MTD 141-760 - Page 5

GENERAL INFORMATION
ENGINE AND DRIVE TRAIN
Engine - 10 or 14 HP Synchro-Balanced Briggs & Stratton
cast iron block with 12 volt electric starter.
Transaxle - Peerless with four forward speeds and reverse.
Creeper gear - 3/4 MPH at full throttle. Fourth gear 6-1/2
MPH at full throttle. All speeds variable with throttle.
Clutch — Five and one half inch double faced disc clutch.
ORIENTATION
Your tractor is right hand (R.H.) or left hand (L.H.) as you
operate it. Direction of rotation is clockwise (C W) and
counterclockwise (C C W) as observed from the operator's
position, looking down. (Turning the steering wheel C W
would turn the tractor to the right) C W and C C W on the
vertical plane would be observed facing the R H side of the
tractor.
CLUTCH--BRAKE PEDAL
This pedal is operated with your left foot. Depress half way
down to declutch, depress all the way down to declutch and
brake, coming to a complete stop. Always depress the pedal
when shifting gears. Release pedal slowly to engage clutch.
PARKING BRAKE
The brake is located on the low L H side of the tractor. To
operate, depress the clutch-brake pedal completely and lock
it by turning the parking brake knob C W until It tightens.
To release the brake, turn the knob C C W one complete re¬
volution. (see Fig. 5)
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GEAR SHIFT LEVER
The selection of the correct gear and throttle setting will be
determined by the attachment being used. Generally, any¬
thing that uses the tractor engine as a power source should
be run at full throttle with the ground speed determined by
the gear selection.
A lock is provided to prevent accidently engaging the
creeper (1st gear) gear, (see Fig. 4)
DASH PANEL CONTROLS
IGNITION
AMMETER
LIGHTS
PARKING GEAR SHIFT
BRAKE LEVER
THROTTLE
CHOKE
FIG. 5
LIFT LEVER
The lift lever is used to change the height of the attach¬
ments such as the cutting deck, tiller and plow. To operate,
depress the thumb button, move to the desired height and
release the button.
The plow hitch operates off the lift lever and does not have
to be disconnected when attaching the cutting deck or snow
blade, (see Fig. 1)
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