. OPERATION OPERATION OPERATION OPERATION REMARK For details of setting the speed limit, see "BRAKE PERFORMANCE CURVE (PAGE 3-109)". will 3 - 105 1. Befo re starting to t ravel dow nhill, release accelerator p edal (1). 2. Oper ate retarder c ontrol lev er (2) to r educe t he t ravel spee d to the s et speed limi 3. Leav e the gea r shift lever in position D. Whe n the machine reduc es speed, automatically shift down to the appropriate g ear rang If the condition of t he road m akes it necessar y to t ravel downhill in 1s t, set t he gea r shift leve r to any position except D (6, 5 , 4, 3, 2, L). 4.
Whe n travelin g downhill, op erate retarde r contro l leve r (2), run the e ngine at a speed of 18 00 to 2200 r pm, and trave l so that the r etarde r brake oil tempe rature gaug e is i n th e whit e range.