TABLE OF CONTENTS 3.7 PARKING THE MACHINE .................................................................................................................... 141 3.7.1 PARKING ON LEVEL GROUND.............................................................................................. 141 3.7.2 PARKING ON SLOPES............................................................................................................ 142 3.8 STOPPING THE ENGINE ..................................................................................................................... 143 3.9 TRANSPORTING THE MACHINE ON OTHER VEHICLES .................................................................
144 3.9.1 LOADING AND UNLOADING THE MACHINE......................................................................... 144 3.9.2 TRANSPORT............................................................................................................................ 145 3.10 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN THE COLD SEASON ................................................................... 146 3.10.1 FUEL AND LUBRICANTS ........................................................................................................ 146 3.10.2 COOLANT ................................................................................................................................
146 3.10.3 BATTERY ................................................................................................................................. 147 3.10.4 OTHER PRECAUTIONS .......................................................................................................... 147 3.10.5 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THE END OF WORK ...................................................... 147 3.11 PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THE WINTER........................................................ 148 3.12 USING THE MACHINE AS A LOADER................................................................................................
149 3.12.1 BUCKET POSITION INDICATOR ............................................................................................ 149 3.12.2 ORGANIZING THE WORK AREA............................................................................................ 149 3.12.2.1 LOADING HEAPED AND LEVEL MATERIAL......................................................... 150 3.12.2.2 LOADING OPERATIONS ON SLOPES.................................................................. 151 3.12.3 CHANGING THE STANDARD FRONT BUCKET ....................................................................
151 3.13 USING THE MACHINE AS AN EXCAVATOR...................................................................................... 152 3.13.1 POSITIONING THE BUCKET ACCORDING TO THE WORK THAT MUST BE CARRIED OUT 152 3.13.2 POSITIONING THE MACHINE FOR DIGGING OPERATIONS............................................... 153 3.13.3 SLIDING THE BACKHOE UNIT SIDEWARDS ........................................................................ 154 3.13.4 DIGGING METHOD.................................................................................................................. 155 3.13.4.1 CHANGING THE BACKHOE BUCKET...................................................................
156 3.14 LONG PERIODS OF INACTIVITY ........................................................................................................ 157 3.14.1 PREPARING THE MACHINE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF INACTIVITY .................................. 157 3.14.2 PREPARING THE ENGINE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF INACTIVITY..................................... 158 3.14.3 MAINTENANCE DURING A PERIOD OF INACTIVITY ........................................................... 158 3.14.4 RESTARTING THE ENGINE....................................................................................................
159 3.14.5 AFTER THE PERIOD OF INACTIVITY .................................................................................... 159 3.15 TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................................... 160 3.15.1 HOW TO REMOVE THE MACHINE......................................................................................... 160 3.15.2 AFTER THE FUEL HAS RUN OUT.......................................................................................... 160 3.15.3 IF THE BATTERY IS DOWN ...................................................................................................
161 3.15.3.1 STARTING WITH BOOSTER CABLES .................................................................. 162 3.15.4 OTHER TROUBLES................................................................................................................. 163 3.15.4.1 ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT........................................................................................... 163 3.15.4.2 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM............................................................................................ 163 3.15.4.3 BRAKING SYSTEM ................................................................................................
164 3.15.4.4 CONVERTER.......................................................................................................... 164 3.15.4.5 ENGINE................................................................................................................... 164 14