Assembly

harge and Connect Battery

CAUTION: Avoid injury! The battery produces a flammable and explosive gas. The battery may explode: • Do not smoke or have open flame near battery. • Wear eye protection and gloves. • Never check battery charge by placing a metal object across the posts. Use a voltmeter or hydrometer. • Do not jump start or charge a frozen battery. Warm battery to 16?C (60?F).

1. Remove and discard the red positive (+) protective cap from the positive (+) battery terminal.

2. Charge the battery.

• Battery is fully charged at 12.6 volts.

3. Connect positive (+) battery cable to battery.

4. Connect negative (–) battery cable.

5. Apply general purpose grease or silicone spray to terminal to help prevent corrosion.

6. Slide red cover over positive battery cable.

Install Deck Height Pin

NOTE: A 13 mm wrench is incorporated into one end of the deck height pin. The wrench can be used for tracking bolt adjustments.

MX40976

Picture Note: Z225 and Z245

MX39555

Picture Note: Z425, Z445, Z465

1. Be sure mower is fully raised to the transport lock position, as shown, and insert the pin (A) in the hole just below the mower deck lift lever (B).

Install Seat

1. Remove nut and bolt holding foot plate down. Do not discard hardware. Raise foot plate with seat attached.

2. Remove and discard four bolts holding seat onto foot plate.

3. Lower foot plate and secure with nut and bolt.

Install Seat (Z445)

MX38092

1. Raise seat platform (A), and install seat (B) onto platform. Secure with four supplied bolts (C).

2. Remove seat switch from harness.

3. Insert switch (D) in lower (square shaped) part of seat slot. Push switch all the way down into seat, compressing switch plunger against bottom of seat. Slide switch upward toward top of slot to snap into position.

4. Plug wire harness connector (E) into switch. Route harness on bottom of seat and secure harness retainer (F) into hole in seat platform.

5. Lower seat.

Install Seat (Z465)

MX39769

• The Z465 model uses a different seat (G) and seat platform (H) than the Z445.

• The seat switch (I) is supplied installed in the seat bottom, and a short jumper harness is connected to the switch.

• An adapter plate is supplied assembled to the seat platform, and the four seat mounting bolts (J) are pre-installed into the adapter plate. Push-nuts are installed on the bolts to retain them in the adapter plate. They should remain in place when assembling the seat.

1. Raise seat platform

2. Position seat to align mounting holes with the four bolts in the adapter plate and tighten the bolts to secure the seat.

3. Pull the jumper harness (attached to the seat switch) out through the access holes in the adapter plate and seat platform, and connect the machine seat harness to the jumper harness.

4. Route harness on bottom of seat and secure harness retainer into hole (K) in seat platform.

5. Lower seat.

heck Tire Pressure

heck tire pressure. (See Checking Tire Pressure in the SERVICE MISCELLANEOUS section.)

Install Gage Wheels (Z445 - 54 Inch HC Deck)

MX41152

1. Install two front gage wheels (A) onto deck using bolt (B) and nut (C).

Install and Level Mower Deck (Z465)

Install and level mower deck. (See Installing Mower (62 Inch Mower) in the SERVICE MOWER Section and Adjusting Mower Level in the OPERATING Section.)

Adjust Mower Deck Level (42, 48 and 54 Mower)

Adjust mower deck level. (See Adjusting Mower Deck Level in the OPERATING section.)

heck Engine Oil Level

heck engine oil level. (See Checking Engine Oil Level in the SERVICE ENGINE section.)

heck Machine Safety System

Perform safety system check to make sure the electronic safety interlock circuit is functioning properly. Perform all tests. (See Testing Safety System in the OPERATING section.)