Manitou MT 1840 service schedule

1. Clean each fitting and grease. The manual lists: 2 boom pivot fittings, 2 platform pivot fittings, tilt cylinder ends (1 each), lift cylinder ends (1 each), compensation cylinder ends (1 each), chain pins (MT 1840), hose-pulley shaft, 8 wheel reducer pivots, 2 front and 2 rear axle oscillation fittings, and the slope corrector and stabilizers.
2. Wipe off excess.
3. Brush the black grease onto all four sides of the telescopes with the boom fully out and run the boom in and out a few times.

Tools: Grease gun, Brush, Rags

1. Put the machine on its stabilizers with the boom horizontal and fully extended. Cover the top of the telescopes.
2. Wipe the chains, scrub off dirt with a nylon brush and clean diesel and look for wear.
3. Lubricate with the special chain lubricant. If anything looks wrong, ask your dealer.

Tools: Stiff nylon brush, Clean diesel, Chain check ruler

1. Take the filter out, blow it clean with compressed air and refit.
2. At 250 hours replace both and refit the covers.

Tools: Compressed air

1. Park on level ground, run the engine at idle for a few minutes, then stop it. Open the engine bonnet and the lower cover and take out the access door.
2. Put a container under the drain hole, undo the drain plug (you can screw on the drain hose) and take off the filler cap so it drains fully.
3. Unscrew and bin the oil filter and its seal, wipe the filter head and lightly oil the new filter's seal.
4. Screw on the new filter by hand. Refit the drain plug.
5. Refill with the recommended oil, run briefly, stop and check the dipstick.
6. After the service, reset the maintenance counter on the display (XPRT, then RESET, then MAINT) as the manual says.

Tools: Drain tray (15 L), Socket set, Filter wrench, Funnel, Gloves

1. Clean the outside of the filters and their heads so dirt can't get in.
2. Mark the head and body, drain the pre-filter by undoing the drain plug 2 to 3 turns and the bleed screw.
3. Unscrew the body, replace the element and seal, lightly oil the new seal and screw back by hand to the mark.
4. Change the main fuel filter the same way and bleed the fuel circuit if it won't start.

Tools: Container, Rags

1. Stop the engine and relieve the pressure with the hydraulic controls. Clean round the filter housing.
2. Take off the guard, remove the filler plug and loosen the cap 2 to 3 turns. Wait for the oil to drain into a container.
3. Take out the cap and element assembly slowly, separate the head from the bowl and replace the element.
4. Refit, tighten the cap, refit the filler plug and the guard. Check the hydraulic oil level.

Tools: Container, Rags

1. Park on level ground with the engine off and the axle oil still warm.
2. Put a container under the drain plugs, undo them, and take out the level plug and filler plug so it drains fully.
3. Refit the drain plugs at 34 to 49 N·m.
4. Fill through the filler hole until the oil just touches the level hole, then refit both plugs at 34 to 49 N·m.
5. Repeat on the other axle and check for leaks.

Tools: Drain tray (10 L), Socket set, Torque wrench

1. Raise the boom and fit the boom safety prop onto the lift cylinder rod. Park level, engine off, oil warm.
2. Remove the covers. Put a container under the drain cover, undo it and take out the dipstick so it drains fully.
3. Unscrew and bin the filter and seal, lightly oil the new seal and fit by hand, then a quarter turn.
4. Refit the drain cover at 34 to 54 N·m, unscrew the filler plug and refill. Check the level with the engine running.

Tools: Drain tray (25 L), Socket set, Filter wrench, Torque wrench

1. Turn each hub so the drain plug is at the bottom, with warm oil.
2. Undo the plug, drain, and refill through the same hole until oil just touches the level hole.
3. Refit the plug at 34 to 49 N·m and repeat on all four hubs.

Tools: Drain tray, Socket set, Torque wrench

1. Change it in a clean place with the engine off.
2. Release the clips, take off the cover and slowly take out the main element, leaving the safety element in place.
3. Wipe the housing, cover and inlet hose clean and check the seals.
4. Fit the new element, close the cover. Never run without an element.

Tools: Clean damp lint-free cloth

1. Park with the boom fully lowered and retracted. Clean all round the tank and filters.
2. Drain the tank into a clean container, change the return filter element, replace the breather and clean the suction strainer.
3. Refill with clean ISO VG 46 hydraulic oil through a clean funnel to the red dot on the level gauge.
4. Run the engine, work the boom controls, then recheck the level.

Tools: Large drain container (130 L), Pump or hose, Socket set

1. Park level with a cold engine. Open the bonnet and take out the access door.
2. Open the radiator drain valve and the engine block drain plug, and take off the expansion tank cap with the heater on full.
3. Check hoses and clips, flush with clean water if needed, then close the drains and refill.

Tools: Large drain tray, Funnel

1. Clean the area and relieve pressure with the engine off.
2. Take out the old filters and refit new ones with new seals if supplied.

Tools: Container, Rags