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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
WARNING
•Have qualified personnel do all maintenance and troubleshooting work.
•Turn the engine off before working inside the machine.
•Remove guards only when necessary to perform maintenance and replace them when the main- tenance requiring their removal is complete.
•If guards are missing from the machine, get replacements from a Lincoln Distributor. See the EXPLODED VIEW AND PARTS LIST at the back of this manual.
Read the Safety Precautions in the front of this manu- al and in the engine owner’s manual before working on the POWERARC® 5500.
Keep all equipment safety guards, covers, and devices in position and in good repair. Keep your hands, hair, clothing, and tools away from the recoil housing, fans, and all other moving parts when start- ing, operating, or repairing this machine.
ROUTINE AND PERIODIC
MAINTENANCE
ENGINE MAINTENANCE
CAUTION
To prevent the engine from accidentally starting, disconnect the spark plug lead before servicing the engine.
See the engine owner’s manual for a summary of maintenance intervals for the items listed below. Follow either the hourly or the calendar intervals, whichever come first. More frequent service may be required, depending on your specific application and
operating conditions. Table D.1 shows engine mainte- nance replacement parts and numbers.
If this Power Arc 5500 is equipped with a Tachometer /Hour meter (See page
Once Oil or Air filter service is completed, Tachometer/Hour meter needs to be reset. The reset procedure will stop the flashing of the display and will trigger the meter to start counting the time for the next engine service. To stop the flashing alert for Oil or Air filter service, do the following: While alert message is flashing, hold the tip of the reset tool against area shown in figure D.1 for several seconds. The display will stop flashing. The service interval has been reset and the message alert should start flashing for the next Oil or Air filter change.
RESET TOOL
TO ELIMINATE
FLASHING HOLD
THE RESET TOOL
IN THIS AREA.
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FIGURE D.1
OIL: Check the oil level after every 5 
hours of operation or daily. BE SURE TO MAINTAIN THE OIL LEVEL. Change the oil the first time after 20 hours of operation. Then,
under normal operating conditions, change the oil after every 100 hours or once every 6 months whichever occurs first. If the engine is operated under heavy load or in high ambient temperatures, change the oil every 25 hours.
Drain the oil from the drain plug located on either side of the engine bottom, as shown in Figure D.2. Refill through the oil fill plug until the oil reaches the top of the fill hole. Use the grade and viscosity recommend- ed in the engine owner’s manual.
FIGURE D.2 - OIL DRAIN AND REFILL
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LOCATION
1.OIL DRAIN PLUG
2.OIL FILL PLUG
3.OIL LEVEL