Massey Ferguson 8450 and 8460 Combines Manual
Product Description
This is the operator's manual for the Massey Fergsuon 8460 and 8450 combines.
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Safety precautions
- Transporting combine on a public thorough fare
- Header feeder house hydraulic cyclinder stop
- Safety decals
- Diesel fuel precautions and specifications
- Conversions factors
- Serial bumbers
Part 1 - General information
- Specifications MF 8460
- Specifications MF 8450
- Safety features
- Sectional view of combine
- Description and function of the combine
- Considerations before combinine
Part 2 - Prior to operation
- Prior-to-operation check list and instructions
- Operator's platform MF 8460
- Operator's platform MF 8450
- Cab
- Cab with ventilating system and heating
- Cab with ventilating system and air conditioner
- Putting the air conditioner into operation
- Steering column
- Vehicle information unit
- Function of vehicle information unit
- Operations display screen
- Function of operations display
- Switch console and multi-function lever
- Multi-function lever
- Central terminal compartment
- Swing grain lank discharge tube out and in
- Grain tank discharge engagement and disengagement
- Threshing mechanism and header drive - engagement and disengagement
- Header, threshing mechanism and grain tank discharge engagement and disengagement
- Adjusting the threshing drum speed
- Adjusting the steering column position
- Driver's seat adjustment
- Access ladders
- Front ladder
- Horizontal ladder extension
- Rear ladder
- Driving the combine
- Starting the engine
- Reduced speed - no load (R)
- Gear ranges
- Stopping the combine
- Driving behavior
- Steering
- Brakes
- Stopping the engine
- Rear axle
- Setting the adjustable rear axle
- Changing the rear axle from transport position to working position
- Header hydraulic cylinders
- Attaching the header hydraulic cylinders
- Attaching the R/H header cylinder ,
- Attaching a third header cylinder
- Towing the combine
- Header cyclinder safety lock
- Fire extinguisher
- Wheel Chock
Part 3 - Basic adjustments and operation
- Header
- Dividers
- Outer deflector
- Inner deflector
- Grain lifters
- Knife
- Removing the knife
- Installing the knife
- Adjusting the height of the knife
- Adjusting the knife clips
- Spare knife
- Knife drive
- Header skids
- Reel
- Reel tines
- Reel drive
- Mechanical fore and aft reel adjustment
- Hydraulic fore and aft reel adjustment
- Reel variable speed drive
- Main table auger
- Adjust clearance to header trough
- Adjusting position of augerfingers
- Feeder housing
- Adjusting tension of header drive belt
- Header reverse drive
- Attaching the cutterbar, machines with CLAAS Auto Contour
- Setting the correct position of the hydraulic cylinders
- Attaching the universal drive shaft
- Connecting hydraulic hoses and plug
- Adjusting the strippers
- Attaching the header,
- machines without Auto Contour
- Attaching the universalshaft
- Connecting hydraulic hoses and plug
- Levelling the header
- Installing the stands
- CLAAS Auto Contour
- Automatic cutting height control and
- lateral leveling system
- header automatic pre-set height
- Setting the header floatation springs
- Checking header floatation springs and checking feeder house suspension for smooth movement
- Setting the cutting height indicator
- Header spring pressure indicator
- Adjusting the header drop rate
- Putting the Auto Contour System into operation
- Operating the combine with maize head
- Programming the Auto Contour System
- Putting the header automatic pre-set height system into operation
- Header adjusting range
- Cutting height adjustment range
- Clearance height
- Header clutch
- Engaging and disengaging the header
- Threshing mechanism
- Stone trap
- Engaging and disengaging the threshing
- mechanism
- Concave adjustment
- Safety stop bolt forconcave adjustment
- Basic settings with various types of concave
- Basic rules for concave-to-drum clearance
- settings
- Threshing drum
- Cleaning dirty threshing parts
- Threshing drum speed
- Adjusting threshing drum speed
- Threshing drum speed display
- Threshing drum two-step variable speed drive
- Slow speed threshing drum drive kit
- Disawning
- Unslugging the threshing drum
- Impeller
- Deflector curtain
- Straw walkers and cleaning
- Strawwalkers
- Intensive separation system
- Drive to intensive separation system
- Cleaning the straw walkers
- Straw walker risers
- Warning signal
- Sieve pan
- Preparing floor
- Cleaning fan
- Electrical fan speed adjustment
- Mechanical tan speed adjustment
- Fan speed display
- Adjusting the wind direction
- Sieves
- Adjusting the frogmouth sieves
- Hillside riser plates (machines without 3-D cleaning system)
- Lower sieve
- Removing upper sieve
- Installing upper sieve
- Removal ot tower sieve
- Installing lower sieve
- 3-D cleaning system
- (powered sideway thrust on top sieve)
- Returns
- Combine performance monitor
- Adjusting monitor to type of crop
- Adjusting sensitivity of sensors
- Grain delivery
