User manual MTD 127-216-000

[. . . ] You can locate it by looking on the front, left portion of the plastic grass catcher cover as seen below: Model Number Serial Number *Locate the model plate on your bagger and copy the information from it in the space provided above for future reference. Customer Support Please do NOT return the unit to the retailer from which it was purchased, without first contacting Customer Support. If you have difficulty assembling this product or have any questions regarding the controls, operation, or maintenance of this unit, you can seek help from the experts. Choose from the options below: • Visit www. [. . . ] 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 outer holes (furthest from the mounting hooks) on the mounting bracket. For convenience, pivot the seat forward and leave it in that position until the grass collector is fully mounted and assembled. Remove the hairpin clip and clevis pin from the rear of the mounting bracket assembly. Position the hooked ends of the mounting bracket assembly to the outside of the support brackets and over the shoulder bolts just installed on both sides of the tractor frame. 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. NOTE: For some tractor models, this clevis pin is too large. Use a smaller clevis pin (E in Figure 4) in IMPORTANT: Before assembly, place the tractor on a firm, level surface, disengage the PTO, turn off tractor engine and set the parking brake. Be sure to insert the hairpin clip in the upper hole to properly secure the bracket assembly to the hitch plate. clevis Pin Figure 14 Inner holes Figure 15 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. Attach the grass bags by hooking them onto the grass bag bracket using the slots in the grass bag and the tabs on the grass bag bracket as shown in Figure 18. Place the grass bag cover on top of the grass bags and align the holes on the hinges of the grass bag cover with the corresponding holes on the support tube assembly. Insert the clevis pin through the hinge on the support tube assembly and then through the grass bag cover. Secure with belleville washer and hairpin clip with the crown side of the washer going against the hairpin clip. Repeat with the second set of hardware through the second hinge of the grass bag and the tube assembly from the opposite direction. NOTE: Insert the clevis pins from the outside in as shown in the inset images of Figure 20. NOTE: It is very important to maintain this order and direction while installing these hardware pieces. [. . . ] These items may carry a separate manufacturer’s warranty. Log splitter pumps, valves, and cylinders have a separate one year warranty. Routine maintenance items such as lubricants, filters, blade sharpening, tune-ups, brake adjustments, clutch adjustments, deck adjustments, and normal deterioration of the exterior finish due to use or exposure. MTD does not extend any warranty for products sold or exported outside of the United States, its possessions and territories, except those sold through MTD’s authorized channels of export distribution. [. . . ]