. OPERATION OPERATION CHANGING GEAR SPEED WARNING 3 - 129 When traveling at high speed, do not sh ift gear suddenl y. U se the brake to reduce the travel speed b Shift gear as follows. Move the gea rshift lever (1) to the d esired positio n to shift g ear. When carryin g out digging or loadin g operations, the carried out in 1st or 2nd, so use the gearshift leve r stopper Position (a): Position (b): Position (c): Position (d): REMARK If the gear shift lever is operated s lowly or is stoppe d between gear positions, the central warning lamp may light up and the alarm buzzer may sou nd.
In this case, t here i s no f ailure, but try to operate th e gearshift lever so that the gearsh ifting is completed wit hin 2 seconds . This mach ine is equipped with kic kdown switch (3). Whe n traveling in 2nd, if kickdown s witch (3) is pressed, the transmissi on shifts down to 1st. For operat ions carried out in 1st and 2nd, such as d iggin g an d loading, we recommend the use of the kickdown switch. F or details of the method of use, see Secti on KICKDOWN SWITCH (PAGE 3- 47). This mach ine is equipped with an auto-shift system that a utomatically shifts the gear. F or details of the method of use, se e "TRANSMISSION SHIFT MODE SELECTOR SWITCH (PAGE 3-42)" and "AUTOMATIC SHIFT 56)".
SELECTO (PAGE 3- When the machine is traveling at high speed, if the gear s hift l ever is shifted down to a lo wer speed, such as 4th 3rd or 4th 2nd, with the ac celeratorstill d epressed, the t ransmission is not shifted down. This is to prevent the engine from overrunning. lamp lights up and the alarm buzzer sounds. At the same time, "OVERRUN ottom line. se the accelerator pedal immediately and depress the brake pedal to reduce ift operation. In this cas e, the central warning PROTEC T" is displayed on the b If the alar m buzzer sounds, relea se the accelerato r ped al immediately and depress th speed, the n carry out the gearsh ift operation.