Komatsu — 5. CONTENTS

5. CONTENTS 5. CONTENTS 12. Operation ............................................................................................................................................ 2-31 12.1 Check before starting engine ................................................................................................. 2-31 12.2 Starting engine ........................................................................................................................ 2-44 12.3 Operations and checks after starting engine .......................................................................

2-47 12.4 Moving machine off ................................................................................................................ 2-54 12.5 Steering machine .................................................................................................................... 2-57 12.6 Stopping machine ................................................................................................................... 2-59 12.7 Swinging...................................................................................................................................

2-60 12.8 Operation of work equipment ............................................................................................... 2-61 12.9 Handling working mode ......................................................................................................... 2-62 12.10 Prohibitions for operation ...................................................................................................... 2-63 12.11 Precautions for operation ....................................................................................................... 2-65 12.12 Precautions when traveling up or down hills .....................................................................

2-66 12.13 How to escape from mud ...................................................................................................... 2-68 12.14 Work possible using hydraulic excavator ............................................................................ 2-69 12.15 Replacement of bucket ........................................................................................................... 2-70 12.16 Parking machine ...................................................................................................................... 2-71 12.17 Check after finishing work .....................................................................................................

2-72 12.18 Stopping engine ...................................................................................................................... 2-73 12.19 Check after stopping engine .................................................................................................. 2-74 12.20 Locking...................................................................................................................................... 2-74 13. Transportation ...................................................................................................................................

2-75 13.1 Precautions for transportation ............................................................................................... 2-75 13.2 Method of lifting machine ...................................................................................................... 2-75 13.3 Precautions for loading .......................................................................................................... 2-77 13.4 Transportation posture ........................................................................................................... 2-78 14.

Cold weather operation ................................................................................................................... 2-84 14.1 Precautions for low temperature ........................................................................................... 2-84 14.2 Precautions after completion of work .................................................................................. 2-86 14.3 After cold weather................................................................................................................... 2-86 15. Long-term storage ............................................................................................................................

2-87 15.1 Before storage ......................................................................................................................... 2-87 15.2 During storage ......................................................................................................................... 2-88 15.3 After storage ............................................................................................................................ 2-88 15.4 Starting machine after long-term storage............................................................................ 2-88 16.

Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................ 2-89 16.1 When machine runs out of fuel ............................................................................................ 2-89 16.2 Phenomena that are not failures ........................................................................................... 2-89 16.3 Method of towing machine.................................................................................................... 2-89 16.4 Precautions on particular jobsites .........................................................................................

2-89 16.5 If battery is discharged ........................................................................................................... 2-90 16.6 Other trouble ............................................................................................................................ 2-95 0-6