addition of more soda causes no
more
foam ing.
3. Install Battery
using:
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Battery Rod, two
Wi
ng Nuts, two
Flat
Washers,
two
Bat·
tery
Bolts,
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(g
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two Fiat
Washers,
two
Lockwashers,
two Hex
Bolt
s
and
two
Hex
Nuts
found in
Bag of
Parts.
a.
Lift
Hood from
re ar
sides (Fig.
2).
b. Remove tape from Plastic Tray
.
Make sure Drain
Tube
(Fig.
3)
is
fastened to
Drain
Hole in
Battery
Tray and
Battery Tray
is posi
tioned
in
hole of
Bat
tery
Support.
c.
Place Battery in
Plastic
Tray
(Battery
Terminals
to
front
of
T ractor) (Fig. 3).
NOTE
:
TIGHTEN
WING NUTS
SECURELY USING
YOUR THUMB AND FOREFINGER. DO
NOT
USE
TOOLS-
OVER
TIGHTENING
MAY
OVERSTRESS OR
CRACK THE
BATTERY
CASE.

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