MAINTENANCE UNDER SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS Precautions for Maintenance During Cold Weather Season Before the atmospheric temperature becomes down below -0 °C (32 °F), practice the following points. • Water and oil in the machine will freeze. • Road surfaces will freeze so that tires may slip. Keeping the above points in mind, follow the advices below: 1. Refill fluids such as water and lubricants prior to operation. Avoid practices after operation (except fuel). 2. Mix LLC in the radiator (coolant). When this machine is shipped from the factory, LLC (long life coolant) is supplied. Therefore, this machine can operate normally without any problem. 3. Change the engine oil in the engine crankcase for a cold weather type oil. 4. Use fuel (diesel oil) of an antifreeze type. To prevent condensation of air into dew on the wall in the fuel tank, fully refill the fuel tank with an antifreeze type diesel fuel. 5. If the electrolyte in the battery case freezes, damage to the battery case may result. Maintain the batteries at fully charged condition. After completing work, turn all lights OFF. Perform cooling operation for five minutes. Or by other way, dismount the batteries and store them in a warm indoor place. When it is possible to measure and adjust the specific gravity of the electrolyte, increase the specific gravity of the electrolyte up to 1.280. Do not increase more than 1.280. 6. Use anti-freeze type washer fluid. After taking the measures as recommended above, start operation of the machine. Sufficiently ventilate when carrying out dWARNING: warming up operation indoor. Failure to do so may cause intoxication by exhaust gas, possibly resulting in personal death accident. 7. After preheating the engine, start the engine. Sufficiently perform warm-up operation.
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