Massey Ferguson 550 Combine

Massey Ferguson 550 Combine —  208 pages

Table of Contents:

CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTS

• Engine Starting and Stopping
• Driving the Combine — Standard Transmission 
• Driving the Combine — Hydrostatic Transmission
• Automatic Header Height Controls 

OPERATION

• Speed of Components
• Checking Rear Beater Speed
• Attachment of Table to Elevator
• Alignment of Drive Shaft
• Table Leveling
• Reel 
• Reel Speeds
• Reel Drive Belt/Chain
• Knife Assembly
• Table Auger
• Header Elevator
• Stone Trap (Factory Option/Accessory)
• Rasp Bar Cylinder and Concave
• Initial Setting Chart
• Spike Tooth Cylinder and Concave
• Cylinder Drive — Adjustments
• Cylinder — Rasp Bar Replacement
• Concave Clearance — Settings and Adjustments 
• Cylinder Plugging
• Concave Filler Bars 
• Main Grain Pan (Under Concave)
• Rear Beater 
• Straw Walkers
• Pan Under Walkers 
• Fanning Mill and Air Deflectors
• Shaker Shoe — Triple Sieve
• Sieves and Initial Settings
• Round Hole Screens 
• Shaker Shoe — Two Sieve (Rice Machine)
  • Clean Grain Elevator
  • Grain Tank Cross Auger
• Returns System
  • Rethresher
  • Sensor (Warning Alarm) Adjustment
• Drive Components
• Main Drive Belt
• Separator Clutch
• Traction Drive Belts (Standard Transmission)
• Transmission Drive Belts (Hydrostatic Transmission)
• Grain Tank Unloading Drive
• Rear Beater Drive Belt
• Returns and Clean Grain Augers — Drive Belts
• Transmission and Axle Components
  • Traction Clutch (Standard Transmission)
  • Transmission Brake (Standard Transmission)
  • Speed Control Cable (Hydrostatic Transmission)
  • Pressure Release Pedal
  • Foot-N-Inch Valve
  • Brakes — Adjustments
• Wheels and Tires
• Rear Wheel Steering
• Hydraulics
  • General
  • Table (or Corn Head) Height Operation
  • Rate of Lowering Adjustment
  • Automatic Header Height Control — Operating Details
  • “Hunting” Adjustment 
• Hydrostatic Transmission (Hydraulics)
• Straw Chopper Warning Alarm (Accessory)

LUBRICATION AND MAINTENANCE

• Lubrication — Combine and Engine 
• Engine Oil Details
• Periodic Lubrication and Maintenance Tables
• Lubrication Details

SERVICING

• Care of Belts 
• Engine Air Cleaner
• Radiator Air Intake
• Cab Air Cleaner
• Fuel System
• Engine Fuel System
• Engine Adjustments
• Engine Cooling System
• Hydraulic System
  • Hydraulic Fluids
  • Bleeding the System
• Hydraulic Reservoir
• Main Control Valve — Service Details
• Header Control Valve — Service Details
• Relay Module (Auto. Header Height Control) 
• Synchronization of Reel Cylinders
• Hydrostatic Transmission — Hydraulic Service Details
• Combine Brake System
• Electrical System 
• Air Conditioning System
• Problem Charts
  • Harvesting
  • Engine
  • Hydrostatic Transmission
  • Hydraulic — (Including Automatic Header Height Control — Hydraulic and Electrical)

ACCESSORIES AND ATTACHMENTS

SPECIFICATIONS

ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS AND PRE-DELIVERY INSPECTION