Congratulations on purchasing your new Hydraulic Stuffer!

The first thing you will want to do is remove the stuffer lid and remove any parts that are found inside. This is a good time to wash the parts that will be touching food. It's a good idea to take a paper towel and soak it in vegetable oil and wipe the inside of the cylinder down close to the piston so that the o-rings get oil on them. Some machines are shipped with an oil that gets really sticky. It can cause problems if the piston is moved downward without lubrication. The bolts can strip out of the plastic piston and it will be torn off the mounting plate if the o-rings stick to the sides of the cylinder. So we lubricate the cylinder walls and then push up the cylinder and get the o-rings oily. If you push up the piston to about half way, it becomes much easier to remove the cylinder to clean it. Once the piston is up halfway, remove the lid and nuts that hold the lid. Now put the switch on 1 and push the piston up a little more. The cylinder will move up with the piston. Now you will be able to tilt the cylinder to the side and remove it from the machine. Wash it and the piston and put a light coat of vegetable oil on the o-rings and the inside of the cylinder wall.
The next thing is to remove the cover on the housing on the left side of the stuffer. That's the side closest to the 1 - 2 switch that controls the hydraulics for up (1) and down (2) movement of the piston inside the cylinder. You can also recognize because of the blue tape on it.

There are 4 phillips head screws to remove. Inside of the housing and to the right is the hydraulic reservoir. There is a pipe type plug that needs to be loosened to finger tightness. This is so that air can be pulled through the threads so that the hydraulic pump doesn't have to try to pull a vacuum inside the reservoir tank.

Just to the left of the fill plug is the pressure adjustment knob that regulates the pressure and speed of the piston. It is graduated with numbers. Most users like lower numbers because that means lower pressure with more speed. Bigger numbers mean more pressure but less speed. Let's leave that alone for now. It doesn't make sense to adjust it until you have meat in the machine anyway.

On the dashboard on the left is the switch. Turning to the "1" position turns on the power and sets up the hydraulics to push the piston up. Nothing will happen until the knee switch is pushed. Just to the right of this switch is the safety button. It disables the knee switch. To the right of the safety button is the speed control. This control has a lot of travel but in actuality only the last turn clockwise is effective. As a matter of fact, if it is turned to the stop in a clockwise direction, it will stop the piston completely and most likely kick out the breaker which is behind the panel on the right side of the housing. As you become more familiar with this machine, you may want to adjust this speed control and the pressure knob to get just exactly the sausage stuffer you want.

Obviously, the "0" position on the switch is Off so the "2" position is down for the piston. You'll use this position to lower the piston to refill the stuffer. You will need to press the knee switch to lower the piston so you can open the stuffer lid while it's going down. While you are removing the stuffer lid , you might noice that it can be positioned to point the tube either to your right or your left. Whatever works!

Issues we have noticed.

If nothing happens when you push the knee switch and the motor is running, the safety button may be engaged. It is the button just to the right of the 1 - 2 switch. Turn it clockwise about a quarter turn and let it pop up.

Sometimes the meat will come out too fast or not fast enough. This is controlled by the pressure and speed control valve inside the panel on the left side.

There is a lock ring on the valve control that must be loosened. When it is loosened, the knob can be turned clockwise to increase the pressure and counter-clockwise to lower the pressure. When you have it adjusted properly, tighten up the lock ring. You can cause extreme pressures by turning the knob too far clockwise and so I suggest that once you have adjusted the pressures - leave off the panel so that you can check the temperature of the big blue motor that sits above the fluid reserviour. If it is too hot to leave your hand on it, it is ready to burn up. Turn off the machine immediately and let it cool off. Once it's cooled, you can turn the control knob counter-clockwise a half turn at a time until the motor runs at a comfortable temperature.

When the pressures are high, the breaker can kick out. It can be reset by opening the opposite panel and looking for a small black pushbutton and clicking it in.

Wiring diagram for 50 lb. Sausage Stuffers

Hydraulic diagram for 50 lb. Sausage Stuffers

Check the jumper straps on your replacement motor. The straps must run parallel to the motor shaft.

The jumper straps are perpendicular to the motor shaft WRONG!	The jumper straps are parallel to the motor shaft The proper wiring is as shown. U1 and U2 cannot be on the same jumper strap Z1 and Z2 cannot be on the same jumper strap. You can reverse the motor by switching Z1 & Z2

Motor Wiring Instructions
Motor: blue wire connects with U1, brown wire connects with U2, double color wire connected with ground wire.
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Switch Wiring Instructions:
Electric switch: blue wire connects with electric switch marked 11, brown wire connects with electric switch marked 4, double color wire grounds with housing.
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