Craftsman 247.28904 Parking Brake Lever AUTO-DRIVE Pedal, Deck Lift Lever, PTO Blade Engage Lever

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PARKING BRAKE LEVER

AUTO-DRIVE PEDAL

Toset the parkingbrake: Fullydepressthe brakepedal. Movethe parkingbrakeleverintothe parkingbrakeposition.Releasethe brake pedalto allowthe parkingbraketo engage.

To release the parkingbrake: Depressthe brakepedalandthe park- ingbrakeleverwill moveoutof the parkingbrakepositionon itsown. Theparkingbrakewillthen bereleased.Releasethe brakepedal.

NOTE=The parkingbrakemustbe setif the operatorleavesthe seat withthe enginerunningor the enginewill automaticallyshutoff.

THROTTLE/CHOKE CONTROL LEVER

The drivepedal islocatedonthe rightside of the tractor,alongthe runningboard.Depressthe drivepedalforwardandthe tractorwill moveinthe directionthatthe shiftleveris engagedin. Tocausethe tractorto travelforward,whileat acompletestop,movethe shift lever intothe Forwardposition.Graduallysteponthe drivepedalandthe tractorwill beginto moveforward.Tomovein Reverse,followthe same procedureonlymovetheshift leverintothe reverseposition.

The groundspeediscontrolledwiththe drivepedal.Thefurther forwardthatthe pedalis pivoted,thefasterthe tractorwill travel. The pedalwill returnto its originalpositionwhenit'snot depressed.

Thethrottle/chokecontrolleveris locatedonthe right sideof the trac- tor'sdash panel.This levercontrols the speedof the engineand when pushedall thewayforward,the chokecontrolalso. Whensetin

agivenposition,thethrottlewill maintaina uniformenginespeed.

IMPORTANT=Whenoperating the tractorwiththe cuttingdeck engaged,thethrottle/chokecontrol levermustalwaysbe inthe FAST (rabbit)position.

CHOKE

FAST l=, m

SLOW

Referto the Operationsectionof thismanualfor detailedinstructions regardingthedrive pedal.

IMPORTANT= Alwayssetthe parkingbrakewhenleavingthe tractor unattended.

DECK LIFT LEVER

Foundonyour tractor'srightfender,the deckliftleveris used to changethe heightof the cuttingdeck.To use,movethe leverto the left, thenplacein the notchbestsuitedfor your application.

PTO (BLADE ENGAGE) LEVER

Foundonthe tractor'srightfender,the PTO(bladeengage) leveris usedto engagepowerto the cuttingdeckorother

IGNITION SWITCH MODULE

Thekeyswitchmoduleisusedto

startand stopthe engine.Itis also @ usedto activatethe ReverseCaution Mode(bladesoperatewhileriding

in reverse).Insertkeyinto the key switchmoduleandturn clockwiseto the STARTposition.Releasethe key intothe normalmowingpositiononce enginehas started.Theheadlights will beactivatedin the Normal(and ReverseCaution)modes.

Tostopthe engine,turnthe ignitionkey counterclockwiseto theSTOPposition.

IMPORTANT:Priorto operatingthe tractor,referto boththe "Safety InterlockSystem"and"StartingThe Engine"laterin thissectionof this manualfor detailedinstructionsregardingthe IgnitionSwitchModule andoperatingthe tractorin REVERSECAUTIONMODE.

Neverleavea runningmachineunattendedAlwaysdisengagePTO. (BladeEngageLever),moveshiftleverintoneutralposition,setpark- ingbrake,stopengineandremovekeyto preventunintendedstarting.

SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER

The seatadjustmentleveris locatedunderthe front ofthe seat.Toadjustthe seat,slidetheseatadjustmentleverto the left andslidetheseatforwardor rearward.Makesure seatis lockedinto positionbeforeoperatingthetractor.

(separatelyavailable)attachments.Tooperate,movethe leverall thewayforward.Movingthe leverallthe way rearwardintothe PTOOFFpositiondisengagespowerto the cuttingdeck/attachment.

NOTE: The PTO(bladeengage)levermustbe inthe disengaged(PTOOFF)positionwhenstartingthe engine.

CUP HOLDER

The tractor'scup holderis locatedon the fenderto the left of the seat.

SHIFT LEVER

The shift leveris locatedonthe left sideof the fenderand hasthree positions,FORWARD,NEUTRAL and REVERSETheclutch.-brake pedalmustbedepressedandthe tractormustnot be inmotionwhen the movingshift lever. IMPORTANT=Neverforcethe shiftlever.Doingso mayresultin

seriousdamageto the tractor's

transmission._J

CLUTCH-BRAKE PEDAL

The clutch-brakepedalis locatedonthe left sideof the lawntractor, alongthe runningboard.Depressthe clutch-brakepedalto engagethe disc brakeandbringthe tractorto a completestop.

NOTE=The pedalmustbe depressedto startthe engine.Referto SafetyInterlockSwitcheslaterin thissectionof thismanual.

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