Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 917.27317 Craftsman
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Owner's Manual JCRIIFTSMIIN'J LAWN TRACTOR 17.5 HP, 42" Mower Electric Start 6 Speed Transaxle Model No. 917.273170 [_ This product has a low emission engine which operates differently from previously built engines. Before you start the engine, read and understand this Owner's Manual.
Warranty ................................................. 2 Safety Rules ........................................... 3 Product Specifications ............................ 6 Assembly/Pre-Operation ........................ 8 Operation .................
IMPORTANT: This cutting machine is capable of amputating hands and feet and throw- ing objects. Failure to observe the following safety instructions could result in serious injury or death.
DO: Mow up and down slopes, not across. Remove obstacles such as rocks, tree limbs, etc. Watch for holes, ruts, or bumps. Un- even terrain could overturn the machine. Tall grass can hide obstacles. Use slow speed. Choose a low gear so that you will not have to stop or shift while on the slope.
• Be sure the area is clear of other people before mowing. Stop machine if anyone enters the area. • Never carry passengers or children even with the blades off. • Do not mow in reverse unless abso- lutely necessary. Always look down and behind before and while backing.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Gasoline 1.25 Capacity and Unleaded Type: Regular Oil Type SAE 10W30 (above 32°F ' API-SG-SL): SAE 5W-30(below 32°F Oil Capacity: W/Filter: 4.0 Pints W/O Filter: 3.5 Pints Spark Plug: Champion RC12YC Gap: .040") Ground Speed (MPH): Forward: 1 st 1.
Lt] Steering Wheel Insert Steering Wheel (1) Hex Bolt 1/4-28 x 1-1/4 Steering Wheel Adapter <b (1) Locknut 1/2-20 (1) Large Flat Washer O1 (1) Locknut 1/4-28 Steering Extension Shaft Boot Seat (1)W.
Your new tractor has been assembled at the factory with the exception of those parts left unassembled for shipping purposes. To ensure safe and proper operation of your tractor all parts and hardware you assemble must be tightened securely. Use the correct tools as necessary to insure proper tightness.
5. Pivot seat and pan forward and as- semble adjustment knob and flat washer loosely. Do not tighten. 6. Lower seat into operating position and sit in seat. 7. Slide seat until a comfortable position is reached which allows you to press clutch/brake pedal all the way down.
INSTALL MULCHER PLATE (If previously removed) 1. Raise and hold deflector shield in upright position. 2. Place front of mulcher plate over front of mower deck opening and slide into place, as shown. 3. Hook front latch into hole on front of mower deck.
These symbols may appear on your tractor or in literature supplied with the product. Learn and understand their meaning. R N H L I'.,I REVERSE NEUTRAL HIGH LOW CHOKE FAST SLOW IGNITION ENGINE OFF.
KNOW YOUR TRACTOR READ THIS OWNER'S MANUAL AND SAFETY RULES BEFORE OPERATING YOUR TRACTOR Compare the illustrations with your tractor to familiarize yourself with the locations of various controls and adjustments. Save this manual for future reference.
The operation of any tractor can result in foreign objects thrown into the eyes, which can result in severe eye damage. Always wear safety glasses or eye shields while operating your tractor or performing any adjustments or repairs. We recommend a wide vision safety mask over spectacles or standard safety glasses.
• The average lawn should be cut to approxi- mately 2-1/2 inches during the cool season and to over 3 inches during hot months. Attachment / For healthier and better looking lawns, mow Clutch Lever often and after moderate growth. "Enc For best cutting performance, grass over 6 inches in height should be mowed twice.
BEFORE STARTING THE ENGINE CHECK ENGINE OIL LEVEL The engine in your tractor has been shipped, from the factory, already filled with summer weight oil. 1. Check engine oil with tractor on level ground. 2. Unthread and remove oil fill cap/ dipstick; wipe oil off.
COLD WEATHER STARTING ( 50 ° F and below) 6. When engine starts, leave throttle control in choke position until engine warms up and begins to run roughly.
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE I"_,_ ,_ _,_ _ o._. ,_ REGULAR SERVICE DATES cC:I: ;kk Birak;iOp;r ra: ion _ _' Check Operator Presence and T Interlock Systems I_ a Check for Loose Fasteners _ 11_5 Sha.
TRACTOR Always observe safety rules when per- forming any maintenance. BRAKE OPERATION If tractor requires more than six (6) feet stopping distance at high speed in highest gear, then brake must be adjusted. (See "TO ADJUST BRAKE" in the Service and Adjustments section of this manual).
NOTE: The original equipmentbattery on your tractor is maintenance free. Do not attempt to open or removecaps or covers. Adding or checking level of electrolyte is not necessary. TO CLEAN BATTERY AND TERMINALS Corrosion and dirt on the battery and terminals can cause the battery to "leak" power.
