Original Operating Manual Front hitch FPS-JD 4020 Implements for John Deere 4020

About this operating manual About this operating manual Dear customer! Thank you for purchasing these implements for the John Deere 4020, we appreciate your trust. Prior to using these implements for the first time read this operating manual carefully and conscientiously all the way through. Keep this operating manual where it is easily accessible in the vicinity of the implements. This will enable you to refer to important information and handling instructions as needed. Listings with bullet points are marked as follows: · Text · Text · Text . . . Handling instructions are marked in the sequence...

Safety Guidelines and instructions with which you must comply are summarized in this section. Personnel who install, operate and maintain the implements for the John Deere 4020, must have read and understood this operating manual. Intended use The implements should only be mounted on the John Deere 4020. All other uses are excluded. Non-intended use causes: · Health hazards for the operator or for third parties · Damage to the tractor and the attachments · Environmental damage Qualification of personnel Only persons 18 years of age or older, or instructed persons should install, operate, and...

Attention! Injuries can occur. Wear protective work clothing. Special safety instructions Safety instructions are specified in this chapter that are also affixed as stickers on the implements Attention! Danger of injury due to moving parts. Remove the ignition key before performing maintenance tasks on the implement. Attention! Injuries can occur due to improper operation. The implement can be damaged. Read the operating manual all the way through. Comply with the safety instructions. Attention! Injuries due to fluid escaping under high pressure. Comply with the instructions in the operating...

Installation Danger! Severe injury to the operator or third parties occurs. Switch off the tractor and remove the ignition key before mounting or dismounting the implements. Note! Enter the chassis number of the front power lift on page 33 of this operating manual. Note! Dismount the hitch before mounting the front power lift. Mounting the front power lift Mounting the front power lift basic implement There are two different extension kits for the basic implement: Extension kit cat. 0 Extension kit cat. 1 (coupling triangle not included in the scope of delivery, however it is available as optional...

Note! If you have unscrewed the two screws (see), do not move the tractor until you have retightened these screws. On both sides, unscrew the screws marked in Fig 1: Adapt the cooling line from the front axle. This makes it easier to fasten the base frame onto the tractor. Attention! Danger of injury due to falling frame parts. The base frame weighs approx. 50 kg. It may be necessary to use a jack when you mount the base frame. On the left side the cooling line must be bent approximately 8-10 mm to the inside by a specialized company so that the lift shaft does not collide with the line. Fig...

Fig 3: Mounted base frame, right Fig 4: Mounted base frame, left 5. Firmly tighten the four fastening screws of the front axle.

Fig 5: Mount the upper link receptacle Mount the upper link receptacle on the tractor frame by bolting it to the two base frames (4 screws on each side) . Mount the hydraulic cylinders and the hydraulic hoses as follows: Fig 6: Left hydraulic cylinder mounted 7. Mount one hydraulic cylinder on the left side viewed from the direction of travel.

Fig 7: Right hydraulic cylinder mounted 8. 9. Mount the second hydraulic cylinder on the right side. Secure each bolt with a screw. Fig 8: Hydraulic hose, left 10. Lay out the hydraulic hoses of the left hydraulic cylinder to the rear, behind the exhaust.

Fig 9: Hydraulic hose, left rear 11. Continue to lay out the hydraulic hoses further to the rear so that they can be routed around the engine block on the right side of the tractor. In this process fasten the lines with cable ties at a suitable point. Fig 10: Hydraulic hose, right rear 12. Continue to lay out the hydraulic hoses along the engine block to the right hydraulic cylinder and connect the lines to the lines of the right hydraulic cylinder (2x short) via the T-piece.

Fig 11: Hydraulic hose, right 13. Lay out the lines from the hydraulic connection of the tractor to the T-piece. Ensure that the stop valve is in the lift line (lines to the bottom of the cylinders). Attention! Ensure that the hydraulic system is connected properly. Always connect the left or right cylinder to the same line, i.e. one line on the piston head side, the other on the piston rod side. Fig 12: Hydraulic connections on the tractor 14. Retighten all hydraulic hose lines. 15. Check all hydraulic hose connections for firm seat, ensure that there are no leaks. 16. Couple the hydraulic hoses...

Note! The coupling triangle is not part of the scope of delivery of the extension kit cat. 1 but is available as optional equipment. Insert the arms into the lift arm.

Fastening bolt Bolt for pendulum Fig 15: Fasten the arms to the lift arm 2. 3. Secure the arms on both sides with the supplied bolts (see Fig 15). Insert the bolts and fasten them tightly with the screws. Insert the bolts for the pendulum compensation in one of the provided bores, depending on whether you want to drive with or without pendulum compensation. For this see section 4.1.3. Fig 16: Locking pins before coupling 4. Mount the upper link on the tractor.

Fig 17: Catch hooks on the arms of the lift mechanism 5. 6. Pull back the lock bolt on the catch hook and arrest it by twisting it. Lift the coupling triangle into the catch hooks on the arms of the lift mechanism. Fig 18: Upper link fastened on the coupling triangle 7. 8. Fastening the upper link on the coupling triangle. Secure the coupling triangle on the catch hook with the lock bolt. The attachment kit cat. 0 with the coupling triangle is mounted. Note! If a coupling triangle is not mounted, move the upper link upward and secure it with a bolt.