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MacDon 973 Operator's Manual

MacDon 973 Operator's Manual (95 pages)

Brand: MacDon | Category: Farm Equipment | Size: 2.77 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction
3
Table of Contents
4
Serial Number Location
7
Safety
8
- Safety Alert Symbol
  8
- Signal Words
  8
- Safety Signs
  9
- General Farm Safety
  10
Specifications
12
- Header
  12
- Upper Cross Auger
  12
- Hardware Torque Specifications
  13
- Hydraulic Fittings Torque Specifications
  14
- Your Responsibilities as an Owner/Operator
  15
- Break-In Period
  16
- Pre-Starting Checks: Annual
  17
- Pre-Starting Checks: Daily
  17
- Operate Correctly
  18
- Header Controls
  19
- Header Lift Cylinder Stops
  19
- Reel Props
  19
Operating Variables

20
- Cutting Height (Gauge Wheels & Skid Shoes)
  20
- Divider Rod Length
  22
- Ground Speed
  23
- Header Flotation
  24
- Draper Speed
  27
- Header Angle
  27
- Delivery Opening Width
  28
- End Delivery: Windrowing with the Combine
  30
- Reel Height
  31
- Reel Speed
  31
- Reel Fore-Aft Position
  32
- Reel Pick-Up Finger Pitch
  33
- Upper Cross Auger (Optional)
  34
- Shut-Down Procedure
  35
- Unplugging the Header
  35
- Transporting the Header on Combine
  36
- Storage Procedure
  37
- Maintenance/Service
  38
  - Service Procedures
    38
  - Recommended Lubricants
    39
  - Sealed Bearing Installation
    39
  - Greasing the Header
    40
Hydraulic System

44
Sickle and Sickle Drive

47
- Sickle Lubrication
  47
- Sickle Sections
  47
- Sickle Removal
  48
- Sickle Head Needle Bearing Installation
  48
- Sickle Installation
  49
- Spare Sickle Storage
  50
- Sickle Guards
  50
- Sickle Hold-Downs
  51
- Wobble Box
  52
- Sickle Drive Belt Tension
  53
Drapers

54
- Draper Tension Adjustment
  54
- Replacing Drapers
  54
- Idler Roller Positioning
  55
- Draper Tracking Adjustment
  56
- Idler Roller Maintenance
  56
- Drive Roller Maintenance
  57
- Deck Height
  57
Reel and Reel Drive

58
- Reel Clearance to Cutterbar
  58
- Reel "Frown" Adjustment
  58
- Reel Plastic Finger Installation & Removal
  59
- Centering the Reel
  60
- Reel Drive Chain
  60
- Removal of Reel Drive Shaft
  60
Gauge Wheels

61
- Maintenance Schedule
  62
- Maintenance Record
  63
- Troubleshooting
  64
  - Crop Loss at Cutterbar
    64
  - Cutting Action & Sickle Components
    65
  - Reel Delivery
    67
  - Header
    68
  - Drapers & Decks
    69
  - Flex Header
    70
  - Cutting Edible Beans
    71
- Options and Attachments
  75
  - Adjustable Outboard Skid Shoes with Poly Cover
    75
  - Cutterbar Poly Wear Strips & Inboard Shoes with Poly Cover
    75
  - Hydraulic Top Center Link
    75
  - Floating Divider
    75
  - Upper Cross Auger
    76
  - Gauge Wheels
    76
  - Gauge Wheels/Slow Speed Transport - 30', 36' & 39
    76
  - Crop Lifter Storage Rack
    76
  - 36' & 39' Header: R/H Deck Split Kit
    77
  - High Speed Reel Drive Sprocket
    77
  - Tool Box
    77
  - Bean Saver
    77
  - Rock Retarder
    77
  - Hydraulic Fore-Aft Reel Positioner (973 Headers Only)
    78
  - Raised Sickle Conversion Kits
    78
  - Windrower Header Conversion Kits (973 Headers Only)
    78
  - Narrow End Deflectors
    78
  - Unloading
    79
  - Pull Header over to Field Position
    81
  - Set Header Support Stand
    81
  - Reel Support Arms
    83
  - Reel Assembly
    84
  - Draper Installation
    85
  - Attach Header
    87
  - Bleeding Hydraulics
    87
  - Adjustments and Checks
    88
  - 974 Flex Header: Wing Float Set-Up and Pre-Delivery Check
    89
- Index
  93

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