- Augers and auger troughs
- Elevators
- Adjusting tension of elevator chains
- Grain tank
- Grain tank covers
- Grain tank discharge
- Grain tank unloading auger
- Swingingthedischargechuteoutandin
- Grain tank discharge - engage and disengage
- Clean-out door on grain tank discharge tube
- Drive to grain tank discharge augers
- Shear bolt-grain tank discharge
- Lateral auger drive
- Grain tank fill indicator
- Straw chopper
- Before using the straw chopper for the
- first time, check
- Putting the straw chopper into operation
- Adjusting the spreading width
- Electric deflector adjustment
- Adjusting the deflectors
- Adjusting the length of cut
- Adjusting the cross knife
- Putting the straw chopper out of work
- and changing over to windrowing straw
- Hooking up header trailer
- Chaff spreader
- Setting the chafl spreader
- Sieve Chart
- Suggested combine adjustments
- Special notes on threshing various crops
- Special threshing equipment and ancillary equipment
- Rice threshing equipment
- Protective guards for fan, augers and elevators
- Flexible cutterbar header
- Worklights
- Fieldwork Computer
Part 4 - Maintenance
- Important maintenance instructions
- Maintenance schedule
- Lubricants chart
- Hydraulic system
- Lift hydraulic system
- Adjusting the pump drive belt
- Checking oil level
- Changing hydraulic oil
- Cleaning the screen filter
- Replacing the paper filter
- Bleeding the hydraulic steering system
- Bleeding the reel cylinders
- Bleeding the reel cylinders for lateral levelling (machines with Auto Contour)
- Hydrostatic ground drive system
- Checking the level of the oil
- Hydrostatic pump adjustment
- Foot brakes/Brake fluid
- Gear shift control adjustment
- Transmission
- Change-speed transmission
- Final drives
- Knife drive casing
- Threshing drum two-step variable speed drive
- Grain tank angle drive gearboxes
- Changing variable speed belts
- Removal and installation variable speed belt
- Threshing drum with intermediate drive assembly
- Removal of power band belt
- Installation of power band belt
- Threshing drum without intermediate drive assembly
- Removal and installation of fan variable speed belt
- Threshing mechanism drive adjustment MF 8460
- Threshing mechanism drive adjustment MF 8450
- Drum drive adjustment
- Headerdrive adjustment MF 8460
- Headerdrive adjustment MF8450
- Adjusting belt-operated clutch of grain tank discharge MF 8460
- Adjusting V-belt clutch of discharge auger drive
- MF8450
- Hydrostatic ground drive adjustment MF 8450
- Hydrostatic ground drive adjustment MF 8460
- Compressor-type air conditioner
- Tensioning the compressor drive belt
- Cleaning the evaporator
- Cleaning the condenser
- Replacing the filter receiver drierbyanewone
- Compressor-type air conditioner system preventive
- maintenance during prolonged shut-down
- Putting the compressor-type air conditioner system
- Into operation
- Maintenance work before the harvest
- Cab
- Cleaning the filters
- Cleaning the units located inside the roof of the cab
- Tilting the cab
- Straw walker speed
- Checking the speed of the straw walker shaft
- Functions monitor
- Setting the magnetic pick-ups
- Fire extinguisher
- Straw chopper
- Changing the free-swinging knives
- Changing the stationary knives
- Adjusting the spring-loaded cylinder of thetensioner
- Adjusting the spring-loaded cylinder on intermediate drive unit
- Problem, cause or remedy
- Header
- Threshing mechanism
- Straw walkers
- Cleaning
- 3-D cleaning unit
- Returns
- Elevators
- Grain tank
- Grain losses
- Compressor-type air conditioner
- Winterstorage instructions for combines
Part 5 - Engines
- Description of engines
- Fuel system
- Fuel tank
- Water trap/fuel pre-filter
- Fuel sediment bowl
- Fuel filter
- Bleeding the fuel system
- Fuel sediment filter with electric fuel pump
- Bleeding a fuel system with electric fuel pump fitted
- Engine oil change
- Oil fitter
- Tensioning V-belts
- Tensioning the alternator belt
- Tensioning the alternator and fan belts
- Cooling system
- Coolant
- Machines with cab heater
- Shut-off taps
- Filling up with cooling water
- Over-pressure
- Protection against corrosion
- Warning notice
- Cooling water temperature
- Rotary radiator screen
- Cleaning the rotary radiator screen
- Folding up the rotary radiator screen
- Swinging up the oil cooler
- Cleaning the oil cooler
- Cleaning the water cooler radiator
- Dry-type air cleaner
- Warning device
- Cleaning the air cleaner intake screen
- Cleaning the air cleaner
- Cleaning the dry-type air cleaner with dust extractor unit
- Cleaning the dry-type air cleaner with dust cup
- Dry-type air cleaner with safety cartridge
- Battery
- Alternator
- Engine problems, cause or remedy
- Engine winter storage
Part 6 - Wiring diagrams
- Electrical system
- MF 8460/8450
Lubrication Chart
Manual Details
Pages: 224
Years and Serial Numbers: Covers all years and serial numbers
Models: 8460 and 8450
Make: Massey Ferguson
Manual Code: 1449 622 M3
Manual Type: Operator's Manual
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