Komatsu — MOVING THE MACHINE (DIRECTIONAL, SPEED), STOPPING THE MACHINE

. OPERATION OPERATION CHANGING GEAR SPEED WARNING 3 - 116 When traveling at high speed, do not shift gear suddenly. Use the brake to reduce the travel speed before shifti ng gear. Shift gear as follows. e desired position to shift gear. Move the gearshift lever (1) to th When carrying out digging or loa ding operations, the operation is the gearshift lever stopper. carried out in 1st or 2nd, so use REMARK If the gearshift lever is operat ed slowly or is stopped between gear positions, the central wa rning lamp may light up and the alarm buzzer may sound. In t to operate the gearshift le his case, there is no failure, but try ver so that the gearshifting is completed within 2 seconds.

This machine is equipped wit h a kick-down switch. When the machine is traveling in 2nd sp eed, if the button at the tip of the lift arm control lever is presse d, the transmission will shift down to 1st speed. We recommend that you u se the kick-down switch when carrying out digging or loadi speed. For details of the method of (PAGE 3-43)". ng operations using 1st and 2nd use, see "KICKDOWN SWITCH This machine is equipped with an auto-shift system that automatically shifts the gear.

For details of the method of use, see "TRANSMISSION SHIF T MODE SELECTOR SWITCH (PAGE 3-38)" and "AUTOMA TIC SHIFT (PAGE 3-51)" When the machine is travelin g at high speed, if the gearshift lever is operated to a lower s peed, such as 4th -> 3rd or 4th -> 2nd, with the accelerator peda l still depressed, the shift down is not carried out in order to prev ent the engine from overrunning. In this case, the central warn ing lamp lights up and the alarm buzzer sounds. At the same time, "E00 OVERRUN e character display.

, release the accelerator pedal PROTECT" is displayed on th If the alarm buzzer sounds immediately and depress the brake pedal to reduce speed, then carry out the gearshift operati on.