MacDon CA25 OM - Manual (Page 197)

SECTION 9. TROUBLESHOOTING
* See your MacDon Dealer
** Refer to your Combine Operator’s Manual
*** Refer to your Technical Service Manual
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SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
Reel Shattering Pods
(cont’d).
Reel finger pitch not
aggressive enough.
Increase finger
aggressiveness (cam
position).
7.9.10
Reel too far forward of
cutterbar C-section.
Re-position reel.
Cutterbar Pushing Too
Much Trash And Dirt.
Header too heavy.
Re-adjust float to make
header lighter.
7.9.2
Header angle too steep.
Decrease header angle with
lift cylinders.
7.9.3
Shorten the center-link.
Regular guards push dirt and
plug up with trash or plug up
with trash and then push dirt.
Install stub guard kit.
*, 8.9.6
& 8.9.7
& 10.2
Improper support for header.
Install center skid shoes on
header.
*
Cutterbar Pushing Too
Much Dirt In Certain
Locations For Length Of
Field.
Tire tracks or row crop ridges
caused by seeding or
spraying operations. Cut at angle to ridges or crop
rows to allow knife and guards
to clean out better.
---
Rolling land along length of
field due to cultivating.
Cut at 90° to undulations,
provided knife floats across
without digging in.
Cutterbar Fills Up With Dirt.
Excessive gap between top of
front of draper and cutterbar.
Adjust front deck hooks to
obtain proper clearance
between cutterbar and draper.
8.11.5
Raise header fully at each
end of field or as required and
shift decks back and forth to
help clean out cutterbar.
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Reel Carries Over Odd
Plants In Same Location.
Reel fingers (steel) bent and
hook plants out of the crop
flow on drapers.
Straighten fingers (steel). ---
Dirt accumulation on end of
fingers do not let plants slide
off fingers over drapers.
Raise reel. 7.9.8
Adjust reel fore and aft
location to move fingers out of
the ground.
7.9.9
Reel Carries Over Excessive
Amounts Of Plants Or Wads.
Excessive accumulation of
crop on drapers (up to height
of reel center tube).
Increase draper speed. 7.9.6
Finger pitch too retarded. Increase finger pitch. 7.9.10