Requirements For Outdoors Long-Term Storage - Belarus 1523.5 Operator's Manual

1523.5-0000010 OM

7.4 Requirements for outdoors long-term storage

Before putting a tractor in the storage, check its technical condition. Carry out basic
maintenance services.
Technological maintenance when preparing tractor for long-term storage includes:
- cleaning and washing;
- dismounting and preparing for storage tractor components subject to storage in specially
equipped warehouses;
- sealing of openings and cavities from ingress of moisture and dust;
- tractor and its components preservation;
- putting the tractor on supporting blocks (plates).
After operation the tractor shall be cleaned off dust, mud, oil leaks, vegetation and other
remains. Components where water is not allowed (generators, relays, etc.) shall be pro-
tected with a protecting cover. After cleaning and washing the tractor, it shall be blown off
with compressed air to remove moisture. Damaged painting shall be restored by putting
varnish and paint coating or protective grease.
Painting shall be carried out according to GOST 6572-91.
With long-term outdoor storage, electrical equipment, components made of rubber, poly-
mer and textile materials (hydraulic circuit hoses, etc) shall be dismounted, prepared for
storage and sent to a warehouse. Fastening parts of the tractor dismounted components
shall be mounted back in their places. Electrical equipment (headlights, generator, starter,
accumulator batteries) shall be cleaned, blown off with compressed air, terminals shall be
coated with protective grease.
When preparing a tractor for long-term storage, it is required to carry out internal and out-
side preservation procedures for the engine according to the engine operation manual.
Lubricate all tractor units according to clause 3 of table 5.4 of the present operation manu-
al. Drain oil and fill fresh oil with the required amount of additives up to the control level to
the transmission and brake bodies, FDA reducing gears, HLL and HSC (FPTO if installed)
oil tank. Run the tractor for 10-15 minutes. Put accumulator batteries in long-term storage
after conducting control-training cycle in accordance with GOST 9590-76. Projecting joints,
threaded connections of lift linkage mechanism, steering geometry, splined surfaces of
PTO shaft end extension and of cardan shafts, and projecting parts of cylinder rods and
shock absorbers, front and rear track adjusting mechanism shall be preserved. Cover
carefully the fuel tank filling neck, diesel breather openings, transmission, hydraulic sys-
tems, the engine exhaust pipe and the inlet air purifier pipe, relative openings after starter
removal, and other cavities, through which atmospheric precipitation may get inside inner
cavities of tractor assembly units with caps, polyethylene film sacks or other special ac-
cessories. Set shift levers and pedals to a position excluding spontaneous engagement of
tractor units and implements.
Only unloaded pneumatic tires are allowed for outdoor storage on tractors, resting on sup-
ports. Tire surface shall be covered with protective agent. Tire pressure shall be de-
creased to 70% of the standard. It is required to clean exterior surfaces of the hydraulic
system flexible hoses off mud and oil. Hoses may be kept on the tractor. In this case they
are coated with protective substance or wrapped with insulating material (wax paper, poly-
ethylene film, etc).
Cabin hoods and doors shall be closed.
Maintenance during storage includes checking if machines are properly placed on support-
ing blocks (plates) (absence of cocking), completeness, air pressure in tires, air-tightness,
state of anticorrosion coatings (protective grease, paint integrity, absence of corrosion (in-
tegrity and strength of sheathes and covers). Detected defects shall be eliminated.
Tractor technological maintenance when removing from storage includes taking off sup-
porting blocks, cleaning and if required depreservation of tractor, its components, removal
of packoff, reinstallation of dismounted components, tools, check of operation and adjust-
ments of tractor and its components.
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