Mounting The Mower Deck; Wheels; Intake Turbine; General Cleaning - Gianni Ferrari Turbo 1 User Manual

Wheels

Periodically check the pressure of the tyres which must be:
front wheels = 1,2 BAR
rear wheels = 1,2 BAR

Intake turbine

The intake turbine is the most important component of the cut grass collecting system. It is assembled on the inner side
of the frame and takes the cut grass from the mower deck to the grasscatcher by turning according to the engine speed.
If the outlet becomes clogged , stop the engine, remove the ignition key and clean the intake and outlet ducts.
Blades are removable; replace them when worn: remove the mower deck and the conveyor, unscrew the two fixing
screws cleaning the intake carefully. Operate with a screwdriver and replace the blade. It is advisable to replace all 6
blades and the relative screws to maintain better balancing of the rotor.

General cleaning

It is strongly advisable to use compressed air when generally cleaning the machine. Avoid use of pressurized jets of
water, steam, naphta, petrol, solvent and similar. These products will damage many components, particularly the
transmission belts and the electric wiring.
At the end of the season
Check all parts of the machine according to the operations listed in this manual.
Order any required spare parts so as to ensure that the machine is in perfect running order at the start of the next season.
13 – MOUNTING THE MOWER DECK
DISASSEMBLY AND REASSEMBLY OPERATIONS MUST BE EXECUTED BY EXPERT
PERSONNEL. THE MACHINE MUST BE PLACED ON A LEVEL GROUND WITH THE PTO
DISCONNETED AND WITH THE PARKING BRAKE INSERTED. THE ENGINE (WHERE IT IS
NOT PRECISELY SPECIFIED) MUST BE STOPPED AND THE KEY MUST BE REMOVED.
Mower deck disassembly and reassembly operations are not very frequent since maintenance and normal operations
(cleaning and sharpening blades) can be carried out when positioning the mower deck in the vertical (see next
paragraph).
Proceed in the following way if the mower deck must be assembled anyway:
- Connect the first half of the universal coupling to the PTO shaft under the machine, carefully checking that the
spring button of the quick coupling has tripped into the correct position. To achieve this, pull firmly on the cardan
shaft, checking that it cannot slip out of place.
- Set the front attachment lift lever (the most external lever) to the floating position (forwards).
- Connect the second half of the universal coupling.
- Fit the arms on the mower deck frame and check that the grass conveyor is centered with the intake turbine.
- Connect the grass conveyor to the mower deck.
- Push the mower deck to the end of the supporting arms and fix it in place by inserting the pin into the holes of the
supports and arms (picture on the left). Lock with the split pin.
- Insert the pin (central picture).
- Adjust cutting height by shifting the pins position (picture on the right).
- Check that the mower deck is parallel to the ground. If it is not, adjust by putting washers under the adjustment
pins. It is advisable that the mower deck rear side is slightly higher than the front in order to obtain the best results.
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