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SECTION 00 -- MAINTENANCE -- CHAPTER 1
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WASHING
(in the washing area)
After entering the washing area, lower the machine
to about 10 cm from the ground and tilt the hoppers
fully. Make sure the inching lever is in neutral, engage
the hand brake, stop the thermal engine, get off the
driver’s seat and position the hopper safety stops.
-- Place the ladder in the machine rear side to reach
the upper part of the rear arch; from this position,
drop the clogged or deposited sarments around
the plastic cover and in the nearby area, using
the hook.
-- Then, move the ladder and place it against the
pipe fastening the side plates, to release the
elastic bands holding the side plates and let the
accumulated residues fall down.
Make sure that the plate upper part folds cor-
rectly against the lower one, to prevent it
from being trapped in the hoppers during tilt-
ing.
This operation must be carried out on both ma-
chine sides.
-- Put the ladder away and remove the hopper
stops.
-- Detach the elastic bands from the rear sealing
plates and remove any debris trapped behind.
-- Remove the possible plastic caps closing the
noria rear lower part.
-- Climb onto the driver’s seat and operate the en-
gine at medium speed, lower the hoppers, en-
gage the extractor fans and conveyors, then
place the norias in the washing position.
-- Get off the driver’s seat leaving the harvesting
equipment in operation.
WARNING:
this is a departure from
the general safety requirements specified in the
Operator’s Manual.
-- Open the water supply valve, pick up the hose
without the nozzle and climb onto the harvesting
equipment platform located behind the driver’s
seat. From there, wash the top of the machine,
the conveyors, the hopper augers, the norias,
etc. for about 10 minutes.
-- Get off the machine and, starting from the
ground, clean, from the harvesting machine front
part, the tunnel inner part:
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cloth, shaking frame, shakers;
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pour in water in the right and left front deflec-
tors, through the special openings.
-- Now go to the back of the machine, open the sa-
loon doors and clean the rear part of the harvest-
ing tunnel:
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the shaking frame assembly, washing in par-
ticular the shaker connecting rods;
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the plates and the lower sealing sheets.
-- Pour in water through the side openings of the
conveyor cases.
-- Spray a lot of water in the hoods of the lower ex-
tractors, remaining at a sufficient distance from
the stalk choppers.
DANGER:
the extractor rotors are
fitted with stalk chopper knives.
Do not try and fit the pipe or the nozzle when the
thermal engine is running.