This manual covers the New Holland GT Garden Tractor models GT20A and GT22A, designed for residential and light-duty commercial use. These tractors offer a balance of performance and user-friendliness, emphasizing ease of operation, reliable performance, and versatility through various attachments. They are engineered with a focus on operator safety and straightforward maintenance, making them suitable for tasks such as mowing, yard work, and light towing.
The purpose of this Operator's Manual is to provide comprehensive guidance for the safe and efficient operation, maintenance, and basic troubleshooting of your New Holland GT Garden Tractor. It details essential operator tasks, routine maintenance procedures, safety protocols, and troubleshooting guidance for common issues. This manual is an indispensable resource for owners and technicians alike, ensuring the longevity and optimal performance of the vehicle through clear instructions on engine, transmission, brake, electrical, steering, and chassis systems.
It is complete Operator's Manual for New Holland Garden Tractor models:
GT20A
GT22A
Model No.
725056006T04AF0001 & Up
725056016T04AG0001 & Up
Language:English
Number of pages: 44
Publication no. 87059743
Contents
Page
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safe Operating Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
New Holland Riding Mower Safety . . . . . . . . . . 5
Slope Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety and Instruction Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Check Before Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Opening the Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Closing the Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Removing the Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adding Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Checking the Engine Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Check for Debris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Check the Safety Interlock System . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Check the Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Think Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Page
Using the Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Starting and Stopping the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Operating the Power Take Off (PTO) . . . . . . . . . 12
The Safety Interlock System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Gauges and Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Driving Forward or Backward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stopping the Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Raising and Lowering Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Positioning the Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Positioning the Tilt Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Centering the Steering Wheel (Power Steering
Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Automatic Speed Reduction Feature . . . . . . 18
Pushing the Machine by Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Recommended Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . 19
Servicing the Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Servicing the Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changing Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Greasing the Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Maintaining the Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Servicing the Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Draining the Fuel Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing the Fuel Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Servicing the Front Wheel Toe-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing Transaxle Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cleaning the Power Steering Filter (Power Steering
Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Servicing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cleaning and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Wiring Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loose Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Checking Front Wheel Toe-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ensuring that the Steering Linkage is Centered . 40
Checking Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Activating the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing the Drawbar Hitch Pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Checking the Wiring and Fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Test Driving the Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
It is complete Operator's Manual for New Holland Garden Tractor models:
GT20A
GT22A
Model No.
725056006T04AF0001 & Up
725056016T04AG0001 & Up
Language:English
Number of pages: 44
Publication no. 87059743
Contents
Page
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Safe Operating Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
New Holland Riding Mower Safety . . . . . . . . . . 5
Slope Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Safety and Instruction Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Check Before Operating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Opening the Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Closing the Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Removing the Side Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Adding Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Checking the Engine Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Check for Debris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Check the Safety Interlock System . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Check the Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Think Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Page
Using the Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Starting and Stopping the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Operating the Power Take Off (PTO) . . . . . . . . . 12
The Safety Interlock System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Gauges and Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Driving Forward or Backward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Stopping the Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Using the Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Raising and Lowering Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Positioning the Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Positioning the Tilt Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Centering the Steering Wheel (Power Steering
Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
The Automatic Speed Reduction Feature . . . . . . 18
Pushing the Machine by Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Recommended Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . 19
Servicing the Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Servicing the Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Changing Spark Plugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Greasing the Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Maintaining the Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Servicing the Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Draining the Fuel Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Replacing the Fuel Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Servicing the Front Wheel Toe-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing Transaxle Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cleaning the Power Steering Filter (Power Steering
Models Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing Headlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing Taillights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Servicing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cleaning and Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Wiring Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loose Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Checking Front Wheel Toe-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ensuring that the Steering Linkage is Centered . 40
Checking Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Activating the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing the Drawbar Hitch Pin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Checking the Wiring and Fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Test Driving the Tractor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
