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RETAI
NER
SPRING
FIGURE
32
FIGURE
33
I
TRANSAXLE
PULLEY
BELT GUIDE
RETAINER
BRACKET
SPRING
SHIFT
GATE
l.H.
SIDE
BELT GUIDE
REAR
VIEWED FROM BOTTOM OF TRACTOR
FIGURE 34
3. REPLACE
TRACTOR MOTION DRIVE
BELT
The tractor Drive
Belt
may be replaced without
tools.
Park
the tractor on level area.
Engage Parking Brake.
NOTE:
BELT INSTALLATION
DECAL UNDER
LEFT
FOOT·
REST.
a.
Remove
mower. (See Mower
Section,
page
20).
b.
Remove two
Retainer Springs from Belt
Guide Bracket
below Transaxle
Pulley.
Remove
Bracket
(Fig. 32).
c. Swing Belt Guides
away
from Belt, toward
rear
of
trao-
tor (Fig. 32).
d. Roll Belt over top of Transaxle Pulley.
e.
Roll Belt over
Engine
Pulley and off Idler
(Fig. 34).
f.
Release
Parking Brake.
Pull
Belt as far as possible over
top
of Clutch Pulley.
g.
Reset
Parking Brake.
Pull
Belt
over top of
Clutch Pulley
(Fig
. 34).
h.
Pull
Belt out through
Sh
ift
Gate to
remove from trac-
tor
(Fig.
33).
Install Belt by
reversing above
procedure.
NOTE:
RE-
PLACEONLYWITH
BELT LISTED
IN
MANUAL.
4. CLEAN BATTERY AND TERMINALS
-
18.
Corrosion
and,, dirt
11
on the
Battery and
Terminals
cause
the Battery
to leak power.
LEAD·ACID BATTERIES
GENERATE
EX-
PLOSIVE
GASES.
KEEP SPARKS, FLAME,
AND
SMOKING
MATERIALS
AWAY
FROM BATTERIES
ALWAYS
SHIELD
YOUR
EYES AROUND BATTERIES.
a.
Disconnect
BLACK
Battery Cable then RED Battery
Cable
and remove
Battery
from
Tractor. Wash
Battery
w
ith
four
tablespoons of
baking
soda to one gallon of
water. NOTE:
BE CAREFUL NOT TO GET
THE
SODA
SOLUTION
INTO THE CELLS. Rinse the Battery
w
ith
plain water, dry
and
reinstall
on Tractor.
b.
Clean
Terminals and
Battery Cable ends with a wire
brush
until
bright. Replace
Battery Cables,
connecting
RED Battery
Cable
to Positive
Terminal
first, then
BLACK
Battery Cable
to
Negative Terminal. Coat ter·
minal connections with
Vasoline.
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