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Notetotheowner
GENERALINFORMATION
ThisManualhasbeenpreparedtoassistyouinthecor-
rectprocedureforrunning-in,drivingandoperatingand
forthemaintenanceofyournewmachine.Readthisman-
ualcarefully.Yourmachineisdesignedtobeusedinnor-
malandcustomaryagriculturalapplications.
Ifyourequiretechnicalsupportforyourmachineatany
time,donothesitateincontactingyourCASEIHdealer.
Theyhavecompanytrainedpersonnel,genuinepartsand
thenecessaryequipmenttocarryoutallyourservicere-
quirements.
Thespecicationsareprovidedforyourinformationand
guidance.Forfurtherinformationconcerningyourtractor
andequipment,consultyourCASEIHdealer.
Alldatagiveninthisbookissubjecttoproductionvari-
ations.Dimensionsandweightsareapproximate.The
illustrationsdonotnecessarilyshowtractorsinstandard
conditionorimplythatthesefeaturesareavailableinall
countries.Forexactinformationaboutanyparticulartrac-
tor,pleaseconsultyourCASEIHdealer.
Yourtractorhasbeendesignedandbuilttogivemaxi-
mumperformance,economyandeaseofoperationunder
awidevarietyofoperatingconditions.Priortodelivery,
thetractorwascarefullyinspected,bothatthefactoryand
byyourCASEIHdealertoensurethatitreachesyouin
optimumcondition.Tomaintainthisconditionandensure
trouble-freeoperation,itisimportantthatyouperformthe
routineservicesspeciedintheMaintenanceGraphicof
thisManualattherecommendedintervals.
OPERATORSMANUALSTORAGE
TheOperatorsManualsuppliedwithyourtractorisanim-
portantsourceofinformationandshouldbestoredsafely.
Themanualiswrittenspecicallyforyourtractorsoitis
importantthatyoumakeanoteoftheprintnumberand
issuedatewhichcanbefoundonthecover.Intheevent
themanualislostordamageditcanbereplacedwiththe
correctversion.
AstoragepocketfortheOperatorsManualcanbefound
ontherearoftheseat.Themanualshouldbekeptinthis
pocketatalltimeswhennotinuse.
ABOUTTHISMANUAL
Thismanualgivesinformationforuseofyourmachine,as
intendedandundertheconditionsforeseenbythemanu-
facturerduringnormaloperationandroutineserviceand
maintenance.
Readandunderstand;keepitingoodconditionandal-
wayssafelystoreitintheprovidedpocketinthebackof
yourseatforlatereasyuse.
Thismanualdoesnotcontainalltheinformationrelated
toperiodicalservice,convertingandrepairstobecarried
outbyCASEIHprofessionalservicepersonnel.
TheTableofContentspage(s)areprovidedtohavean
overviewofmainmanual’stopics.Adetailedalphabetic
indexisavailableattheendofthismanualforlocating
specicitems.
NormalOperation
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Normaloperationmeanstheuseofthetractorforthe
purposeintendedbythemanufacturerbyanopera-
torfamiliarwiththetractorandthemountedortowed
equipmentandcomplyingwiththeinformationforop-
erationandsafepractices,asspeciedbythemanu-
facturerinthismanualandbythedecalsonthetractor
andtheequipment.
•
Normaloperationincludesthepreparationandstorage
ofthetractor,swingingcomponentsintoworkposition
andviceversa,addingorremovingballastandpicking
upandsettingoffattachments.
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Normaloperationincludestheadjustmentandsetting
ofthetractorandequipment,forthespeciccondition
oftheeldand/orthecrop.
Routineservice
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Routineserviceandmaintenancemeansactivitiesthat
mustbedonedailybyanoperatorfamiliarwiththetrac-
torcharacteristicsandcomplyingwiththeinformation
forroutineserviceandsafepractices,asspeciedby
themanufacturerinthismanualandbydecalsonthe
tractor,inordertomaintainitsproperfunction.Rou-
tineserviceincludesactivitiessuchasfuelling,clean-
ing,washing,toppingupuidlevels,greasing,andre-
placingconsumablearticlessuchaslampbulbs.
Converting,periodicalserviceandrepair
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Periodicalservicemeansactivitiesthatmustbedoneat
denedintervalsbytrainedpersonnelfamiliarwiththe
tractorcharacteristicsandwhicharecomplyingwiththe
informationforperiodicalserviceandsafepractices,as
partlyspeciedbythemanufacturerinthismanualand
inotherCompanyliterature,inordertomaintainthe
expectedlifetimeofthetractor.
•
Convertingmeansactivitiesthatmustbedoneby
professionalservicepersonnelfamiliarwiththetractor
characteristicsandcomplyingwiththeinformationfor
converting,aspartlyspeciedbythemanufacturerin
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