MCCORMICK X60.40 - General Operation; Before Starting the Engine; Start - Important Recommendations; Run in Procedure

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Operation
Before Starting The Engine
WARNING:Beforestartingtheengine,besure
alloperatingcontrolsareinneutralandthe
parkbrakeisengaged.Thiswilleliminateac-
cidentalmovementofthemachineorstartup
ofpowerdrivenequipment.
WARNING:Neverruntheengineinaclosed
building.Properventilationisrequiredunder
allcircumstances.
Do the following checks before starting the tractor for
thefirsttime.
1. Makesureallpersonsthatoperateordomainte-
nanceonthetractorunderstandthatcleanfuelis
important.
2. Checkalllubricationfittings.
3. Checkoillevelintheenginesumpandinthegear-
box.
4. Checkthewaterlevelinthebatteries.
5. Checkthatthetractortankisfilledwithcleanfuel
meetingthespecificationsgiveninthismanual.
Cleanaroundthefueltankcapbeforeyouremove
thecap.
6. Checkforleaksfromfuelsystem,coolingsystem
andengineoilsump.
7. Checkthatalldrivebeltsareadjustedcorrectly.
8. Removeanywaterorsedimentfromthefuelpri-
maryfilter.
9. Checktheairpressureofthetyres.
10.Ifyourtractorhasapowertake-off,makesurethe
safetyguardisinstalledandingoodcondition.
11.Checkforcoolantlevelinthecoolantrecovery
reservoir.Ifrequired,topupwithanethyleneglycol
coolantfluid.
Run In Procedure
- Foracorrectrunningin,itisnecessarytoobserveal
 precautionscalledforintheMaintenancesection.
- Agradualrun-inofanewengineisnotnecessary.
-Continuoususeoflightloadswhentheengineisstill
newmaycauselubricationoiltoenterthedischarge
system.
- Youshouldbeginusingheavyloadsassoonasthe
engineisputintoserviceandthecoolantreachesa
minimumtemperatureof60°C.
- Theenginewillbenefitifheavyloadsareappliedim-
mediatelyafterthefirststart.
- DONOTruntheengineforlongperiodsatmaximum
load.
-DoNOTlettheenginerunforalongperiodathigh
RPMwithoutanydraftapplied.Iftheengineisused
withoutanydrafts,becarefultokeeptherightoper-
atingtemperature.
GENERAL OPERATION
Start - Important recommendations
Starting
WARNING:Carefullyreadthestartinginstruc-
tionsbeforestartingthetractor.
WARNING:Alwaystakeintoaccounttheuseof
themachineandtheworkplace.Takeevery
precaution,speciallyifthereisahighriskof
fire.
WARNING:DONOTstartthetractorfromthe
ground.Alwaysstartthetractoronlyfromthe
operator’sseat.
WARNING:DONOTstartthetractorifthebon-
netisopenortheguardsareremoved.
WARNING:Theoperatormustalwaysseatin
his/herplacewhendrivingthetractorbothin
thefieldandonroads.DONOTstandupfrom
yourseatwhenthetractorismoving.