MacDon FD70 for Combine Operators - Manual (Page 232)

SECTION 11. TROUBLESHOOTING
* See your MacDon Dealer.
** Refer to Combine Operator’s Manual.
*** Refer to Draper Header Technical Manual
Form 169006
230
Revision D
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
Reel Contacts Endsheet,
Especially In Smile Condition.
Reel not centered in header. Center reel in header.
10.14.4
Loose reel arm brace.
Center reel in header and
tighten brace.
Reel Fingers Being Cut At
Header Hinge Points In Frown
Condition.
Reel clearance inadequate.
Adjust reel clearance to
cutterbar.
10.14.2
Adjust reel frown at finger
tubes.
10.14.3
11.6 CUTTING EDIBLE BEANS
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
Plants Being Stripped, and
Complete Or Partial Plants
Left Behind.
Header being carried off
ground.
Lower header to ground and
run on skid shoes and/or
cutterbar.
9.11.2.2
Float set too light - rides on
high spots and does not get
back down soon enough. Set float for: 100-150 lbf -
dry ground; 50-100 lbf - wet
ground.
9.11.3
Reel being operated too high. Fully retract reel cylinders. 9.11.9
Reel too high with cylinders
fully retracted.
Adjust reel height.
10.14.1 &
10.14.2
Finger pitch not aggressive
enough.
Adjust finger pitch. 9.11.11
Reel too far back on reel
support arms.
Move reel forward until the
fingertips skim the soil
surface with header on
ground and center-link
properly adjusted.
9.11.10
Header angle too shallow.
Lengthen center-link.
If cutting on ground, header
angle can be increased by
fully retracting lift cylinders.
9.11.4
Reel too slow.
Adjust reel speed to be
marginally faster than
ground speed.
9.11.5
Ground speed too fast. Lower ground speed. 9.11.6
Header skid shoes adjusted too
low. Raise skid shoes to
maximum up position.
9.11.2.2
Dirt packs on bottom of
cutterbar and raises cutterbar
off the ground. Install plastic wear strips on
bottom of cutterbar and skid
shoes.
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