MacDon D60 Draper Headers - Manual (Page 148)

SECTION 9. TROUBLESHOOTING
* See your MacDon dealer.
** Refer to Windrower Operator’s Manual.
*** Refer to Windrower Technical Service Manual.
Form 169441 146 Revision B
SYMPTOM PROBLEM SOLUTION SECTION
Reel Motion Is Uneven Or
Stalls In Heavy Crop.
Reel speed too fast. Reduce reel speed. 7.12.4
Reel fingers not aggressive
enough. Move to a more aggressive
finger pitch notch.
7.12.10
Reel too low. Raise reel. 7.12.8
Relief valve on windrower has
low relief pressure setting.
Increase relief pressure to
manufacturer’s
recommendations.
** Low oil reservoir level on
windrower. (NOTE: Sometimes
more than one reservoir.)
Fill to proper level.
Relief valve malfunction. Replace relief valve.
Cutting tough crops with high-
speed (19 tooth) reel drive
sprocket. Replace with high torque (10
tooth) or 14 tooth reel drive
sprocket.
8.9.6 or
8.9.7
Plastic Fingers Cut At Tip.
Insufficient reel to cutterbar
clearance.
Increase clearance. 8.9.1
Plastic Fingers Bent
Rearward At Tip.
Reel digging into ground with
reel speed slower than ground
speed.
Raise header.
Decrease header tilt.
Move reel aft.
7.12.1
7.12.3
7.12.9
Plastic Fingers Bent Forward
At Tip.
(Opposite of above)
Reel digging into ground with
reel speed faster than ground
speed.
Plastic Fingers Bent Close to
Tine Tube.
Excessive plugging at cutterbar
with wads of crop accumulating
at cutterbar while maintaining
reel operation.
Correct plugging/cutting
issues.
Stop reel before plugging
becomes excessive.
7.19
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