Immediatelyprepareyourtractorforstor-
ageat the end ofthe seasonorif thetrac-
torwillnot beusedfor 30 days or more.
_CAUTION: Neverstorethe tractorwith
gasolineinthetank insidea building
wherefumesmay reach anopen flameor
spark. Allowtheengineto coolbefore
storinginanyenclosure.
TRACTOR
Removemowerfrom tractorforwinter
storage.Thiswillallow youtoclean it thor-
oughly.Removealldirt,grease, leaves,
etc.Store ina clean, dryarea.
•Cleanentiretractor(See "CLEANING"
inthe Maintenancesectionofthisman-
ual).
•Inspectandreplacebelts, ifnecessary
(See beltreplacementinstructionsinthe
ServiceandAdjustmentssectionof this
manual).
•Lubricateasshowninthe Maintenance
sectionofthismanual.
• Be surethatall nuts, boltsandscrews
are securelyfastened.Inspectmoving
partsfordamage, breakageandwear.
Replaceifnecessary.
•Touchup allrustedor chippedpaintsur-
faces; sandlightlybeforepainting.
BATTERY
•Fullychargethebatteryfor storage.
•After a periodoftime instorage,battery
mayrequirerecharging.
•To helppreventcorrosionandpower
leakageduringlongperiodsofstorage,
batterycablesshouldbedisconnected
andbatterycleaned thoroughly(see
=-I0 CLEAN BATTERYANDTERMI-
NALS"inthe Maintenancesectionof
thismanual).
•Aftercleaning,leavecablesdisconnect-
ed and placecableswhere theycannot
comein contactwithbatteryterminals.
•Ifbatteryis removedfromtractorfor
storage,donot storebatterydirectlyon
concreteordampsurfaces.
ENGINE
FUEL SYSTEM
IMPORTANT: It is important to prevent
gum deposits from forming inessential
fuel system parts such as carburetor, fuel
filter, _ose,_or tank duringstorage.
Also, experience indicates that alcohol
blendedfuels(calledgasohoior using
ethanolormethanol)canattractmoisture
whichleadsto separation and formationof
acidsduringstorage.Acidicgas can dam-
agethe fuelsystemof an enginewhilein
storage.
•Drainthe fueltank.
•Startthe engineandlet itrun untilthe
fuellinesand carburetorareempty.
•Neveruse engineor carburetorcleaner
productsinthefueltank or permanent
damagemay occur.
•Usefresh fuel next season.
NOTE: Fuelstabilizerisan acceptable
alternativeinminimizingthe formation of
fuel gumdepositsduringstorage.Add sta-
bilizertogasolineinfuel tank orstorage
container.Alwaysfollow the mixratio
found onstabilizercontainer.Runengine
atleast 10 minutesafteraddingstabilizer
toallowthe stabilizertoreachthe carbure-
tor.Do notdrainthe gas tankand carbure-
torif usingfuelstabilizer.
ENGINE OIL
Drainoil (withenginewarm)and replace
withcleanengineoil. (See "ENGINE"in
the Maintenancesectionof thismanual).
CYLINDERS
•Removesparkplug(s).
• Pourone ounceof oilthroughspark
plughole(s)intocylinder(s).
•Turnignitionkeyto=START"positionfor
afew secondstodistributeoil.
•Replacewithnew sparkplug(s).
OTHER
•Do notstoregasolinefrom one season
toanother. ....
•Replaceyourgasolinecanif itstartsto
rust.Rustand/ordirtin yourgasoline
willcauseproblems.
•Ifpossible,storeyourtractorindoors
andcover itto giveprotectionfrom dust
anddirt.
•Coveryourtractorwitha suitablepro-
tectivecoverthatdoes notretainmois-
ture. Do notuse plastic.Plasticcannot
breathe,whichallowscondensationto
formandcause yourtractortorust.
IMPORTANT: Nevercovertractorwhile
engineandexhaustareas arestillwarm.
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