Sears Custom 10XL User manual

L.
Sea.rs owners mqnuol
CUSTOM
IOXL
TRACTOR
MODEI.NO,
917.25061
CAUTION:
Yeod Rules
for
Sofe
Operotion
ond lnstrucfions
Corefully
. Assembly
. Operating
r Maintenance
r Repair Parts
SEARS,
ROEBUCKAND CO.U.S.A.
SIiIPSON5.SEARS
LII'IITED.
CANADA
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GUARANTEE
YourTroclor
is guoronieed forone
full yeor.
If ony
defect
in moteriol
or workmonship
shouldoppeorduring
this
time,
simplyconloclour
reoresl
Seors
slore
orservicecenier
throughout
the
Uniied
SiotesorConodo.
l]{ewill moke oll necessoryrepoirs,including
ports
ond
lobor,
ol no
chorgelo you. Troclorsequipped
with
botieries:
lf bottery
proves
defective
ondwill nothold o chorge, in
exchongeforthebottery,
wewill:
Duringthe
first 90doys-replocebottery
ot nochorge.
After90-doys.replocebottery,chorging
cus-
tomerl,'l2rhof the
price
ofthenewbottery
loreoch
full rnonth
frorndoreofsole.
6nlllnn0x
1]l
i0
il
i,llirir
rl11
lf thetroctoris used{orcommerciql or
rentol
doys.
Guoronteecontinuedon the insideot
5EAR5,ROEBUCKANDCO,
purposes,
lhisguoronieeopplies forthirty
the bocl poge.
_ SIi{PsON-sEARS,
LTD.
rules lor sof e
'L Know
rhe
conirols
ond
howto slop q!ickly '
READTHE OWNER'5
MANUAL.
2. Do nol ollowchildrenrooperotelroctor. Do
iot
ollow odulis
to operolelt wlihoot
propef
instruc-
3. Do nol c.ry oossensers.Keeo
chr
lren o1d pe.s
o sdrodrsronceowoy.
4. Cl60r
workoreo
of oblectswhichmishrbe
picked
5, Disongose
oll oilochmentclutches
ondshitt into
n6utrol
befo,e
ottenptinsto eo. eig,ne.
6. Dlsengoge
powerlo o'lochtreFlsondsropergine
beforelooving
operotor
positlon.
7. Disensose
power
ro olrochment(s)ond stop
en,
sinebefore
mokins
ony
repoirsor odlustments,
8, Disengoge
power
to dttochmentswhen trmsport-
Ingornor Inuse,
9. Toke oll possible Precoutions
when leoving
lroctorunollended,
suchosdisengoging power
roke.off, lowerins ottochmeris, shifring inro
neutrol.
sehingpo,\in9
b,oke,
s.oppingensiie
ond romoving key.
10, Do noi stopor stort suddenly
when
soins uphill
or downhill,Drlver:p
onddown
rhefoceof steep
slopes; never ocross the foce.
11. Reducespeed on slopesond ii shorp turns to
preventrlpping
or loss of confol. ExqcLseex-
treme
coution
whei chdnsinsdiredion on slopes.
12. Stoy ole* for holes in terroin ondotherhidden
13. Use core when pulling loods or using heovy
A. Use only opproveddrowbor hilch points.
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IMPORTANT
opero
g. Limil
14,
20,
a0ffit0{affffi00Q!{0n0tb(
tion
loodsto those
you con sofelyconrrol.
C. Do not tu,n shorply,
lJse
corewhenbockins.
D. Use counterwelshtor wheel weishts when
suggesied in owner's monuol.
Wotchout for trof{lc when fiossins or neorrood-
When
usins ony ortochmenlsnever direci dis-
chorgeo{ moteriolrowardbystqndersnor ol ow
onyone
neorlroctor
whileln operotlon. v
16. Hondle
gosoline
with
cdre-lt
is hishlyllcmmoble.
A. use opprovedgosolineconloiner.
B, Never
remove
cop or odd gdsolinero d r!n-
nins or hor
ensineor fill fueltonk
lndoors.
Wlpeup
spilled
sosollne.
C. open doors if engine is run in sorose
-.
exhoust {umes ofe donserous.
Do noi iJn
engine
lndoors.
17.
t8.
D. Never smokewhile refueins engine.
Keep tro.tor ond ofiochments
in good operoring
condition ond keep sofety devices in p oce.
Keep
oll nuts,bolrs,
ond
screws
tightio be sure
equipmenr
is in sofeworkinscondltion.
