WARNING
Use extreme care when
handling gasoline.
Gasoline is extremely
flammable and the
vapors are explosive.
Never fuel machine
indoors or while the en-
gine is hot or running.
Extinguish cigarettes,
cigars, pipes, and other
sources of ignition.
Make sure the riding
mower's engine is off,
remove the ignition
key,and set the parking
brake before removing
the shipping brace.
Thedeck chuteshipping
brace,usedfor shipping
purposesonly,mustbe
! removedand discarded
i beforeoperatingyour
i ridingmower.
Opening the Tractor Hood
Toattachthenegativebatterycableandcheckthe
engineoil levelthehoodmustbe open,Locatethehood
lift notch(Referto Figure4 on page10)at the front/cen-
terofthedashpanel, Graspingthe hoodat the notch,
lift andpivotthe hoodforwardto open,
Attaching the Battery Cables
Thetractoris shippedwithanactivatedsealedbattery,
Thepositivebatterycableis factoryconnected,The
negativecablemustbeconnected,Thepositivebattery
terminalismarkedPos,(+),The negativebattery
terminalismarkedMeg,(-),
IMPORTANT:Makesuretheignitionswitchis in the
"OFF"positionbeforeattachingthebatterycables.
• Fromthecenternotchat thefrontof the dashpanel,
lift thetractorhoodandpivotforwardto open,
• Removethehex shoulderboltand wingnutfromthe
negative(black)cable,
WingNut
Figure 1
• Pullthe protectivecap,if present,offthenegative
batteryterminal,Attachthe negativecable(heavy
blackwire)tothenegativebatteryterminal(-) with
theboltandwingnut,SeeFigure1,
• Thepositivecable(redcable)is securedto the
positivebatteryterminal(+)witha carriagebolt and
hexseresnutatthefactory,Makecertainthatthe
rubberbootcoversthe positivebatteryterminal,
NOTE:Ifthe batteryis putintoserviceafterthe date
shownontopofbattery,chargethe batteryas instructed
onpage24ofthis manualpriortooperatingthetractor.
Gas and Oil Fill-up
4_ WARNING:Useextremecarewhen
handlinggasoline.Gasolineis extremely
flammableandthevaporsareexplosive.
Neverfuel machineindoorsor while
theengineishotor running.Extinguish
cigarettes,cigars,pipes,andother
sourcesofignition.
NOTE:Purchasegasolineinsmallquantities.Do notuse
gasolineleft overfromthepreviousseason,to minimize
gumdepositsin the fuelsystem.
• Thisengineis certifiedto operateon unleaded
gasoline.Forbestresults,fillthefueltankwithonly
clean,fresh,unleadedgasolinewitha pumpsticker
octaneratingof87or higher.Incountriesusingthe
Researchmethod,it shouldbe90 octaneminimum.
• Unleadedgasolineisrecommendedbecauseit leaves
lesscombustionchamberdepositsand reduces
harmfulexhaustemissions.Leadedgasolineisnot
recommendedandmust notbe usedwhereexhaust
emissionsareregulated.
• Gasohol(upto 10%ethylalcohol,90%unleaded
gasolineby volume)is anapprovedfuel.Other
gasoline/alcoholblendsare notapproved.
• MethylTertiaryButylEther(MTBE)and unleaded
gasolineblends(uptoa maximumof 15%MTBEby
volume)areapprovedfuels.Othergasoline/ether
blendsarenotapproved.
Thegasolinetankis undertherearfender,withthefuel
fillcaplocatedinthecenterofthe rearfender. Thefuel
capistetheredtothetractortopreventitsloss.Donot
attempttoremovethecapfromthetractor.
IMPORTANT:Yourtractoris shippedwithmotoroil in the
engine.However,you MUSTchecktheoillevelbefore
operating.Referto 'checkingtheoillevel inthe Maintain-
ingyour Tractor-Section6 of thismanual.Becarefulnot
tooverfill.
Mulching Plug and Shipping Brace
Removal
WARNING:Makesuretheriding
mower'sengineis off,removethe
ignitionkey,andset theparkingbrake
beforeremovingtheshippingbrace.
,__ WARNING:Theshippingbrace,used
forpackagingpurposesonly,mustbe
removedanddiscardedbeforeoperating
yourridingmower.
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