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Figure 8
1.
Place hand here
9. Turn the lever of the Attach-A-Matic
counterclockwise to lock the mower to the tractor
(Fig. 9).
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Figure 9
1.
Attach-A-Matic
button
2.
Attach-A-Matic
lever
3.
Lock
10. Set the parking brake, lower the attachment lift, stop the
engine, and remove the ignition key.
Attaching the PTO Drive Belt
1. Remove the tractor grill.
Components under the hood will be hot if the
tractor has been running. If you touch hot
components you may be burned.
Allow the tractor to cool before performing
maintenance or touching components under the
hood.
Caution
2. Release the belt tension release arm on the pulley box
housing and swing it out toward you (Fig. 10).
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Figure 10
1.
Belt tension release arm
2.
Belt tension indicators
3.
Belt tension adjustment
knob
4.
Seating position for
tension arm
5.
Belt tension released
3. Extend the belt through the center of the pulley box,
between the two pulleys.
4. Position the belt into the groove of the PTO pulley
(Fig. 11), making sure it is also under the pulleys in the
pulley box.
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Figure 11
1.
Pulley box pulley
2.
PTO pulley
3.
PTO drive belt