Never
storeequipnentwith sosoline
ln theionk
inslde
o b!ilding where luhes moyreoch on
open
Allow engine
ro cool bofore
sioiing in ony en-
To reducefire ho:ordkeep
ensine
freeof sross, \,
leovesor excesslvegreose.
21.
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rules lor sof e operqtion
lconr.,
22. Irocror ond orio.hhenis should be sloppedond
;nspededfor domogeoftersrrikinso foreisn ob.
ie.r ond the domose
sho!ld be repoired
before
restort;ngond operotingthe equipnent.
23. Do not chonge
ensine
sovehor settinss
or over
speedensine.
24. When usinstrocior
withmower:
(l) Mow only in doyliehr
or in eoodorriliciol
light.
(2) Never
noke o cuitine
helshr
odi!srmenrwhile
engineis ruinins if operotor
musi
disFount
(3) Shutensine
off when removinggross
corcher
ondlor unclossins chute.
(4) Check
blode
mounting
bolts for proper
tishn
ness ot frequent
interyols.
reference drowing for qssembly
ond instructions STEERING
WHEEL
TAILLIGHT
SHIFTLEVER
lowronge)
SEAT
FOOTREST
THROTTLE
CONTROL BELTGUARD
MUFFLER TRACTOR
DRIVEBELT
RANGE
(hish- HEADLIGHT
GRILLFRAI,IE
ROCKER
BAR
(front
oxle)
CLUTCH
LEVER
BELT
TIGHTENER ENGINE
OIL
DRAIN
PLUG
FIG.I
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MAINTENANCE
REMINDER
BATTERY
CABLE
(toplr:s
terminol)
qnd instructions (cont.) FUELTANK
BATTERY
GROUNDSTRAP
(lo
negotive
lerminol
v
OILFILLER
CAP
AND
DIPSTICK
MUFFLE
PARKING
BRAKE
SHIFT
PATTERN
PLATE
RANGE
SHIFTLEVER
(high-low
ronse)
FUSEHOLDER
AND
FUSE
(for
lishts)
CHOKE
THROTTLE
CONTROL
IGNITION
AND
STARTER
SWITCH
GEAR
SHIFTLEVER
FUEL
TANK
SHUT.OFF
VAL
FIG.2 \
(UNDERSIDE
OF
HOOD)
AIRCLEANER
srrrt(
STA DRIVE,CLUTCH
AND
BRAKEPEDAL
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4-6
6-10
10"i6
17
-24
- A lertorin poron'hesis
i1 thefollowine insrrudionsre{6rsto on orow rn rho odioininq
FioLre
(illJ\tratioi), exceDi
l' when
otherwise
sroted.When
R.H, (Rishr Hond)or L.H. (Lefi Hdnd)is used, ii shouTo be understoodro neonos:f
onewere seoted on rhe trqctor seor
focingforword.
l. Removecartonfrom oround
Troctor
ondremove
bottery.Cut bondinq
hold;nqTrcctorto bottom
o{ crdle.
2. Your Trodor hos beencompletelyosserbled oi the {octoryexcepr, to i,ll, cho,ge
ond niroll rhebohery.The
botrery
wos shipped
dry, lnstructions o.esiven on poge
5 for {illin9, chorgingond instdllotion.
3. Your Troclor wos luhri.oted ot the {oclory,'
however,
{e susgesryou {ollow rhe Llbe Chorton pose
l2 be{ore
ope.otion.
4. Tires were overinflcted for shippinsprrposes.
Reduco
olr presslre
tires. This will improvellocrionondgiveyou
rhecohfortobleride
you
5, A plostic b09 of ports wos sh;ppedwi'h your
Troctor ond shoJld be opened
ot rhis time. lt
will conroin the following iiems:
l - Bottery Clomp
2 - Wing
Nuts
2 - BorteryBolts
2 - Flor Woshers
(Theseiiems hold borteryin position
oi Troctor. They ore lsed in step3,
pose5).
2 - Hex nuis
(They sec!re sroundst.op ond posi-
rive coble to bottery.They ore used
in steps 4 ond 5, pose
5).
in
tro
duct
ion
This irocrorhos been
designed,ensineeredond monulocruredrogive you the besr possibledependobillty
ondper
Should
you experienceonyproblemyou connoteosily remedy,pleoseconroct your
neoresr
SeorsRoebuckor Simpson-
5eors.Ltd. Store. They hove
well quolified,
comperent
rroinedrechnicions
ondthe p,ope,
tools to service or repdir
It is inportontthot the oper.torALWAYS
0BSERVE THE "RULES FOR SAFE OPERATION" os well os
orherin-
skuctionscontoinedin these monuols.
