User manual MTD OHD-190-182

[. . . ] It will help you assemble, prepare and maintain the unit for best performance. Please read and understand what it says. Finding and Recording Model Number BEFORE YOU START ASSEMBLING YOUR NEW EQUIPMENT, please locate the model plate and copy the information from it in this Operator’s Manual for future reference. The information on the model plate is very important if you need help from our Customer Support Department or your authorized dealer. [. . . ] Use a smaller clevis pin (E in Figure 4) in its place with the same hairpin clip. Figure 12 7 Attaching Support Bracket & Bracket Assembly Model Series 820 through 849 3 Assembling Support Brackets Model Series 820 through 849 1. Locate the four self-tapping screws supplied in your hardware pack (D from Figure 4). Attach one of the grass catcher support brackets (F3 from Figure 4) using two of the supplied screws in position as shown in Figure 13. Place the other grass catcher support bracket (F3 from Figure 4) in position and secure with the other two screws. Insert a shoulder bolt (C in Figure 4) through a bell washer, (B in Figure 4) and insert the bolt through the remaining hole from the outside of the support bracket. NOTE: If the grass collection system is removed for any reason, it is not necessary to remove the support brackets from the tractor. Figure 13 Attaching The Bracket Assembly NOTE: If the grass collection system is removed for any reason, it is not necessary to remove the support brackets from the tractor. IMPORTANT: There are two holes in the clevis pin. Be sure to insert the hairpin clip in the upper hole to properly secure the bracket assembly to the hitch plate. Remove the two nuts and screws on each side of the mounting bracket holding the hitch plate. Rotate the hitch plate 180° from its original position. Re-insert the four bolts through mounting bracket and hitch plate frame and secure with nuts removed earlier. Use the inner holes (closest to the mounting hooks) on the mounting bracket. Remove the hairpin clip and clevis pin from the hitch plate as seen in Figure 14. Position the hooked ends of the mounting bracket assembly to the outside of the support bracket and over the shoulder bolts on both sides. Reinsert the clevis pin through the aligned holes in both the bracket assembly and the hitch plate and secure with the hairpin clip removed earlier. IMPORTANT: There are two holes in the clevis pin. Be sure to insert the hairpin clip in the upper hole to properly secure the bracket assembly to the hitch plate. figure 15 Clevis Pin Figure 14 Inner holes Upper Hole Figure 16 8 Attaching Grass Bags & Grass Bag Cover 1. Place the support tube in position on the rear of unit by sliding the support tube down through the holes in the left side of the bracket assembly. Use the inside hole on the bracket assembly regardless of what size deck your tractor is equipped with. [. . . ] No implied warranty, including any implied warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particular purpose, applies after the applicable period of express written warranty above as to the parts as identified. No other express warranty, whether written or oral, except as mentioned above, given by any person or entity, including a dealer or retailer, with respect to any product, shall bind MTD. During the period of the warranty, the exclusive remedy is repair or replacement of the product as set forth above. The provisions as set forth in this warranty provide the sole and exclusive remedy arising from the sale. [. . . ]