Craftsmen 917.253741 manual

Hello I am looking for a manual for my Craftsmen tractor the model number is 917.253741 Hope some one help I would pay for a orginal or copy I need to put the drive belt on and not sure how it goes the old one broke Thanks Ed

I have this manual if you still need it.

Let me know.

Steve

Hi Steve I sure can use it Let me know how you would like to do it and how much I owe you my email is trainman@intergrafix.net Thanks Ed

I too need to change out the belt. broke this afternoon. I just took off the snow blower and put on the lawn mower. it seems there must be a easy way but i would like to proceedure frome the manual. The last time i changed it out i remember it to be a pain in the A?? There are a lot of belt guards to remove. as I remember I turned it on its side.. Anyone have a easy way ???

this Is a G18 yard tractor with the horizontal shaft motor not the verticle shaft.

Hello, I am new to this forum and I have a 917.253741 but cannot find the manual. I can find others but they
have varidrive, I donot. I hate to ask first thing for a manual but I need it to restore my Garden Tractor.

I have found that the carb on these 18hp horizontal twins are easy to repair just take the 4 screws out of
the top and use a small wire to go through all the holes. Also don't use alcohol gas.

Hope that was of some help to someone. So thanks in advance and have a blessed day


Bobju1

I agree with the gas being a problem with our equipment. I have had so many problems with chainsaws, motorcycles, leaf blowers and string trimmers. The first thing I do now with any equipment that is malfunctioning is to drain and refill the gas tank. I have read that the shelf life on gasoline now is 90 days.

Here is a website that gives information on where to get ethanol free gas:

http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=ME

Here is a short PDF file on gasoline from Echo:

http://www.echo-usa.com/Warranty/Learn-About-Ethanol/Ethanol-Fuel-062512

Steve (bigguy06 )

Do you still have a copy of this manual? I could use one if you do.

Thanks