Trouble Shooting - MacDon 5000 Operator's Manual

'TROUBLE SHOOTING
SYMPTOM
PROBLEM SOLUTION
REF,
Excessive breakage of
Cutting height too low
Raise cutting height
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sickle sections or in stony conditions. with skid plates.
guards.
Cutte rbar angle too
Decrease cutterbar 30
steep' in stony angle
conditions.
Header fl otation too
Adjust to lighter float
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heavy in stony setting.
condilions
Guards, sickle and
Straighten guards, align 49
hold-downs misaligned.
hold-downs.
Grou nd speed too high Reduce ground speed. 26
in stclnY conditions.
Sickh:! speed too slow. Maintain proper RPM
on
PTO.
Check for
proper match of pump
& gear-cirive at PTO.
Sickle back breakage.
Bent or broken guard.
Straighten or replace.
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Worn sickle head pin.
Replace. 48
Dull sickle.
Replace, 48
Ragged or uneven
CuttE~rbar
angle too flat
Increase cutterbar 30
cutting of crop.
for gllJards to pick up angle.
down crop.
Reel position incorrect. Move reel forward and
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down.
PTO speed too slow.
Maintain proper RPM
on PTO. Check for
proper match of pum p
& gear-drive at PTO.
Relie!f valve pressure Replace valve.
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too low.
Sickle sections or Replace worn or 47
guar,ds are worn or
broken parts.
brokl;n.
Bent sickle causing
Straighten a bent
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binding. sickle. Check alignment
and adjust if necessary.
Siclde hold-downs Adjust hold-downs so
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improperly adjusted. sickle works freely, but
still keep sections from
lifting off guards.
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