CRAFTSMAN 944.604212 Owner's Manual

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SEARS OWNER'S MANUAL MODEL NO. 944.604212 Important: Read and follow all Safety Rules and Instructions Before Operating This Equipment CRRFTSMRN° 21 HP ELECTRIC START 42" MOWER 6 SPEED TRANSjaO(LE LAWN TRACTOR • Assembly • Operation �...

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SAFETY RULES & Safe Operation Practices for Ride-On Mowers IMPORTANT: THIS CUTTING MACHINE IS CAPABLEOF AMPUTATINGHANDSAND FEET AND THROWINGOBJECTS, FAILURE TO OBSERVETHE FOLLOWINGSAFETY INSTRUCTIONSCOULD RESULTIN SERIOUS INJURYOR DEATH. I. GENER...

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A SAFETY RULES A Safe Operation Practices for Ride-On Mowers • Be sure the area is clear of other people before mow- ing. Stop machine if anyone enters the area. • Never carry passengers or children even with the blades off. • Do not mow in rev...

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PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS GasolineCapacity 3.5 Gallons andtype: UnleadedRegular OilType(API-SG-SL): SAE 30 (above32°F) SAE 5W-30 (below32°F) Synthetic(betow0°F) Yourtractorwasshipped from the factory withnon-synthetic SAE 10W-30 motoroil. Oil Capacit...

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UNASSEMBLED PARTS Seat Steering Wheel Steering Wheel Insert (1) Washer 17/32 x 1-3/16 x 12 Gauge Steering Extension I_ Shaft Steering Wheel Adapter Stee (2) Hex Bolts1/4-20 x 3/4 (1) Locknut1/2-20 (1) Large FlatWasher (1) Hex Bolt 1/4-28x 1-1/4 (1) L...

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ASSEMBLY Your new tractor has been assembled at the factory with 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 ...

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ASSEMBLY DISCARDTERMINAL KEPS PROTECTIVE CAPS HEX BOLT,,,,_. NUT p_ TERMINAL ', COVER NEGATIVE POSITIVE (RED) CABLE CABLE FIG. 2 INSTALL SEAT (See Fig. 3) Adjust seat before tightening adjustment knob. • Remove adjustment knob and flat washer ...

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ASSEMBLY ,/CHECKLIST DEFLECTOR SHIELD PLATE LATCH HOOKS FIG. 4 TO CONVERTTO BAGGING OR DISCHARGING Simply remove mulcher plate and store in a safe place, Your mower is now ready for discharging or installation of optional grass catcher accessory. NOT...

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OPERATION These symbols may appear on your productor in literaturesupplied with the product. Learn and understandtheir meaning. R N H L I\1 REVERSE NEUTRAL HIGH LOW CHOKE FAST SLOW IGNITION ENGINE OFF LIGHTS ON ENGINE ON ENGINE START PARKING BRAKE OV...

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OPERATION 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 ...

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OPERATION I 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 op- erating your tractor or performing any adjustments or repairs. We ...

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OPERATION • For best cutting performance, grass over 6 inches in height should be mowed twice. Make the first cut relatively high; the second to desired height. TO ADJUST GAUGE WHEELS (See Fig. 6B) Gauge wheels are properly adjusted when they are s...

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OPERATION 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. • Check engine oil with tractor on level ground. • Remove oil fill cap/dipstick and ...

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OPERATION MOWING TIPS • Mower should be properly leveled for best mowing per- formance. See'TO LEVEL MOWE R HOUSING" in the Service and Adjustments section of this manual. • The left hand side of mower should be used for trim- ming. •...

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MAINTENANCE ..,.TE...CESC.EO..E AS YOU COMPLETE O "_" "_" "P _" "_ REGULAR SERVICE I /SERV,OE OATES Check Brake Operation _V' _/ Check Tire Pressure Check Operator Presence and T Interlock Systems R Check fo...

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MAINTENANCE MANDREL ASSEMBLY TRACTOR Always observe safety rules when performing any main- tenance. BRAKE OPERATION If tractor requires more than five (5) feet to stop at highest speed in highest gear on a level, dry concrete or paved surface, then b...