Your new trador is lsed ro providepower
lor operotinsor pullins o lorgevorieryo{ motched
ortochmenrs.
Theolr
cooledengine nonsmits power to rhe reo. wheels. The rrcnsmission is gecred
ro provideoll thetrovel
speeds
re-
quired
{or rhose
ottochn€nfs.
Uselhe some
core ond ortcntiveness whenoperoringyour troctor
os youwouldwhen
drivingyour outomobile.
Wehove
proyided
this Monuol ro help
you
operore
yourTrodor wirhutmosrefficiency.Wegrsey6g
1q
srudy
this Monuol
soyo! will lndersrond your
newTrocior ihoroughly
beforeoperorinsit. We
sugsest
thot you tokecoreof your Monuol
so thot it will be ovoiloble for futurereferenceshould
youneedit.
toble of contents
GUARANTEE
ASSEMBLY
INSTRUCTIONS
OPERATINGINSTRUCTIONS
MAINTENANCE
INSTRUCTIONS
REPAIR
PARTS
tl
oSsemDty
ro 12 lbs, in fronrrires dnd
I lbs, jn req
will wont.
2 - lsnirion Key
s
(WesL,ggest
one key be
ihe wire ringond kept in
Posilion ihe second key
tor ig.ition).
STUDY
TRACTOR
ANDENGINE
OWNERSMAIIUAL...
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ossem
fill ond nr.)
bottery
CAUT
0N: Do NOT ASSEMBLEBATTERY
T0
TRACTOR
UNTILBATTERY
I-]ASBEEN
FILLED
AND
CHARGED.
I Fill bofery with electrolyteond chorse
botiery
os outllned ir insfuuctionsin bottery
contolner'
N0TE: Afrer fillins cel1s, lel bottery srond tor
ihirry minutes. Then chorqebdttery at o rote not
exceedinsthree (3) omperesfor obout 2h hours.
instollotion
FIG.3
2. To lifr hood ossembly
(A), erosp eoch side of
hood ot reor ond p!ll outword
ond upword.Lifi
hood to irs exrrene forword
position.
bly (co
chorge
w
FILLBATTERYASSHOWN
DONOT
OVERFIIL..
CORRECT
LEVEL
IS
CUT_AWAY
VIEW
OF
BATTERY
READ CAREFULLY
ALL SETTING_UP,
0PERATING
AND
l'{AINTENANCE
INSTRUC-
TIONSlN THlS
I'IANUAL.YOU
WILLFIND
MANYHELPFUL
POINTERSWHICH
l{ILL
NOTONLY
SAVEYOUTII'{EBUT
WILLHELP
OPERATETHETRACTORI,IOST
EFFICIENT-
LY.
?57AR-I2.72 - 5-
Instoll
bolleryos shownso thot .+ positive
ond
(-) negoriveterminols ore to front of noctor'
Hook
o bofiery
bolr (B), into bo$ery slppo (C)
A5semblebottery
clonp (D), flor wosher
(E), cnd
wins nut (F), 1obo ery bolt (8). Do not tighten
wino nut tioht. A5seFblerhe orl'erbo'lery bolt
ro ;ppo5ire-sideof Trodor. Pos
tion cldmP
rD)
o'er secondbotterv bolt. SecJre wirh second
{lor wosher ond wing nur. Tishien borh wing
nuts secu,ely. NOTE: Do nor over righten
wing
n!rs, only iisht enorLgh
to hold bottery
securely.
Connect bo ery ccble (coveredcoble with
terminol
.overG), 1oposilive
(+)
terminol.Tishten
Conned sround srrop (H), to nesotive (-) rer
minol. Tighrennul securely.
Be surere'mnol co"s (G), 5 in Ploce
or Posi'
BATTERY
TUBE
SATTE,IY
L ELL
3.
---- --l
--- .,..;
4.
5.
6.
bottery
BOTTOI,{
OF
TUBESINCELLS
. .
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ossembly (cont .)
seol position
FIG.5
l. The seor
(A), movbe movedrowordsthe fronr
or
reorio sive the mostcomlortoble
ond
sofe
opero-
tins posiiion.
To moverhe seor,Ioosenthe nut
(8), beneorh
fi6 seor ond ssor sprine.
