Form No. BOLENS1053 Jan 2018 ii
INTRODUCTION
Since an Owner And Operating Instruction Manual for a Bolens Model 1053 is hard to come by I decided to make one
to go with my tractor. While my tractor is very similar to what an original Bolens Model 1053 would look like it is not
entirely identical. I replaced a few parts with modern day equivalents (such as the throttle cable) or home made items
(such as the battery hold down bracket) as I worked into turning the remains of a Bolens 1053 back into a useable
tractor. As a result the images I have used for the majority of these pictures should not be considered 100% accurate
at depicting an original tractor – as an example I have painted the engine in my tractor Cordovan Brown where as the
original engine would have been painted the same colour as the main tractor. The majority of the text and layout is
based off of a manual for a Bolens Model 1253 from www.GTTalk.com and I have attempted to produce a document
that I feel would be very similar to an original manual. Technology has improved dramatically since the early 1970’s
when the Bolens 1053 was manufactured and as a result I have chosen to use colour photos where possible in this
document. It is my hope that this manual will assist anyone who owns or operates a Bolens Model 1053 garden
tractor. Below is a picture of the remains of the Bolens 1053 I started with and a picture of what the tractor now looks
like.
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