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IMPORTANT:Yourtractorisshippedwithmotoroil in theengine.
However,youMUSTchecktheoil levelbeforeoperating.Refertothe
Service& Maintenancesectionforinstructionson checkingtheoil
level.
NOTE:Ifthebatteryisputintoserviceafterthedateshownontopof
battery,chargethebatteryasinstructedintheService& Maintenance
sectionofthismanual_the tractor.
OPENING THE TRACTOR HOOD
Toattachthebatterycablesandchecktheengineoil levelthehood
mustbeopen.Locatethehoodlift notch(Referto Figure2on page11)
atthefront/centerofthedashpanel.Graspingthehoodat thenotch,
lift andpivotthehoodforwardtoopen.
ATTACHING THE BATTERY CABLES
CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65
Batteryposts,terminals,andrelatedaccessoriescontainleadand
leadcompounds,chemicalsknowntotheStateof Californiato
causecancerandreproductiveharm.Washhandsafterhandling.
Whenattachingbatterycables,alwaysconnectthePOSITIVE(Red)
wiretoits terminalfirst,followedbytheNEGATIVE(Black)wire.
Figure1
Forshippingreasons,bothbatterycablesonyourequipmentmay
havebeenleftdisconnectedfromtheterminalsatthefactory.To
connectthebatterycables,proceedasfollows:
NOTE:ThepositivebatteryterminalismarkedPos.(+).Thenegative
batteryterminalis markedNeg.(-).
1. Removethe plasticcover,if present,fromthe positivebattery
terminaland attachthe redcableto thepositivebatteryterminal
(+)withtheboltandhexnut.See Figure1.
2. Removethe plasticcover,if present,fromthe negativebattery
terminaland attachtheblackcabletothenegativebattery
terminal(-) withtheboltandhexnut.SeeFigure1.
3. Positionthe redrubberbootoverthepositivebatteryterminalto
helpprotectit fromcorrosion.
TIRE PRESSURE
3ressureshouldbemaintainedatall times.
Thetiresonyourunitmaybeover-inflatedforshippingpurposes.
Reducethetirepressurebeforeoperatingthetractor.Recommended
operatingtirepressureisapproximately10p.s.iforthereartires &14
p.s.i,forthefronttires.Checksidewalloftireformaximump.s.i.
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