Slide
the
s.oi to the posirion desir6d. Tighten rhe nut.
Mok. sure
lhdt the sedt
pldre
hosnottwistedolt
of olignm.ntwith the seo, spring.
instruclions before
oPerqilng
STUDYRULESFOR
SATEOPERATION.--
conlrolsNEUTRAL
b
FIG.6
The
followingcontolsore
usedto operorerhelroc-
l. Clurch
ond
broke{oorpedol
is locoredon the
lefr sjde foot resl. The looi peddl
operores
o
combinotlon
broke
qnddriveclutch.
There ore
'h166posilions o{ operotiono. i\e foot pedol.
o. The cluich
is in DRIVE bosilionwhonthe
pedol is oll the wdy out (i.e, when
the foor
is removedfrom the pedol).
b. Theclutch is in NEUTRAL when
rhe
pedol
is
deprcssed
holf woy or more.
c. The BRAKE is on when
the pedal is pressed
oll the woy forword.
2. FIG.
7
The honsoxle (ilonsmission) geor shifi lever
(A), is locoted
ot front, centerof seot.
o. The seor shifi leve. seleds rhe FORWARD,
NEUTRAL
ond REVERSE
seors.
SEFoRE
STARTING
THE ENGINE,becometho-
ro!shlyfomilior
wiih rhe R!les fcr Sole
operoiion,
listed on poses I ond2, ondwith ihe operotlng
controls.
KNOWTHE CONTROLSAND Holv T0
STOP
OUICKLY.
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instru
clions
conlrols operotin g(con
t.)
before
(cont.)
FIG.9
r'. To enoao6 oorkinq
broke, pull porkbroke lever
' (C) to";eor'(lo<kipositidnl To releoseporkins
broke push lcvfi (c) forword.
FIG.8
3. The
hieh.lo.
ronseshlli lever
(B),
is locdtsdon
R.Hr
lrome
sde iust for*ordof R.H r.orfendor'
The hish-low
ronselevor
hos 3 Posirions,
up
for high+onso,
c€nrgl
for n€urrol,
onddown{or
low ronoe. Therc016
rwo n6utrol
positions
in
honsnis;ion,
onoon tho ssor shifi t€"o.,
ond
on6 on rh6 high-low
rongol.ver. Eorh
l.vcrs
musr
be ongogcd
for trodor.
ro oPdot.. Ploco
hish.low
ronlo-loverin ncurrolfor.osier
PU5hins
ofirooor oi'hen trooor is boins
towsd
ALI/AYSCOI1E
TO
A
FULLSIOP
b
5. To lift hood
ossenbly
srosp
eoch
side
of hoodor
reor ond oull ourword
ond uoword.Lifr hood
ro
its extrena forword po5ition.
6.
7,
Engine
cronkcoseis shipped
wirh oil reodyfor
use. Howev€r,
<heckoil level before
stoaing.
lf
necessory,
cdd oil ro bring oll level up to the
futt mork on the dipstick. Dipsrlck must be
screwed in riohr {or checkirq oil level, ond
rroeor shouldb-elevel. NOTE:Do not fill obove
full mqrk on dipsri.k. Use Allstoro resulor
(M,S.)
HeovyDury S.A.E. #30 oil or equivolent.
lf not ovoiloble, use Allsrote Multi.srode
oll
weother
oil S.A.E. l0W-20W-30W
or equivolent.
NOTE: Use S.A.E. low oil below 32 desrees. \a
Fill fuel tonk with o good srode of fresh,
CLEAN, resulor
eosol,ne.
wipe
of{ oll sPilled
BEFORESl]IFTING
GTARS-..
luel ond lubricont
OILFILLERCAP
AND
DIPSTICK
FtG.
l0
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(-
operotin g instructions
how lo slort ond stop
DONOTFILLGASOLINETANKWHILE
EN.
GINE
15RUNNING.AVOIDSPILLING
GAS.
OLINEONAHOTENGINE.THISMAY
CAUSE
ANEXPLOSIONANDSERIOUSINJURY.DO
NOT
MIX
OIL
WITH
GASOLINE.USECLEAN,
FRESH
..REGULAR''
GRADEGASOLINE.
FILL
TANK
Col{PLETELy.
FtG.II
L Op.n eosoline
shut"o{f
volve (A). Closc
gosolinc
shut.of,vdlve dfter 6och doys !so.
