HOW to SET UP Your Tractor, Check Battery

Craftsman 917.271142 manual HOW to SET UP Your Tractor, Check Battery, Install Seat

HOW TO SET UP YOUR TRACTOR

CHECK BATTERY

•Lift seat pan to raised position and open battery box door.

•If this battery is put into service after month and year indicated on label (label located between terminals) charge battery for minimum of one hour

at 6-10 amps. (See "BATTERY" in

MAINTENANCE section of this manual for charging instructions).

NOTE." You may now roll or drive you

tractor off the skid. Follow the appropriate instruction below to remove the tractor

from the skid.

TO ROLLTRACTOR OFF SKID (See Operation section for location and function of controls)

•	Press lift lever plunger		and raise
	attachment lift lever to its highest
	position.
•	Release parking	brake	by depressing
	clutch/brake pedal.
•	Place freewheel	control in freewheeling

Seat

Battery Box Door

Label

position to disengage transmission

(See "TO TRANSPORT" in the Opera-

tion section of this manual).

• Roll tractor forward off skid.

• Remove banding holding discharge

guard up against tractor.

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INSTALL SEAT

Adjust seat before tightening adjustment knob.

•Remove adjustment knob and flat washer securing seat to cardboard packing and set aside for assembly of seat to tractor.

•Pivot seat upward and remove from the cardboard packing. Remove the cardboard packing and discard.

•Place seat on seat pan and assemble shoulder bolt. Tighten shoulder bolt securely.

•Assemble adjustment knob and flat washer loosely. Do not tighten.

•Lower seat into operating position and sit on seat.

•Slide seat until a comfortable position is reached which allows you to press clutch/brake pedal all the way down.

•Get off seat without moving its adjusted position.

•Raise seat and tighten adjustment knob securely.

Shoulder Bolt

Seat Pan

Seat

Flat Washer

Adjustment Knob

TO DRIVE TRACTOR OFF SKID (See Operation section for location and function of controls)

_I, WARNING: Before starting, read, understand and follow all instructions in

the Operation section of this manual. Be sure tractor is in a well-ventilated area. Be

sure the area in front of tractor is clear of other people and objects.

•Be sure all the above assembly steps have been completed.

•Check engine oil level and fill fuel tank with gasoline.

•Place freewheel control in "transmis- sion engaged" position.

•Sit on seat in operating position, depress clutch/brake pedal and set the parking brake.

•Place motion control lever in neutral (N) position.

•Press lift lever plunger and raise attachment lift lever to its highest position.

•Start the engine. After engine has started, move throttle control to idle position.

•Release parking brake.

•Slowly move the motion control lever forward and slowly drive tractor oft skid.

•Apply brake to stop tractor, set parking brake and place motion control lever in neutral position.

•Turn ignition key to "OFF" position. Continue with the instructions that follow.

917.271142 specifications

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