Routine and Periodic Maintenance | Lincoln Electric SVM120-A

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MAINTENANCE

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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 covers or guards only when necessary to perform maintenance and replace them when the maintenance requiring their removal is complete.

•If covers or guards are missing from the machine, get replacements from a Lincoln Distributor. See the Parts List at the back of this manual.

Read the Safety Precautions in the front of this manu- al and in the instruction manual for the Kubota diesel engine used with your machine before working on the RANGER 10-LX.

Keep all equipment safety guards, covers, and devices in position and in good repair. Keep your hands, hair, clothing, and tools away from the fans, and all other moving parts when starting, operating, or repairing this machine.

OIL: Check the oil level before starting engine or daily. BE SURE TO MAIN- TAIN THE OIL LEVEL. Change the oil the first time after 50 hours of operation. Then, under

normal operating conditions, change the oil as speci- fied in Table D.1. If the engine is operated under heavy load or in high ambient temperatures, change the oil more frequently.

CHANGE THE OIL

Change the oil, while the engine is still warm, as fol- lows:

1.Drain the oil from the drain plug located on the engine bottom, as shown in Figure D.1.

2.Replace the plug and tighten it securely.

3.Remove the oil fill cap and add oil until the level reaches the full mark on the dipstick. Use high quality detergent oil of API service class CC/CD/CE, oil viscosity grade 10W30. Always check the level with the dipstick before adding more oil.

4.Reinstall the oil fill cap and the dipstick.

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