Ashland L-115 - Manual (Page 4)

ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS FOR MODEL L-115 LANDLEVELER
1. Pack all wheel bearings with good quality wheel bearing grease and assembly bearings, seals,
and hubs to axle spindles. Tighten adjusting nut, then loosen one or two castellations. Install
cotter pin and hub cap.
2. Mount tires on rims and inflate to 35 p.s.i. Assemble tires and wheels to hubs of rear frame
section and front pole.
3. Remove cast socket halves from gooseneck post. Roll front axle assembly under gooseneck
and place cast socket halves around ball swivel and insert back into post. Be sure the socket half
with the grease hole is to the rear of the post. Secure with 5/8” x 4” bolts. Install long shank
grease fitting.
4. Connect rear frame section to front frame section using 1½” x 6” pins. Lock pins in position
using ½” x 1” NC capscrews.
5. Raise frame and slide moldboard under. Connect moldboard to frame brackets using ¾” x 2
½” bolts, flat washers and lock washers at the bottom. Install the adjustable tilt brackets to the
mold board using the ½” x 2 ½” bolts and lockwashers. Install ½” x 2 ½” bolts into the desired
hole setting on tilt bracket and fasten to frame bracket.
6. Install end plates to moldboard using ¾” x 1 ½” bolts and ½” x 1 ½” into the desired hole
setting to keep bottom of plate level.
7. Connect one end of end plate brace to frame with 5/8” x 2” bolt. Connect opposite end to end
plate with 5/8” x 1 ½” bolt..
8. Install the depth gauge pointer to the rear frame cross members with the pointer facing for-
ward and downward using 3/8” x 1” bolts. After the leveler is actuated with the hydraulic system a
dark marking should be made on the quadrant to align the pointer with the blade at ground level.
9. Install the hydraulic cylinder with the piston rods to the rear. Secure the pins with the clip pins
provided. Install the 3/8” 90° swivel adapters into the cylinder ports.
10. Install the 3/8” x 24” hydraulic hoses to the cylinders and oil lines, making sure the hoses from
the rear cylinder ports are connected to the same line.
11. Connect land leveler to tractor hydraulic system and raise and lower the leveler several times
to the extreme limits of the cylinders to remove all air which may be trapped in the lines.
12. With the leveler in a partially raised position and over a level surface, the distance from the
floor to each end of the blade should be equal. Adjustment , if necessary is made at the slotted
holes at each end of the moldboard where attached to the frame brackets.
13. Retighten all bolts after a few days of operation
IMPORTANT: It is necessary to bleed the air from the hydraulic lines for smooth operation.
Loosen the swivel adapters from the hoses at each hydraulic cylinder and release all air and foam
which is trapped.
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