Craftsman 987.889 Operation, Knowyourequipment, OperatorPresenceControl, Meets Ansi B71.1

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OPERATION

KNOWYOUREQUIPMENT

READ THIS OWNER'S MANUALAND ALL SAFETY RULES BEFORE OPERATING YOUR EQUIPMENT. Know the location and function of all features and controls on the equipment. Save this manual for future reference.

MEETS ANSI B71.1 - 1996

SAFETY STANDARD

This machine meets voluntary safety standard B71.1 - 1996, which is sponsored by the Outdoor

Power Equipment Institute, Inc., and is published by the American

National Standards Institute, Inc.

Operating Symbols

Various symbols are used on the mower to indicate control settings (your model may not have all of the symbols). These symbols are

shown below with a description of their meaning.

IMPORTANT: The mower is equipped with a blade-brake-clutchcontrol system which is designed to stop the mower blades within three (3) seconds after release of the Operator Presence Control. This system will stop the blades but not the engine. Therefore, you can disengage the blade drive at anytime without having to stop and restart the engine. This feature is particularly useful when you need to cross gravel drives or rough ter- rain and you do not want the spin- ning blades to strike stones or hid- den obstacles.

WARNING

The blade-brake-clutch con- trol system should stop the mower bladeswithin three (3) seconds after release of the Operator PresenceControl. If the blades do not stop within three-(3) seconds,pot the En- gine Throttle Control in the STOP position. Disconnect the sparkplug wire and do not operate the mower until the blade-brake-clutch control system hasbeen repaired_

FAST SLOW CHOKE

ENGINE ENGINE ENGINE STOP START RUN

ENGAGE DISENGAGE

LOCATIONANDUSEOF

CONTROLS

OperatorPresenceControl

This lever (A, Figure 3-1) regu- lates the operation of the rear

wheel brake and the separate Blade Drive Control.

To engage the Operator Pres- ence Control, press and hold the lever against the handlebar grip.

Engaging the lever releases the brake on the rear wheels (allows wheels to turn). The engaged po- sition also permits the separate Blade Drive Control to lock in its engaged position (allows the mow-

er blades to turn).

Releasing the lever (disengaged position) applies the rear wheel brake and quickly stops the wheels. Releasing the lever will also disengage the Blade Drive

Control, which will apply a brake that stops the blades within three

(3) seconds.

Always disengage the Operator Presence Control before starting the engine. Always engage this

control before engaging the sepa- rate blade drive or wheel drive

controls.

A- OPERATOR

PRESENCECONTROL

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Figure 3-1 ,

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987.889 specifications

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