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MAINTENANCE TO CLEAN BAI-rERY AND TERMINALS Corrosion and dirt on the battery and terminals can cause the battery to "leak" power. • Remove terminal guard. • Disconnect BLACK battery cable first then RED bat- tery cable and remove batte...

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MAINTENANCE CLEAN AIR INTAKE/COOLING AREAS To insure proper cooling, make sure the grass screen, cooling fins, and other external surfaces of the engine are kept clean at all times. Every 100 hours of operation (more often under extremely dusty, dirt...

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SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS A WARNING: TO AVOID SERIOUS INJURY, BEFORE PERFORMING ANY SERVICE OR ADJUSTMENTS: • Depress clutch/brake pedal fully and set parking brake. • Place gearshift lever in neutral (N) position. • Place attachment clutch in&qu...

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SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS • Place flat washer and clutch spring on idler pulley bolt and secure with small retainer spring. • Install belt onto engine pulley. TO LEVEL MOWER HOUSING Adjust the mower while tractor is parked on level ground or drivew...

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SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS • Work belt off both mandrel pulleys and idler pulleys. • Pull belt away from mower. BELT INSTALLATION • Install new belt in reverse order of removal. • Make sure belt is in all pulley grooves and inside all belt guide...

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SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS TRANSAXLE GEAR SHIFT LEVER NEUTRAL ADJUSTMENT (See Fig. 23) 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 i...

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SERVICE AND ADJUSTMENTS TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT BULB • Raise hood. • Pull bulb holder out of the hole in the backside of the grill. • Replace bulb in holder and push bulb holder securely back intothe hole in the backside of the grill. • Close ho...

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STORAGE ENGINE Immediately prepare your tractor for storage at the end of the season or if the tractor will not be used for 30 days or more. A WARNING: Never store the tractor with gasoline in the tank inside a building where fumes may reach an open ...

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TROUBLESHOOTING POINTS PROBLEM Will not start Hard to start Engine will not turn over Engine clicks but will not start Loss of power Excessive vibration CAUSE 1. Out of fuel 2. Engine not "CHOKED" properly. 3. Engine flooded. 4. Bad spark p...

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TROUBLESHOOTING POINTS PROBLEM CAUSE CORRECTION Engine continues to run when operator leaves seat with attachment clutch engaged Poorcut-uneven Mower blades will not rotate Poor grass discharge Headlight(a) not working (If so equipped) BaRerywillnotc...

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SCHEMATIC TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 REO 1111 B OK BATFERY RED ) WHITE ,G All IGNITION SWITCH /, FUSE <_,'-- i I i t --J CLUTCH/BRAKE (PEDAL UP) BLACK BLACK _[ HOUR ]_ METER (OPTIONAL) BLACK I I I h ..... I D L _ITE WHITE I I I &apos...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 ELECTRICAL 22 I / _\ I I I I 42 I 41 25 L I 1 I I t 26 29 45 _ 28 r I I I l I I / / i I I / l 28 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 ELECTRICAL KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 144927 2 74760412 8 186491 16 176138 21 183759 22 4152J 24 4799J 25 146148 26 175158 27 73510400 28 145491 29 121305X 30 175566 33 140403 40 179720 41 71110408...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR CHASSIS AND ENCLOSURES - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 259 26O 258 261 28 31 278 f =06 2O9 74 37 30 ch_ssis-I._ler -It.stlt 39 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 CHASSIS AND ENCLOSURES KEY PART NO. NO. 1 174619 2 176554 5 155272 9 187846X011 10 STD533710 11 174996 13 172105X010 14 17490608 17 185682X613 18 184921 26 STD541437 28 184247 30 188570X613 31 139976 3...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 DRIVE 57 -" 69 197 81 25 53 J 9_./" 26 I_26 1 27 drive-fender.stir_39 32 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 DRIVE KEY PART NO. NO. 1 ......... 2 146682 3 123666X 4 12000028 5 121520X 6 17060512 8 165866 10 STD561210 11 105701X 13 74550412 14 10040400 15 74490544 16 STD541431 18 STD523710 19 STD541437 21 1069...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 STEERING ASSEMBLY _39 ,.:. , .-, /// _ _t I'-'-"-'-1 I i I steedng o1.1t_47 34 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 STEERING ASSEMBLY KEY PART NO, NO. 1 184704X428 2 184706 3 169840 4 169839 5 6266H 6 121746X 8 12000029 10 175121 11 STD551137 12 73940800 13 136518 15 145212 17 180641 26 126847X 28 19131416 29 170006...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 SEAT ASSEMBLY KEY NO. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 seaLIt.k_ob 9 11 PAIn" NO. 180597 180166 71110616 19131610 145006 STD541437 124181X 17000616 19131614 180186 166369 121246X DESCRIPTION Seat Bracke...

