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Federal laws apply on federal lands. A spark arrester for the muffler is available through your nearest engine authorized service dealer or contact the service department, P.O. Box 361131 Cleveland, Ohio 44136-0019. MTD LLC, P.O. BOX 361131 CLEVELAND, OHIO 44136-0019 FORM NO. 769-00658.fm PRINTED IN U.S.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Content Page Important Safe Operation Practices..............3 Loose Parts ....................... 6 Assembly......................7 Operation ......................10 Parts List......................11 Warranty......................12 FINDING MODEL NUMBER This Operator’s Manual is an important part of your new lawn tractor. It will help you assemble, prepare and maintain the unit for best performance.
SECTION 1: IMPORTANT SAFE OPERATION PRACTICES WARNING: This symbol points out important safety instructions which, if not followed, could endanger the personal safety and/or property of yourself and others. Read and follow all instructions in this manual before attempting to operate this machine. Failure to comply with these instructions may result in personal injury.
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26. Use only accessories and attachments approved for this dump cart, lawn roller, etc.) on slopes greater than 5 machine by the machine manufacturer. Read, degrees. When going down hill, the extra weight tends to understand and follow all instructions provided with the push the tractor and may cause you to loose control.
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or trailer bed with a plastic liner. Always place complete stop within approximately (5) five seconds after containers on the ground away from your vehicle operating the blade disengagement control. If the blades before filling. do not stop within the this time frame, your unit should be When practical, remove gas-powered equipment serviced professionally by an authorized dealer.
SECTION 2: LOOSE PARTS The grass catcher kit is shipped with following loose parts in the carton. Please remove all loose parts, including the hardware pack, from the carton before discarding it. Compare with Figure 1 to check that all parts were included. Note that the kit and the hardware pack contain extra items which are not used on your unit.
SECTION 3: ASSEMBLY NOTE: References to LEFT, RIGHT , FRONT and • Position the hooked ends of the mounting bracket REAR of the tractor are from the operator’s position. assembly to the outside of the hitch plate and over • Before assembly, place the tractor on a firm, level the shoulder bolts just installed on both sides of the surface, disengage the PTO, stop the tractor...
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• Attach the grass bags using the slots shown in NOTE: The hex flange nut has a right-handed thread Figure 6. Close the grasscatcher cover. pattern. Do NOT attempt to force the nut in an incorrect direction. Doing so may damage the nut and create a safety hazard.
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• Raise the chute deflector on the deck and hold it • Raise the deck back to its highest position. while you position the discharge chute over the • Insert the curved end of chute tube into the hole in chute opening.
SECTION 4: OPERATION Your triple bagger kit is a valuable accessory to your the bags away from the support tube assembly. tractor. Optimize its performance by operating See Figure 12B. correctly. Do not try to fit it to tractors other than those •...
MANUFACTURER’S LIMITED WARRANTY FOR: The limited warranty set forth below is given by MTD LLC with MTD LLC does not extend any warranty for products respect to new merchandise purchased and used in the sold or exported outside of the United States, its United States, its possessions and territories.
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