Maintenance - Textron Jacobsen RANSOMES LH Serie Manual De Seguridad Y Operacion

Fig. 14
Fig. 15
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MAINTENANCE

Read the safety instructions
Weekly (Every 40 working hours)
Make general check on all nuts, bolts and screws to
ensure that these are tight.
END OF SEASON SERVICING
1. MACHINE
(a) After grass cutting the machine should be
thoroughly cleaned down to remove all
accumulations of grass clippings and debris.
(b) Turn the cutting cylinders to clean the cutting
edges.
(c) Brush a little oil onto the cutters to prevent
rusting. A few turns of the cylinders will soon
spread the oil onto the bottom blade.
NOTE: DO NOT turn the cylinders by hand.
2. Cutting unit gearboxes
(a) During the end of season overhaul the
hydraulic motors should be removed and
the gearboxes cleaned out.
(b) Repack the gearboxes with Shell Simnia
'O' or Shell Retinax 'G' grease (non
tracking) to half fill the box approximate
quantity - 0.10kg (0.22lbs) per gearbox).
3. Hydraulic tank and filter
(Fig. 14 and Fig. 15)
(a) Remove the return hose at the valve
elbow (Fig. 15) to completely drain the tank of
oil. Fit a new filter in the tank and refill with
new Shell Tellus 46 oil (capacity 40 litres
(9 imp. gallons) 42.3 US quarts.
(b) To change the filter (Fig. 14): Unscrew the nut
(A) and remove washer (B) sealing washer (C)
cover plate (D) and sealing ring (E).
Unscrew the filter bolt (F) and withdraw the
element (G) from the tank. After taking out the
split pin (H) the filter and bottom plate (J) can
be removed from the filter bolt. Refit a new
element and reassemble in the reverse order.
(c) The oil strainer (K) should be withdrawn and
thoroughly cleaned.
4. Drain the PTO gearbox and refill to the
correct level with S.A.E. 30 oil (refer to
Fig. 12 and 13).