Cooling System
Maintenance
Cleaning the Engine Screen
and the Oil Cooler
Service Interval: Before each use or daily
Before each use, check and clean engine screen and oil
cooler. Remove any build-up of grass, dirt or other
debris from the oil cooler screen and engine screen
(Figure 43 and Figure 44).
Figure 43
1. Oil cooler
Cleaning the Engine Fins
Service Interval: Every 100 hours
Clean around the carburetor, the governor levers and
the linkage. This will make sure adequate cooling to
hydraulic pumps, motors and engine and will reduce the
possibility of overheating and mechanical damage.
1. Remove the engine shroud.
2. Clean the engine cooling fins.
3. Install the engine shroud.
Figure 44
Brake Maintenance
Adjusting the Parking Brake
Service Interval: Every 200 hours
Check the parking brake for proper adjustment.
1. Disengage brake lever (lever down).
2. Measure the length of the spring.
The measurement should be 2-3/4 inch (70 mm)
between washers (Figure 45).
1. Brake lever
2. Spring (2-3/4 inches/70
mm)
3. Adjusting nuts
3. If adjustment is necessary, loosen the jam nut below
the spring and tighten the nut directly below the
yoke (Figure 45). Turn the nut until the correct
measurement is obtained. Tighten the two nuts
together and repeat on opposite side of unit.
4. Turn nuts clockwise to shorten spring length and
turn counter-clockwise to lengthen the spring.
5. Engage parking brake, lever up.
6. Measure the distance between the trunnion roller
and the collar on brake rod.
The measurement should be 3/16-1/4 inch (5-7
mm) (Figure 45).
7. If adjustment is necessary, loosen the jam nut
directly below the yoke. Turn the bottom rod until
the correct measurement is obtained (Figure 45).
Tighten jam nut at yoke
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Figure 45
4. Collar on brake rod
5. 3/16–1/4 inch (5–7 mm)
6. Jam nut and yoke