Komatsu — SWITCHES

. OPERATION EXPLANATION OF COMPONENTS TRANSMISSION CUT-OFF SWITCH WARNING TRANSMISSION CUT-OFF SET SWITCH CAUTION 3 - 42 When starting the machine off up a hil l, turn the transmission cut -off switch to th e OFF p osition , depress the brake pedal , then gradually depr ess the accelerator peda l and release the br ake slo wly to allo w the machin e to star t off . Thi s makes it possi ble to prevent the m achine from rolling back . Press this s system. witch (4) to turn on and off the transmission cut-off When the sw itch is pressed, the pil ot lamp lights up a nd the system is turned ON . The transmission is shifted to neutral a t the a djusted brake pedal depression position. N position.

Normally, ke ep the switch at the O For details of the method of adj usting the cut-off positi on, see "ADJUSTIN 3-133)" in th G TRANSMISSION e STOPPING MACHI Position (a): The brake pedal acts in the normal wa y for th Position (b): In addition to acting in the normal way fo r the b rake, the brake pedal return s th e transmission to N eutral at the same time. REMARK The brake pe dal position where th e cut-off system is actuat ed can be adjusted b y using the transmission cut-o ff set switch on th e right switch panel.

Apply the park ing brake before adjusti ng the transmission cut-off Turn this swi tch (5) ON to adjust th e brake pedal position wh ere the transmission is automatically shift Position (a): Cut-off position can b When the sw itch is released, it aut omatically return s to its original position. For details of the method of adj G TRANSMISSION usting the cut-off positi on, see "ADJUSTIN CUT-OFF POSITION (PAGE NE section. (PAGE 3-133)" in th e STOPPING MACHI