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LUBRICATION
It is forbidden to discard oil, grease or filters of any type. These must be given to specialised
waste disposal organisations to protect the environment.
BEFORE CARRYING OUT ANY OPERATION SUCH AS MAINTENANCE OR ADJUSTMENT
ON THE MACHINE, STOP THE TRACTOR ENGINE, REMOVE IGNITION KEY AND WAIT
FOR ROTATING DISCS AND ROTOR TO STOP BEFORE LEAVING THE TRACTOR.
IMPORTANT !
After the first 10 hours of use
imperatively change oil
[SAE 80 W EP (GL4)]
in :
- cutterbar
- lateral gearbox
- rotor gearbox.
Thereafter, oil must be changed after every 200 hours of work and at least once per year.
CHANGING CUTTERBAR OIL
Before changing the oil of the cutterbar, let the machine run a few minutes so the oil gets hot.
Proceed as follows to change the cutterbar oil :
1° Lift the cutterbar into its
vertical position
by means of the hydraulic cylinders (photo 42).
2° Remove inner shoe (18) of main gearcase (photo 42).
3° Remove magnetic oil plug and its washer (19, 20) (photo 42 and fig. 43A) and let the old oil drain out
into an
appropriate container.
4° Remove inner plug (21) (fig. 43).
5° Clean magnetic plug and its washer (19, 20) and fit
back into place.
6°
Fit inner shoe (18) back into place.
7° Lower the cutterbar so that it is horizontal to the
ground and pour the quantity of fresh oil prescribed
below into the fill plug hole (21) (fig. 43).
8° Clean plugs (21) and their washers (22) and fit back
into place (fig. 43).
QUANTITY OF OIL IN CUTTERBAR
FC 240 P : 1,7 l / 3.4 US pint / 3 Imp pint
FC 280 P : 2,0 l / 4 US pint / 3.5 Imp pint
SAFETY CLUTCH WITH SHEAR BOLT
If during work the conditioning rotor stops rotating but
the discs are still driven, disengage the P.T.O., stop
the tractor engine, remove ignition key and wait for all
rotating parts to stop before leaving the tractor.
Remove the 2 broken parts of the shear bolt and
replace it by a new bolt (V) (part no. 800 608 50)
(specification H.M 8 x 50 grade 8.8) and self locking nut
(part no. 802 008 40).
Insert the bolt in the direction
of arrow (F) as shown in the photo opposite. Fix
the secondary PTO shaft back in place after the
operation and attach the security chains.
