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Section 1 - Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
1.1 The Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.2 Service and Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.3 Product Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.4 Unauthorized Replacement Parts . . . . . . . 1-3
1.5 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.6 Technical Service Communications . . . . . . 1-3
1.7 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Section 2 - Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.1 Safety Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.2 Signal Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.3 Notations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.4 Practices and Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.5 Required Operator Training . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
2.6 Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
Section 3 - Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7
Section 4 - General Maintenance
& Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
4.1 Controls and Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
4.2 Filling The Fuel Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4.3 General Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4.4 Checking Fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4.5 Checking Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
4.6 Changing Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4.7 Checking Engine Cooling. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4.8 Cleaning The Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4.9 Changing The Air Cleaner Element . . . . . 4-17
4.10 Checking The Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
4.11 Checking The Transmission Fluid (Hydro)4-18
4.12 Priming The Transmission (Hydro). . . . . 4-18
4.13 Checking The PTO Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
4.14 Adjustment Of Transmission Neutral
(Hydro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19
4.15 Adjustment Of Transaxle Neutral (Gear) 4-19
4.16 Adjustment Of Directional Control Pedal 4-20
4.17 Adjusting The Brake (Hydro) . . . . . . . . . 4-20
4.18 Adjusting The Brake (Gear) . . . . . . . . . . 4-20
4.19 Adjusting The Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
4.20 Mower Deck Belt Adjustment. . . . . . . . . 4-21
4.21 Mower Belt Replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
4.22 Mower Spindle Lubrication/
Jackshaft Lubrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21
4.23 Transaxle Belt Replacement . . . . . . . . . 4-22
4.24 Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22
Section 5 - Engine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
5.1 Engine Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
5.2 Engine Removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
5.3 Engine Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Section 6 - Hydro Drive Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25
6.1 Hydro Transmission Troubleshooting . . . . 6-25
6.2 Fluids/Greases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26
6.3 Hydro Transmission Removal . . . . . . . . . 6-26
6.4 Hydro Transmission Repair (Minor) . . . . . 6-27
6.5 Hydro Transmission Repair (Major) . . . . . 6-28
6.6 Hydro Transmission Installation . . . . . . . . 6-33
Section 7 - Gear Drive Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34
7.1 Gear Transmission Troubleshooting. . . . . 7-34
7.2 Gear Transaxle Removal (Peerless) . . . . 7-35
7.3 Transaxle Teardown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35
7.4 Transaxle Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36
Section 8 - Steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
8.1 Steering Unit Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
8.2 Steering Unit Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
8.3 Tie Rod Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Section 9 - Lift System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-38
9.1 Lift System Over View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
9.2 Lift System Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
9.3 Lift System Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Section 10 - Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
10.1 Fuel System Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . 10-39
10.2 Fuel Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
10.3 Fuel System Contamination. . . . . . . . . 10-40
10.4 Fuel Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Section 11 - Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-41
11.1 Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-41
11.2 Electrical Measurements . . . . . . . . . . . 11-41
11.3 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-42
11.4 Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-43
11.5 Solenoid And Relays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-44
11.6 Lighting Circuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-45
11.7 Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-45
11.8 Diodes And Rectifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-46
11.9 Electric Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-46
11.10 Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-46
11.11 Switch Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-48
11.12 Wiring Diagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-52
Section 12 - Mower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-62
12.1 40" And 48" Mower Removal . . . . . . . . 12-62
12.2 40" And 48" Mower Installation . . . . . . 12-62
12.3 40" Mower Spindle Removal . . . . . . . . 12-62
12.4 40" Spindle Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-62
12.5 Spindle Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-63
12.6 40" Jackshaft Removal And Repair . . . 12-63
12.7 40" Jackshaft Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 12-63
Section 13 - Sno-Thro Attachment . . . . . . . 13-64
13.1 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-64
13.2 Shear Bolt Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 13-64
13.3 Mule Drive Belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-64
13.4 Power Take Off (PTO) Belt . . . . . . . . . . 13-64
13.5 Auger/Impeller Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 13-64
13.6 Oil And Grease Locations . . . . . . . . . . 13-64
13.7 Scraper Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-65
13.8 Runners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-65
13.9 Discharge Chute Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-65
13.10 Auger/Impeller, Gear Case Removal . 13-65
13.11 Gear Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-65
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