KUHN FC303YGC, Operator'S Manual

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Trouble shooting guide
Mower conditioner
FC303YGC
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$ Trouble shooting guide
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„ Problem „ Cause „ Remedy
Uneven stubble.
Dull or broken knives. Replace knives.
Knives not installed correctly.
Make sure the arrow on the knife
upper face is pointing in the disc's
direction of rotation.
Excessive ground speed. Reduce ground speed.
Incorrect cutting height. Adjust the cutting height.
Incorrect mowing unit floatation.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.
Tangled and down crops.
Reduce cutting height.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.
Soil build up in front of the
cutterbar.
Too much cutterbar down
pressure.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.
Very wet working conditions.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.
Adjust the cutting height.
Obstruction of conditioning rotor.
Insufficient rotor speed (rotational
frequency).
Check the rotor drive belts,
replace if necessary.
Too much cutterbar down
pressure.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.
Swath shields too closed. Open swath shields.
Badly shaped windrows.
Belts slip.
Check the rotor drive belts,
replace if necessary.
Too low PTO speed (rotational
frequency).
Increase speed to 1000 min
-1
.
Incorrectly adjusted swath
shields.
Adjust both swath shields.
Machine requires too much pull
power.
Too much cutterbar down
pressure.
Adjust the mowing unit ground
pressure.