Komatsu — CONTROL LEVERS AND PEDALS

. OPERATION EXPLANATION OF COMPONENTS OPERATION EXPLANATION OF COMPONENTS When moving the shift lever from the N position to the R1 or R2 DUMP LEVER CAUTION To prevent damage to the dump body through vibration from the road surface, always lower the dump body before traveling. 3 - 44 position or from the D pos ition to position 5, press the lock button on the shift lever before o Activating the shift hold fu nction will restrict the automatic shifting of the transmission to gea r speeds below the gear shift lev er gear shifting. The shift hold function can be canceled by [1] moving the ge ar shift lever or [2] activating the s hift hold switch located on the ge ar shift lever.

The shift hold pilot lamp lo cated on the machine instrumen t panel will indicated the status of the shift hold function. p or down a range, pre-select the Before starting either u transmission gear and ma intain a machine travel speed wh ich will give you full control under all the anticipated conditions. This lever (4) is used to o perate the dump body. y stops and is held in position. (a) RAISE (b) HOLD: The dump bod (c) FLOAT: The dump bod y moves freely under external fo (d) LOWER position when traveling. Always set to the FLOAT It is impossible to travel in reverse if the dump body is rais ed.

If the engine stops during the dump operation, the dump b ody is held in p osition, re gardless of the p osition o f the dump lever. Even when t he engine starts again, the dum p body is h eld in position. For d etai ls of the method of )". he meth canceling the hold functio n, see "CANCELING DUMP BO DY HOLD CONDITION ( PAGE 3-87