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All Terrain Vehicles:

The three ATVs are very easy to maintain. The most difficult thing that I found was repairing a leaky tire, which in itself was rather simple. All require oil from time to time and run on gasoline. The gasoline gage has three values, empty, 1/2, and full. The two lines, not the letters, represent empty and full.

ATVs #2 and #3 have broken battery switches, so they are taped permanently in the on position. To prevent constant drain on the batteries, the ground cable is unhooked. You can run the ATV without hooking up the battery and pull starting it, but it will be underpowered and will not function optimally.

To hook up the battery:

1. Pull on the seat release cord at the rear of the ATV

2. Lift the seat off

3. Unscrew the ground screw and hook up the ground cable

4. ATV #3 only: the battery bracket screw is missing, make sure the bracket is lined up in its correct place

5. Line up the U-bracket with the plastic tick on the seat. Note that the seat will lock in place if this isn't lined up, but it will rock and not appear correct.

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