John Deere 940, 1040, and 1140 Tractor Manual
Product Description
This is the complete operator's manual for the John Deere 940, 1040, and 1140 tractor.
This owner's manual contains information on operating, adjusting, maintaining and troubleshooting for your JD tractor.
Covers All Years and Serial Numbers - Other websites sell manuals that are incomplete or only cover a specific year of the machine. This manual is guaranteed to be complete and to cover your machine's model year and serial number.
Table of Contents
- INDEX
- SAFETY RULES
- General
- Operation
- Service
- CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTS
- Controls
- Instrument cluster
- BREAK-IN PERIOD
- After the first 4 and 8 hours
- After the first 50 hours
- After the first 100 hours
- Within the first 100 hours
- REDUCE FUEL CONSUMPTION
- OPERATING THE ENGINE
- Prestarting check
- Starting the engine
- Ether starting aid
- Thermostart starting aid
- Starting with a booster battery
- Towing the tractor to start
- Towing the tractor
- Parking the tractor
- Stopping the engine
- GROUND TRAVEL SPEEDS
- At desired engine speed
- At rated engine speed
- OPERATING THE TRACTOR
- Shifting gears
- Hi-Lo shift unit
- Creeper transmission
- Front wheel drive
- Differential lock
- Foot brakes
- LIGHTING SYSTEM
- “Bilux“
- “Sealed-Beam“
- OPERATOR’S PLATFORM AND CAB
- Operator’s seats
- Roll guard
- Seat belt
- Windshield wipers and windshield
- washer system
- Heater and fan
- Cleaning cab air filters
- Checking torques for hardware
- WHEEL TREADS
- Adjusting front wheel tread
- Checking front wheel toe-in
- Adjusting front wheel toe-in
- Adjusting rear wheel tread
- TIRES
- Tire pressures
- Servicing tires
- Tire combinations
- BALLAST
- Measuring rear wheel slip
- Rear wheel weights
- Installing rear wheel weights
- Installing front weights
- Filling tires with liquid ballast
- ROCKSHAFT
- Control lever
- Selector lever
- Rate-of-implement drop
- THREE-POINT HITCH
- Draft links
- Center link
- Lift links
- Attaching implements
- Positioning sway blocks
- Stabilizer chains
Manual Details
Pages: 132
Years and Serial Numbers: Covers all years and serial numbers
Models: 940, 1040, and 1140
Make: John Deere
Manual Code: OML34725
Manual Type: Operator's Manual/ Owner's Manual
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