AIR FILTER Your engine will not run properly using a dirty air filter. Clean the foam pre-cteaner after every 25 hours of operation or every season. Service paper cartridge every 100 hours of operation or every season, whichever occurs first. Service air cleaner more often under dusty conditions.
WARNING: TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY, BEFORE PERFORMING ANY SERVICE OR ADJUSTMENTS: 1. Depress clutch/brake pedal fully and set parking brake. 2. Place gearshift lever in neutral (N) position. 3. Place attachment clutch in "DISENGAGED" position.
TO LEVEL MOWER HOUSING Adjust the mower while tractor is parked on level ground or driveway. Make sure tires are properly inflated (See "PROD- UCT SPECIFICATIONS" section of this manual). If tires are over or underinflated, you will not properly adjust your mower.
Mandrel With Parking Brake "Engaged" Idler Pulleys Mandrel Pulley Nut TO CHECK AND ADJUST BRAKE Your tractor is equipped with an adjustable brake system which is mounted on the right side of the transaxle.
Enc Clutchin_ Center .Span Keeper Stationaryldler Transaxle TRANSAXLE GEAR SHIFT LEVER NEU- TRAL ADJUSTMENT The transaxle should be in neutral when the gear shift lever is in neutral (N) (lock gate) position. The adjustment is preset at the factory; however, if adjustment is needed, proceed as follows: 1.
TO REMOVE CABLES, REVERSE ORDER - 1. BLACK cable first from chassis and then from the fully charged battery. 2. RED cable last from both batteries. 02614 Weak or Dead Fully Charged Battery Battery REPLACING BATTERY _,WARNING: Do not short battery terminals by allowing a wrench or any other object to contact both terminals at the same time.
ENGINE Maintenance, repair, or replacement of the emission control devices and systems, which are being done at the customers ex- pense, may be performed by any non-road engine repair establishment or individual. Warranty repairs must be performed by an authorized engine manufacturer's service outlet.
Immediately prepare your tractor for stor- age at the end of the season or if the trac- tor will not be used for 30 days or more. _,CAUTION: Never store the tractor with gasoline in the tank inside a building where fumes may reach an open flame or spark.
TROUBLESHOOTING CHART: See appropriate section in manual unless directed to Sears service center PROBLEM Will not start Hard to start Engine will not turn over Engine clicks but will not start CAUSE CORRECTION 1. Out of fuel. 2. Engine not"CHOKED" properlF 3.
TROUBLESHOOTING CHART: See appropriate section in manual unless directed to Sears service center CAUSE 3ORRECTION , , 3. PROBLEM Loss of power Excessive vibration Engine continues to run when operator leaves seat with attach- ment clutch engaged Poor cut - uneven , 5.
TROUBLESHOOTING CHART: See appropriate section in manual unless directed to Sears service center PROBLEM Mower blades will not rotate Poor grass discharge Headlight(s) not working if so equipped) Battery will not charge Engine "backfires" when turning engine "OFF" CAUSE CORRECTION 1.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 SCHEMATIC BATTERY BLACK SOLENOID FUSE KE I i = BLUE i I i BLUE ATT'MENT CLUTCH ,_, I I GREEN • I 1 i 85 86 i BLUE i SEATSW,TON (NOT OCCUPIED) 187 _ 30 I i I .
ELECTRICAL TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 / / I I 42 I i 41 22 I I I I 26 52' 29 I I I I I I 16 i I I I I I ? ! ! / / ! I I I I 32.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 ELECTRICAL KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 163465 Battery 2 74760412 Bolt Hex Hd 1/4-20 unc x 3/4 8 176689 Box Battery 16 176137 Switch, Interlock 21 183759 Harness Asm Light W/4152j 22 4152J Bulb Light #1156 24 4799J Cable Battery 6 Ga.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 CHASSIS AND ENCLOSURES 259 260 258 31 39 58 278 208 209 2O8 / / 6O 2_ 74 209 /142 209 14 oo o 208 206 2O9 34 chassis-Laser -It.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 CHASSIS AND ENCLOSURES KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 174619 Chassis 2 176554 Drawbar 5 155272 Bumper Hood/Dash 9 187846X013 Dash 10 STD533710 Bolt, Carriage 3/8_16 x 3/4 11 174996 Panel, Dash, L.H. 13 172!05X010 Panel, Dash, R.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 GROUND DRIVE 57 /120 / 63 212 70 116 _66 16 _, 15- J 26 18 62 35, 36 34 28_ 22 / 26 27 drive-fender.stlt 39 36.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 GROUND DRIVE KEY PART KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 Transaxle (See Breakdown) 63 PeeMess 206-545C 64 2 146682 Spring, Return, Brake 65 3 123666.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 STEERING ASSEMBLY F 88 13 65 67 67 68 15 15 steering pllt 47 4O 10 26_ 3O 43 38.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 STEERING ASSEMBLY KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 11 12 13 15 17 26 28 29 3O 32 36 37 38 39 4O 41 42 43 44 46 51 54 65 67 68 71 82 87 88 91 95 184706 .
