Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
It should come as no surprise to anyone who has read a CIH operators manual from the 1980's that I would be asking this question. I have now read the entire manual thru to the maintenance portion and will continue reading so that I understand all the important aspects of keeping the thing running.
Here is the deal...I think I have the basics. Two big toggle switches right behind the propulsion control turn on the feeder and the other turns on the rotor and related functions behind the cab inside the combine. What it doesn't seem to say anywhere is if there is an order to things. For example, in my mind the rotor should be up to speed before you start the feeder. But then maybe it does not matter what order since you would have BOTH up to speed before harvesting a single stalk? The goal here is for me to go out to the combine and operate all the harvesting functions (except unloading) so I can see how it all works without breaking something.
If you remember back to when I was driving it home, some good souls warned me not to run the hydro propulsion without being at full throttle and also about the foot-n-inch pedal and the brakes issues. If there is a mistake I might make checking out all these feeder-cleaning operations I am hoping you will warn me now.
Here is the deal...I think I have the basics. Two big toggle switches right behind the propulsion control turn on the feeder and the other turns on the rotor and related functions behind the cab inside the combine. What it doesn't seem to say anywhere is if there is an order to things. For example, in my mind the rotor should be up to speed before you start the feeder. But then maybe it does not matter what order since you would have BOTH up to speed before harvesting a single stalk? The goal here is for me to go out to the combine and operate all the harvesting functions (except unloading) so I can see how it all works without breaking something.
If you remember back to when I was driving it home, some good souls warned me not to run the hydro propulsion without being at full throttle and also about the foot-n-inch pedal and the brakes issues. If there is a mistake I might make checking out all these feeder-cleaning operations I am hoping you will warn me now.