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
