Operator's Manual

ServiceIntervalChart
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Pre-Maintenance
Procedures
Pre-MaintenanceSafety
•Beforeadjusting,cleaning,repairing,orleaving
themachine,dothefollowing:
–Parkthemachineonalevelsurface.
–Movethethrottleswitchtothelow-idleposition.
–Disengagethecuttingunits.
–Lowerthecuttingunits.
–Ensurethatthetractionisinneutral.
–Engagetheparkingbrake.
–Shutofftheengineandremovethekey.
–Waitforallmovingpartstostop.
–Allowmachinecomponentstocoolbefore
performingmaintenance.
•Ifthecuttingunitsareinthetransportposition,use
thepositivemechanicallock(ifavailable)before
youleavethemachineunattended.
•Ifpossible,donotperformmaintenancewhilethe
engineisrunning.Keepawayfrommovingparts.
•Usejackstandstosupportthemachineor
componentswhenrequired.
•Carefullyreleasepressurefromcomponentswith
storedenergy.
RemovingtheHood
1.Unlatchandraisethehood.
2.Removethehairpincottersecuringthehood
pivottothemountingbrackets(Figure46).
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Figure46
1.Hairpincotter
3.Slidethehoodtotherightside,lifttheother
side,andpullitoutofthebrackets.
Note:Reversetheproceduretoinstallthehood.
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