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7-MAINTENANCE
WARNING
Chemicalhazard!
Batteryposts,terminals,andrelatedaccessoriescontainleadandleadcompounds.Washhandsafter
handling.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorseriousinjury.
W0349A
WARNING
Improperoperationorserviceofthismachinecanresultinanaccident.
Weldingsparkscancausebatterygasestoexplode.Whenweldingonthemachine,alwaysdiscon-
necttheB+andD+wiresfromthealternator.Checkthewiremarkingsbeforereconnectingtoensure
acorrectconnection.
Failuretocomplycouldresultindeathorseriousinjury.
W0253A
Batteryservice
Beforeyouservicecomponentsoftheelectricalsystem,
alwaysdisconnecttheNEGATIVE(-)batterycable.
Dirt,moisture,andcorrosiononthebatterywilldischarge
thebattery.CleanthebatterywithCaseBatterySaverand
Cleaner.Followtheinstructionsonthecontainer.
Disconnectthealternatorwiresifyoumustruntheengine
withthebatterywiresdisconnected.
Beforeyouuseanelectricwelder,disconnectthealternator
wires,instrumentcluster,andturnthemasterdisconnect
switchtoOFF.
Donotuseasteamcleanerorcleaningsolventtocleanthe
alternator.
Batteryvents
Keepthebatteryventsclean,makesuretheventsarenot
restricted.
Cleaningthebatteries
Checkthebatteriesandbatterycompartmentregularly
fordirt,corrosionanddamage.Dirtmixedwithelec-
trolyteormoistureonthetopofthebatteriescancause
adischargedconditioninthebatteries.Useoneofthe
followingmethodstocleanthebatteries.
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Useacommercialbatterycleaningproduct.Follow
theinstructionsonthecontainer.
Usebakingsodaorammoniaandushtheoutsideofthe
batterieswithwaterifyoudonothaveacommercialbattery
cleaningproduct.
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