Craftsman 247.889980 manual 42.0, Gear Shift Lever, Systems Indicator Monitor/Hour Meter

GEAR SHIFT LEVER SYSTEMS INDICATOR MONITOR/HOUR METER

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Usethisleverto selectanyof four forwardgroundspeeds,neutral,or reverse.

Forward

Fourforwardspeedsareavailable.Positionone (1)is the slowestand positionfour(4) is thefastest.

Reverse

Toselectreverse,putthe leverin the Reverse(R) position.

Lookbehindthe mowerbeforeandduringreverseoperation.Stopthe mowerbladesbeforeoperatingin reverse.

Neutral

Placethe leverinneutral(N) beforestartingthe mowerandwhenthe moweris not inuse. In addition,the mowercan be manuallypushed orpulledby placingthe gearshiftleverinto N (neutral)positionand pressingthe drivecontrolagainstthe handlebargrip.

Alwaysreleasethe drivecontrolbeforechangingspeeds.Failureto doso mayresultin seriousdamageto yourtransmission.

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LCD

Whenthe ignitionkeyis rotatedout of the STOPpositionbut not intothe STARTposition,the systemsindicatormonitordisplaysthe battery'soutput,involts,onits LCDfor approximatelyfiveseconds, afterwhichit displaysan hourglassandthe hoursof moweroperation. Oncethe engineis started,the monitorcontinuallydisplaysan hour glassandthe hoursof moweroperationon its LCD.SeeFigure10.

NOTE:Hoursof moweroperationarerecordedanytimethe ignition keyis rotatedout of the STOP_i _ position,regardlessof whetherthe engineis started.

The IndicatorMonitorwill also remindthe operatorof maintenance intervalsfor changingthe engineoil. The LCDwill alternatelyflashthe recordedhours,"CHG"and"OIL'forfive minutes,afterevery50 hours of recordedoperationelapse.The maintenanceintervallastsfor two hours(from50-52, 100-102,150-152,etc.). The LeD willalso flash as describedabovefor fiveminuteseverytimethe mower'sengine hasbeenstartedduringthismaintenanceinterval.Beforethe interval expires,changetheengineoilas instructedinthe Maintenancesection of this Operator'sManual.

Battery

Itis normalfor the Batterylightto illuminatewhilethe engineis crankingduringstart-up,but if it illuminatesduringoperation,whilethe engineis running,the batteryis in needof a chargeor the engine's chargingsystemis not generatingsufficientamperage.Chargethe batteryas instructedin the Servicesectionof thismanualor havethe chargingsystemcheckedby Searsor anotherqualifiedservicedealer.

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