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 ENGINE 31 40 81 _46 33 _37 29 33 I OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT Spark Arrester _3 38 14 i _105 23 77 engine-kohler39 KEY PART NO. NO. 1 170545X505 2 17720408 3 4 174667 13 14 148456 23 169837 29 137180 31 184900 32 140527 33 123487X 37 137040 KEY PART DESCRIPTION NO.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 LIFT ASSEMBLY 7 5 13 19 13 32 13 ,,_,_ 31_ 32 4 19 6 13 3 2 20 15 20 lift-rh 1piece 3 KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 159460 Washer Asm Inner Spring W/Plunger 2 159471 Shaft Asm.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 SEAT ASSEMBLY / j i I I I i I I I I I I _....--- 16 I 17 12 seat It.knob 9 11 J /z _/ i _ fJz _ _ _ _ / _ /_ i[ _ J /jr j I I , ii KEY PART NO, NO, 1 180597 2 .
TRACTOR-- MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 DECALS 18 13 6 3 11 11 2 13 10 2O 14 15 j8 12 KEY PART NO. NO. 1 156368 2 192060 3 186280 4 186281 5 138047 6 133644 7 190962 8 172331 9 186282 10 156439 11 186283 12 146046 KEY PART DESCRIPTION NO. NO. DESCRIPTION Decal, Oper.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 MOWER DECK z146 " 142 i147 J16 113 117 _ 119 118_ " 5 / 6 42 D man-t-path stlt 3 2 16 21 10-- 9-- 18 8 _ 21 23 24 29 18 27 44.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 MOWER DECK KEY PART KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 165892 2 STD533107 3 138017 4 165460 5 STD624008 6 178024 8 850857 9 STD551137 10 140296 11 1.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 PEERLESS TRANSAXLE - - MODEL NUMBER 206-545C 35A 83 29 35 157 42A 46.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 PEERLESS TRANSAXLE - - MODEL NUMBER 206-545C KEY PART KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 772147 Transaxle Cover 41A 790079 Brake Lever 2 780086A Nee.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 KOHLER ENGINE-MODEL NUMBER CV490 TYPE NUMBER 27532 YLINDER HEAD, VALVE AND BREATHERJ 20_ 23 ] 22 CRANKCASEj @ 17 ! '19 18 47 /2 12 _ 5 _4 "17 _-14 48.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 KOHLER ENGINE-MODEL NUMBER CV490 TYPE NUMBER 27532 CYLINDER HEAD/VALVE/BREATHER CRANKCASE KEY PART KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 25-351_01-S Lifter, valve (2) 1 12_032_03_S 2 12_755_97_S Kit, cylinder head 2 N/A (includes 3_16, Gaskets 12 041 01_S (Qty.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 KOHLER ENGINE-MODEL NUMBER CV490 TYPE NUMBER 27532 IGNITION/ELECTRICAL I 3_ _j ..... 7 20 _ 10 I 18 _17 BLOWER HOUSING AND BAFFLES I ! t2 8 lo 9_ 4 5 AIR INTAKE J .
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 KOHLER ENGINE-MODEL NUMBER CV490 TYPE NUMBER 27532 IGNITION/ELECTRICAL BLOWER HOUSING & BAFFLES KEY PART KEY PART NO.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 KOHLER ENGINE-MODEL NUMBER CV490 TYPE NUMBER 27532 STARTING SYSTEMJ 1 @ ENGINE CONTROLS I 1 / _15 t14_ 8 11 OIL PAN / LUBRICATION J 1-- i i_-5 2O 8 6 tl 2 4 52.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 KOHLER ENGINE-MODEL NUMBER CV490 TYPE NUMBER 27532 STARTING SYSTEM ENGINE CONTROLS KEY PART KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION NO.
TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 917.273170 KOHLER ENGINE-MODEL NUMBER CV490 TYPE NUMBER 27532 CRANKSHAFT I EXHAUST J FUELSYSTEMJ FUEL SYSTEM KEY PART NO. NO. 1 M-641060-S 2 M-629116_S 3 12_853_118-S 4 12-041.
SUGGESTED GUIDE FOR SIGHTING SLOPES FOR SAFE OPERATION O1 A WARNING: To avoid serious injury, operate your tractor up and down the face of slopes, never across the face. Do not mow slopes greater than 15 degrees. Make turns gradually to prevent tipping or loss of control.
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