Swisher LS722H Assembly, Operation, Hydraulicreservoir, Fillingthehydraulicreservoir, Startup

ASSEMBLY￿

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This￿log￿splitter￿has￿been￿partially￿assembled￿at￿the￿factory.￿￿Refer￿to￿the￿drawings￿and￿part￿lists￿should￿it￿become￿ necessary￿to￿disassemble￿the￿unit￿for￿repair￿or￿replacement￿of￿parts.￿

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Inspect￿all￿components￿for￿damage.￿If￿you￿believe￿you￿have￿a￿damaged￿part￿please￿contact￿customer￿service￿ immediately￿at￿1-800-222-8183.￿

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WARNING:￿￿Exercise￿extreme￿caution,￿as￿parts￿are￿very￿heavy.￿￿Sufficient￿persons￿or￿mechanical￿handling￿ equipment￿should￿be￿used.￿

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Refer￿to￿uncrating￿and￿assembly￿instructions￿for￿assembly￿procedures.￿

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OPERATION￿

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INTENDED￿USE:￿￿This￿log￿splitter￿is￿intended￿and￿designed￿to￿only￿split￿wood.￿￿NEVER￿use￿for￿any￿other￿ purposes.￿￿Doing￿so￿can￿cause￿injury￿or￿VOID￿THE￿WARRANTY.￿

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IMPORTANT:￿￿This￿unit￿is￿shipped￿with￿oil￿but￿without￿gasoline￿in￿the￿engine.￿￿After￿assembly,￿see￿separate￿ Engine￿Manual￿for￿proper￿fuel￿and￿oil￿recommendations.￿

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WARNING:￿￿DO￿NOT￿START￿OR￿RUN￿THE￿LOG￿SPLITTER￿WITHOUT￿OIL￿IN￿THE￿ENGINE￿AND￿

HYDRAULIC￿RESERVOIR.￿

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FILLING￿THE￿HYDRAULIC￿RESERVOIR￿

Fill￿the￿hydraulic￿reservoir￿to￿the￿top￿mark￿on￿the￿dipstick￿with￿Dexron￿III￿/￿Mercon￿III￿automatic￿transmission￿ fluid,￿a￿10W￿AW￿hydraulic￿fluid￿or￿Pro-Mix￿AW-32￿Hydraulic￿oil.￿￿After￿the￿hydraulic￿reservoir￿and￿the￿engine￿ crankcase￿are￿filled￿correctly￿with￿their￿respective￿oils,￿start￿the￿engine.￿￿Remember￿to￿set￿the￿throttle￿and￿turn￿on￿ the￿fuel￿shut-off￿valve.￿￿The￿hydraulic￿pump￿should￿prime￿itself.￿￿With￿the￿engine￿running,￿move￿the￿hydraulic￿ valve￿lever￿toward￿the￿wedge.￿This￿will￿cause￿the￿cylinder￿to￿extend￿and￿expel￿air.￿￿When￿the￿cylinder￿is￿fully￿ extended,￿retract￿it.￿￿Repeat￿this￿procedure￿several￿times.￿(An￿erratic￿movement￿of￿the￿cylinder￿and￿wedge￿indicates￿ that￿there￿is￿air￿in￿the￿system).￿￿Once￿the￿cylinder￿has￿a￿smooth￿and￿constant￿speed￿indicating￿that￿all￿air￿has￿been￿ expelled,￿shut￿the￿system￿off￿and￿refill￿the￿reservoir￿until￿the￿fluid￿is￿in￿the￿safe￿operating￿range￿as￿specified￿by￿the￿ marks￿on￿the￿dipstick.￿

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START￿UP￿

WARNING:￿￿DO￿NOT￿START￿OR￿RUN￿THE￿LOG￿SPLITTER￿WITHOUT￿OIL￿IN￿THE￿ENGINE￿

AND￿HYDRAULIC￿RESERVOIR.￿

See￿separate￿Engine￿Manual￿for￿fuel￿and￿oil￿recommendations.￿￿If￿applicable￿your￿log￿splitter￿has￿come￿equipped￿ with￿a￿fuel￿shut-off￿valve￿for￿towing￿purposes.￿ Before￿starting￿engine￿make￿sure￿crankcase￿is￿filled￿correctly￿with￿oil￿and￿the￿proper￿fuel￿has￿been￿used.￿￿The￿ engine￿will￿only￿start￿when￿the￿throttle￿lever￿and￿fuel￿shut-off￿valve￿if￿applicable￿are￿turned￿to￿their￿ON￿positions.￿

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STARTING￿INSTRUCTIONS￿￿

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1.￿ Move￿throttle￿control￿to￿“FAST.”￿

2.￿ Set￿Choke￿to￿on￿position￿(if￿applicable)￿or￿push￿primer￿bulb￿three￿(3)￿times.￿NOTE:￿Do￿not￿use￿primer￿or￿

choke￿to￿restart￿a￿warm￿engine￿after￿a￿short￿shutdown.￿

3.￿ Grasp￿rope￿handle￿and￿pull￿out￿slowly￿until￿resistance￿it￿felt.￿Then￿pull￿rapidly￿with￿a￿full￿arm￿stroke.￿

NOTE:￿If￿engine￿fails￿to￿start￿after￿three￿(3)￿pulls,￿repeat￿steps￿1￿and￿2.￿

4.￿ When￿Engine￿starts,￿set￿choke￿to￿off￿position￿(if￿applicable)￿leave￿throttle￿control￿at￿“FAST.”￿The￿throttle￿

must￿be￿set￿in￿the￿fast￿position￿for￿maximum￿performance.￿

5.￿ To￿stop￿engine,￿move￿throttle￿lever￿to￿“SLOW”￿for￿a￿few￿seconds￿then￿to￿“STOP.”￿

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