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Maintaining
Your Lawn
Tractor
Figure 6-
IMPORTANT
Make certain the
tractor’s discharge chute
is directed AWAY from
your house, garage,
parked cars, etc.
NOTE:
Refer to page 26 for information regarding this
and other separately-available attachments & acces-
sories for your tractor.
1. Drive the tractor to a level, clear spot on your lawn,
near enough to a water sillcock (spigot) for your
garden hose to reach.
IMPORTANT
: Make certain the tractor’s discharge chute
is directed AWAY from your house, garage, parked cars,
etc.
2. Disengage the PTO (Blade Engage), move the shift
lever into the neutral position, set the parking brake,
and stop the engine.
3. Thread the hose coupler (packaged with your tractor’s
Operator’s Manual) onto the end of your garden hose.
4. Attach the hose coupler to the water port on your
decks surface.
5. Turn the water on.
6. While sitting in the operator’s position on the tractor,
re-start the engine and place the throttle lever in the
FAST (rabbit) position.
7. Disengage the parking brake.
8. Move the tractor’s PTO (Blade Engage) into the ON
position.
9.
Remain in the operator’s position
with the cutting
deck engaged for a minimum of two minutes, allowing
the underside of the cutting deck to thoroughly rinse.
10. Move the tractor’s PTO (Blade Engage) into the OFF
position.
11. Turn the ignition key to the STOP position to turn the
tractor’s engine off and engage the parking brake.
12. Turn the water off and detach the hose coupler from
the water port on your decks surface.
13. Repeat steps 4-11 on the opposite side of the cutting
deck.
Cutting Deck Removal
To remove the cutting deck, proceed as follows:
1. Place the PTO (Blade Engage) knob (or lever) in the
disengaged (OFF) position and engage the parking
brake.
2. Lower the deck by moving the deck lift lever into the
bottom notch on the right fender.
3. Remove the hairpin clip that secures the PTO cable to
the rear of the cutting deck. See Fig. 6-3. Remove the
PTO cable and accompanying spring from the cutting
deck.
4. Remove the deck belt from around the tractor’s
engine pulley.
5. Looking at the cutting deck from the left side of the
tractor, locate the deck support pin on the rear left
side of the deck. See Fig. 6-4.
6. Pull the deck support pin outward to release the deck
from the deck lift arm.
7. Rotate the pin slightly toward the rear of the tractor
and release the pin into the hole provided.
Support Pin
Figure 6-4
PTO Cable
Spring
Hairpin Clip
Figure 6-3