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MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
E.BELT ADJUSTMENT
DANGER: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST
THE BELTS WHILE THE ENGINE IS
RUNNING.
The pump and agitator on the fiberglass sprayers are
belt driven. These belts will stretch when new and it is
very important that the belts be checked for proper
tension daily for the first three or four days of
operation.
NOTE: DO NOT TIGHTEN THE AGITATOR BELT
MORE THAN NECESSARY OR YOU WILL DISTORT
THE PACKING GLAND.
The proper procedure for tightening the belts is as
follows:
1.
Loosen the engine mounting bolts.
2.
Loosen the pump mounting bolts.
3.
Loosen the engine-to-pump belts. Turn the
engine adjusting bolt found at the end of the
engine mounting plate so that the engine moves
toward the pump.
4.
Tighten the agitator belt. Turn the pump
adjusting bolt found at the end of the pump
mounting plate so that the pump moves toward
the outside edge of the sprayer.
5.
Tighten the pump mounting bolts.
6.
Tighten the engine-to-pump belts. Turn the
engine adjusting on found at the end of the
engine mounting plate so that the engine moves
toward the outside edge of the sprayer.
7.
Tighten the engine mounting bolts.
NOTE: Steps 2, 3, 4 and 5 may be eliminated if it is not
necessary to tighten the agitator belt.
F.TANK
The sprayer tank requires no scheduled maintenance.
The inside of the tank should be flushed out after each
use as described in the section on Cleaning the
Sprayer. The outside of the tank should be hosed off
after use and scrubbed occasionally with soapy water
to remove ground-in dirt.
G.IN-LINE STRAINER
The in-line strainer should be cleaned each day after
the sprayer has been flushed. Place a flat pan under
the strainer bowl to catch the liquid and unscrew the
bowl. Note: There is a washer-like seal between the
top lip of the bowl and the strainer body. This seal will
sometimes come off on top of the bowl or will drop out
of the strainer body when the bowl is unscrewed. DO
NOT LOSE THIS SEAL! It must be installed or you
won't be able to operate your sprayer.
H.HOSE
If the hose on your sprayer is treated carefully, it will
give long and trouble free service. When you have
finished spraying a lawn, carry the application device
and drag the hose back to the sprayer. This protects
the application device from being damaged by being
dragged through the turf and permits you to insure, as
you walk back to the sprayer, that the hose is not
snagged on something or wrapped around a tree. It
also eases the load on your reel because the hose will
be rewound from only half the distance. The hose
should be flushed out daily as described in the section
on Cleaning the Sprayer. Weekly, you should clean off
the outside cover of the hose by rewinding it onto the
reel while gripping it lightly with a rag dipped in soapy
water.
I.STORAGE AND WINTERIZING
If the sprayer will not be used for 30 days or more it
should be thoroughly flushed out and cleaned as
described in the section on Cleaning the Sprayer. The
engine should be drained of fuel to prevent gum
deposits from forming on essential carburetor parts.
First, the fuel tank should be drained and then the
engine should be started and allowed to run until it
stops from lack of fuel. While the engine is still warm,
the oil should be drained from the crankcase and then
the crankcase refilled with fresh oil. The spark plug
should be removed, a teaspoon of oil poured into the
cylinder, the engine cranked slowly to distribute the oil
and the spark plug replaced. The blower housing
should be removed and any dirt should be cleaned
from the engine's cooling fins. You should change the
oil in the pump every 200 hours and at the end of the
spraying season. You should change the pump's
diaphragms at the end of each spraying season.
The sprayer should be stored in a clean, dry area
which should be heated if freezing weather will occur
during the time of storage. Pour a gallon of antifreeze
and a gallon of clean water into the sprayer. Start the
engine and agitate the mixture. Then pump the
antifreeze mixture through the plumbing and discharge
it from the application device back into two one gallon
containers. Store the 50/50 antifreeze mixture for
future use. If a boom is your application device, spray
a small amount of the antifreeze mixture from the
boom and then shut it off and drain the rest of the
mixture from the tank using the drain on the front of the
sprayer.