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REPAIR PARTS DECALS 7 2\ 9 TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 11 4 15 3 11 7 10 14 20 17 8 16 KEY PART NO. NO. 1 156369 2 164065 3 186280 4 186281 6 189622 7 190035 8 170563 9 186282 10 157140 11 186283 12 172331 DESCRIPTION Decal Fend STLT Oper Dec...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 ENGINE 2_ 31 14 38 13 32 23 10 2g OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT I Spark Arrester englne-bs intek-twin 29 38 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 ENGINE KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 2 3 170546X505 17720408 4 149723 5 159955 6 160589 8 171877 10 162797 13 165391 14 148456 17 17060624 23 169837 25 145996X505 29 137180 31 157103 32 161696 33 1234...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 MOWER DECK 46 _147142 102 101 103 105 \ 2 16 14 \ 21 28 27 40 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 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 134149 139775 138971 13 137645 14 1287...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 MOWER LIFT 7 5 13 11 _ J 4 6 12 19 13 13--_:>,, 13 2 3 20 .I'_ 161718 20 15 20 lift-rh.1piece_3 42 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 MOWER LIFT KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 159460 2 159471 3 105767X 4 STD581062 5 19211621 6 120183X 7 125631X 8 122365X 11 139865 12 139866 13 STD624008 15 173288 16 73350800 17 175689 18 73800800 19 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 PEERLESS GEAR TRANSAXLE - MODEL NUMBER 206-545C 44 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 PEERLESS GEAR TRANSAXLE - MODEL NUMBER 206-545C KEY PART KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 772147 2 780086A 3 770128 4 776395 5 776409 6 778364 6A 778369 7 778330 8 792180 8A 792047 9 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR -- MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 BRIGGS & STRATTON ENGINE - MODEL NUMBER 407777,TYPE NUMBER 0174-E1 188 222 267 718 1019 LABEL Kfl" J 3O4 305_ 1095 VALVEGASKET SET [ 1058 OWNER'S MANUAL ] 447A {P [ 10_6 EMISSION LABEL } 4...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 BRIGGS & STRATrON ENGINE - MODEL NUMBER 407777,TYPE NUMBER 0174-E1 1022 35 36 1023}!022 24o_ 918 Q 121 CARBURETOR OVERHAUL KIT 11281n I 1_o_ =_1 276 O 633e 987 e 104 '=_ 672 _ 105 _ 1123 O 117...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 BRIGGS & STRA'I-TON ENGINE - MODEL NUMBER 407777,TYPE NUMBER 0174-E1 74_ 48 7891 358 ENGINE GASKET KIT _ ese_ 276 @ 691 883 0 513 783 801 697_ 48 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 BRIGGS & STRA'I-rON ENGINE - MODEL NUMBER 407777,TYPE NUMBER 0174-E1 KEY PART KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 1 690231 Cylinder Assembly 118 690989 Jet-Main (High Altitude) 2 ...

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REPAIR PARTS TRACTOR - - MODEL NUMBER 944.604212 BRIGGS & STRATTON ENGINE - MODEL NUMBER 407777,TYPE NUMBER 0174-E1 KEY PART KEY PART NO. NO. DESCRIPTION NO. NO. DESCRIPTION 387 808656 Pump-Fuel 865A 691014 Cover-Air Guide 404 690442 Washer (Gove...

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SUGGESTED GUIDE FOR SIGHTING SLOPES FOR SAFE OPERATION ==L ONLY RIDE UP AND DOWN HILL, NOT ACROSS HILL 15 DEGREES MAX. WARNING: To avoid serious injury, operate your tractor up and down the face of slopes, never across the face. Do not mow slopes gre...

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