Clinton D65-1000 Owner's Manual - Page 4
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Print PageFUEL PREPARATION
Correct
fuel
mixture
is
one
of
the mosl
importont
points
in operoting your engine. Follow
these
instruc-
tions corefully,
ond DO
NOT
POUR UNMIXED GASO-
LINE
OR
OIL INTO
THE
FUEL
TANK.
Iype of
Oil
Use SAE
#30 motor
oil
outboord.
A
detergent
oil
or
oil contoining odditives is not
odvised.
Type
of
Gosoline
A
good grode
of
regulor gosoline, ovoiloble
ot
your
locol
f
illing
stotion,
is
recommended
for
use
in
your
choin
sow engine. High octone
or
premium
f
uels
offer
no odvontoges
ond
ARE NOT odvised.
Mixing
Roito
of Oil lo
Gssoline
Thoroughly
mix
3/t
pint
of oil
with
eoch gollon of
gosoline. This
rich
oil
mixture moy couse difficulty
AND
LUBRICATION
with idling, but it is
necessory
to
properly
weor
in
the
vorious ports
of
the engine.
After 5
hours breok-in
rotio moy be
chonged
to
not
less
thon
Vz
pinl
lo
1
gollon
of
regulor
gosoline.
Choin
qnd Guide Bor lubricqtion
A
positive oction
oil
pump locoted in the lower
por-
tion of the fuel tonk
(See
Figure
No.3)
provides omple
lubricotion
to ihe
cutting choin
ond guide bor.
Fill
this
oil
reservoir
with
new
SAE
#30
oil,
being
sure
to
keep
the
oil
level
in the
reservoir
obove
the
intoke
tube
of the oil pump.When the reservoir
is
filled
ond
cop reploced, push the
oil
pump plunger
o
couple
of
times
until
pressure
is
felt, or until you
see
oil oppeor-
ing on the guide bor
opposite
the
oil fitting in
the
moin strui. ln extremely cold weother, or when cutting
wood which
contoins
o
lot
of
pitch, sop
or
resin,
use
o
50-50 mixture
of
kerosene
ond
oil in ihe oil
reser-
voir.
This
will
provide good lubricotion
os well
os
keeping
the guide bor groove ond choin
comporo-
tively
cleo n.
SAFETY AND FIRE PRECAUTIONS
Your Choinsow is
well-built
for
moximum sofety ond
efficiency,
but
corelessness
in
operotion
con
couse
occidents.
Reod
the following
suggestions
corefully,
ond
remember
them os you
work with your
sow.
1.
Do
not stort the engine in
o
closed room.
Hove
omple ventilotion
ot oll
times.
2.
Do not
touch
the
choin when
the
engine
is
running even
ot
o
slow
speed.
3.
Keep
engine odiusted
to on
idle
speed which
stops
the choin
completely.
4.
Do not
move
the choin from one
locotion
to
onother
without first stopping the
engine.
ln
order
to
obtqin moximum
efficiency
ond
service
from your choin sow,
it
is
necessory
thot the
engine
be
operoted during
o
breok-in period
of
opproxi-
motely
five
(5) hours.
Never operote the engine with-
oui
lood
or ollow
it
to
become
overheoted.
Proper
breoking in
of
key ports
will
hove much
to do
with
Be sure
thot the spike
bumper (qbutment
strut)
is
flush ogoinst the sowing log
to
keep
the
engine
unit from being pulled ogoinst the
log.
Do not operote your chqin sow when
it
needs
repoir.
Do not
ollow the
sow
to run while on o
cement
floor.
Do
not run sow when
it
is dull
or
improperly
filed.
.
After
refueling, move
ihe
engine
o
few
feet
owoy from the fueling
site.
Keep
choin sow cleon
of
dust
ond
inflommobles,
ond
check
to
see
thot spork plug ond
electricol
connections
ore
light.
the life
of
your engine.
Be
sure
to
check
often
for
loose
nuls
ond
screws
ond
moke
oll
necessory
odlust-
menis. Periodic inspection
ond service by your outhor-
ized
Clinton Service Deoler
will
result
in
long
life
ond
good performonce
of
your
Choinsow.
6.
7.
Note! Never Corry the Choin Sow
from
Ploce
to
Ploce
with the
Engine
Running.
BREAK.IN
PERIOD
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