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4. Grease the idler pulley pi v ot ( Figure 27 ).
5. Grease the fittings on the push ar ms
( Figure 27 ).
Engine Maintenance
Servicing the Air Cleaner
Primar y Filter : R e place ev er y 200 operating hours .
Safety Filter : R e place after ev er y 600 operating
hours .
Note: Ser vice the filters more frequently if
operating conditions are extremely dusty or sandy .
Removing the Filters
1. Diseng ag e the PTO , mo v e the motion control
lev ers to the neutral loc k ed position and set
the parking brak e .
2. Stop the engine , remo v e the k ey , and w ait for
all mo ving par ts to stop before lea ving the
operating position.
3. R elease the latc hes on the air cleaner and pull
the air cleaner co v er off of the air cleaner body
( Figure 28 ).
Figure 28
1. Latches 4. Primary lter
2. Air cleaner cover 5. Safety lter
3. Air lter body
4. Clean the inside of the air cleaner co v er with
compressed air .
5. Gently slide the primar y filter out of the air
cleaner body ( Figure 28 ). A v oid knoc king the
filter into the side of the body .
6. R emo v e the safety filter onl y if y ou intend to
r eplace it .
Important: Nev er attempt to clean the
safety filter . If the safety filter is dir ty ,
then the primar y filter is dama ged and y ou
should r eplace both filter s.
7. Inspect the primar y filter for damag e b y
looking into the filter while shining a bright
light on the outside of the filter . Holes in the
filter will appear as bright spots . If the filter
is damag ed discard it.
Servicing the Primary Filter
Do not clean the primar y filter . R e place it after
200 operating hours .
Servicing the Safety Filter
Do not clean the safety filter . R e place it after
600 operating hours .
Important: Nev er attempt to clean the
safety filter . If the safety filter is dir ty , then
the primar y filter is dama ged and y ou should
r eplace both filter s.
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