Sears 917.255741 manual Tractor Operatoon on Niills, Your Tractor, Transportiingyour Tractor

TRACTOR OPERATION

1, Depress Lift Lever Plunger at top of Mower Lift Lever and move Lever rearward to its "HIGHEST" position (Fig 23).

2, With engine running and warm, place Throttle Control Lever midway between "FAST" and "SLOW" position

3, Move Gear Shift Lever to "1ST" Gear (Fig 24)

4_ Release Clutch-Brake Pedal SLOWLY to start forward movement,

5, tf ground travel is too slow, move Throttle Control Lever

to AST posltmon or press Clutch-Brake Pedal to stop and shift to a different gear. NOTE: ALWAYS SELECT A GROUND TRAVEL SPEED THAT WILL SUIT THE

TERRAIN AND THE ATTACHMENT BEING USED, NEVER CHANGE GEARS WHILE TRACTOR IS MOV- ING.

MAKE SURE PARKING BRAKE WILL

HOLD TRACTOR SECURE

NEVER PLACE YOUR HANDS OR FEET

IN OR UNDER ANY POWERED ATTACH-

MENT OR NEAR ANY MOVING PART

WHILE TRACTOR OR ANY POWERED

ATTACHMENT IS RUNNING,

NOTE: ALWAYS OPERATE ENGINE AT FULL THROTTLE WHEN MOWING TO ASSURE BETTER MOWING PER-

FORMANCE, LONG ENGINE LfFE AND PROPER DIS-

CHARGE OF CUT MATERIAL REGULATE GBOUND SPEED BY SELECTING A LOW ENOUGH GEAR (FIG,

24)TO GtVE THE MOWER CUTTING PERFORMANCE PLUS QUALITY OF CUT DESIRED

OUT THE DEFLECTOR SHIELD (DIS-

DO NOT OPERATE THE MOWER WITH-

CHARGE GUARD) IN PLACE,

LEVER PLUNGER

MOWER LIFT LEVER

"HIGHEST- POSITION

\

"*LOWEST"

POSITION

FIGURE 23

	PARKING
	BRAKE
	"ENGAGED'"
	'ION
	"DISENGAGED"
"CLUTCH"	POSITION
POSITION

I		GEAR
	CLUTCH/BRAKE,,_	LEVER/.	f_
"CLUTCH/BRAK	E'>' "DRIVE"	_/._
POSITION	"_ POSITION	7 -	FIGURE 24

TRACTOR OPERATOON ON NIILLS

WITH SLOPES GREATER THAN 1

DO NOT DRIVE UP OR DOWN HILLS

AND DO NOT DRIVE ACROSS ANY

SLOPE, REFER TO PAGE 43.

t Move Gear Shift Lever to "1ST" Gear before starting up or down hills.

2, AVOID STOPPING OR SHIFTING ON HILLS

a, If slowing is necessary, move Throttle Control Lever to slower position

STOPPING			YOUR			TRACTOR
I	Push	ClutchoBrake	Pedal			completely		into "BRAKE" posi-
	tion,
2,	Move Gear Shift Lever to					_'NEUTRAL"		position,
3,	Place	•	.	It	ENGAGED		II	. ,	,
		Parking Brake m						position=	Raise Park-
	ing Brake Lever and hotd in "ENGAGED" position (Fig,
	24), Release Clutch-Brake Pedal
		CLUTCH-BRAKE PEDAL SHOULD RE-
		MAIN	COMPLETELY DEPRESSED						WHEN
		FOOT PRESSURE IS RELEASED,

4 Move Throttle Control Lever to "SLOW" position

5 Disengage Mower Blade Clutch Lever

6 Turn Ignition Key to "OFF" position

LEAVE ENOUGH ROOM WHEN STOP-

SLIGHT TRACTOR ROLL DOWNHILL

PING AND STARTING TO ALLOW

AS CLUTCH-BRAKE PEDAL MOVES

THROUGH CLUTCH POSITION

b. If stopping is absolutely necessary, push Clutch-Brake

Pedal quickly to brake position and engage Parking Brake=

c., To restart tractor movement, make sure tractor is in the

IIti

lowest speed range ( 1ST Gear) and that you have allowed room to roll slightly downhill. Depress Clutch- Brake fully, Disengage Parking Brake and release Clutch-

Brake Pedal SLOWLY to start tractor movement.
3,, Make all turns gradually	- 13-

REMOVE KEY WHEN LEAVING TRAC-

TOR TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED

USE.

BRING TRACTOR TO COMPLETE STOP

BEFORE SHIFTING GEARS

TRANSPORTIINGYOUR TRACTOR

For pushing or towing your tractor, place Gear Shift Lever

in "NEUTRAL" plosition (Fig 24) Push Clutch-Brake Pedal

down firmly to DISENGAGE Parking Brake (Fig.-'2;_}::

NOTE: DO NOT TOW YOUR TRACTOR FASTER THAN S!X MILES PER HOUR_