NEVER
STOREEQUIPMENTWITHGASOLINE
INTHE
TANKINSIDEA BUILDINGWHERE
FUii{ESI{AY
REACH
ANOPEN FLAI'{EOR
sPARK.
FORLONG
PERIODS
OF
STORAGE,
THISGASOLINE
TANK
SHOULD
SEDRAINED.
DISCARD
THEGASOLINEIN
A SAFEPLACE.
ALLOWENGINETOCOOL
BEFORE
STORING
IN ANYENCLOSURE.
L Thislrocioris
eqJ
Doed
*r-h
'$o sofetys"i'ches.
releosekey. After ensine sidrts, push in choke
control (C), os ensine worms up. Ler ensine
worm up, before opplyins lood. CAUTON:Do
1or run storter conli'Lously tor rore her 30
seconds or o tine. lf o{re' severol otterPrs
ensine does not storl, moveihrofile contol (D)
fo fqsl posirion. Woit for two mln!tes,thenny
5. To srop ensine, turn key (B), in d co'rnteF
clockwise
directionro OFF posiiion,
Key should
be removed
so childrei con not stdrt Trodor.
REMOVE
THT
I6NITIONKEY
KEEPOUTOF
REACH
OF
CHILDREN
/
2. Puil out
choke
conrrol
(C), to foll choke
posirion
to srortin cold weoiher.
3. Advoncerhrotle contlol lever
(D),to obout
%
role operorrng
l. Try your Trooor in o lorse, open spoce.Leotn
to storl, stop ond reverse.
2. Srdl' the enoine ond DUt'he thro'lle lever ot
obour ) throile. Push
.o"n or foorpedol,
nove
geor shifr lever ond ronge shifi lever to speed
desired.
Releose
{oot pedol slowly, ond Troctor
will stoa to move. After foot pedol is lully
releosed (cllrch eisosed), move ihfottle lever
to {ost position, lf groLrnd irovel is too fos},
depressfoor pedol ond shi{1 ro o slowerground
novel speed. Alwoys select o sround trovel
speed
!hoi wiTI suit oitochFenlbeiig !sed ond
not overlood the engine.
It
ii lgnition-stoder
swllc
fto.t ":.. ro ..i.se 't.t",. Waen
ergire s-o-s,
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operotinginstruclions (conl.)
rofe operoting (conl.)
3.
4. Do nol sFift seors while Trodor is novins. To stop Troctor, push foor pedol oll rhe woy
down. Move seor shift lever to neutrol, set
porkins broke lock ond reJeose foot peddl.
Alwoys check to hoke s!re brokE Iock will
holdTro.tor secure. Disenqose
power
to ottoch.
menl.Shur-off
ondreoove
key fromswitch. This
will prevenr
unoolhorlzedoperoiion.
Keep
key
in o sofeploce
out o{ redch ol children. Never
leove ensire runn;nswith Trodof unortended.
a@K
5, Do nol operote
the Trodor in h;sh gecl soing
down hill. Do nor t!rn shdrp coh6fs while
goins down hill. lf ir is neces5orylo srop
Troctor
while
soins
down
hill, do
soquickly
ro
prevent
Trodor from
picking
!p speedduringrhe
declutchin9 to broke
pos;rion,
NOTE: The ensine
producas
consideroblebrok.
in9 octionwhenthro led bock ro idling spoed
wirhour declJtchinq. This procedure is re-
commendedbefore opplyinq broke.
DONOTOPERATETRACTOR
ACROSSSLOPES.
DO NOTOPERATE
TRACTORUP ORDOWN
SLOPES
WITH
MORE
THANA
15
DEGREE
SLOPE,
6. Do not shift geors
while going up steep
hills,
Choose
d low enough
seor
ro climb hill wirholt
stopping
ond shlfiins geors. It ii is nccessory
ro stop while going up hill, do so quickly
ro
oreveniTrocror
rollino bockword.Before
qon-
ins Trodor in motion
soins uphill, use oneof
rhe lowesr
geors,
Reduce
€nsinespeedonden-
goge clutch groduollyto prevent
Trodor {rom
7. upseis conhoppen
eosily in dilches.Sioy olert
for holesor other
yord
hozords.
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l, Ploce gear shifr
neutrol
position.
o reosonoblesofe
lever
ond
roneeshifr
lcv.r in
Troctorconthenbe r6w.dot
speed
norfosrerthon
6 nil.s
KEEPII,IJORKING
AREA
CLEAR-ADULTS^
PE
T5^
CHILDREN.-
tsEFORE
BACKING-..
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