4.
With the service brakes applied, release the
parking brake.
5.
Make sure the selector switch is in neutral and
turn on the ignition key. Do not attempt to start
the engine at this time.
6.
If necessary to get the transmission to shift into
neutral, release the pressure on the brake pedal
slightly.
7.
Once the UltraShift DM TCU reaches neutral, a
solid "N" will appear on the current gear indicator
and the vehicle will start. Make sure the service
brakes are applied and the parking brake is set.
If the current gear indicator continues to display a
dash, contact an authorized Freighliner or Eaton ser-
vice facility.
Meritor SureShift
Refer to the Meritor website for additional informa-
tion,
www.arvinmeritor.com
.
Operation, Meritor SureShift
Manual Mode
There is no slide switch on the Meritor SureShift con-
trol. Only the manual mode is available.
Driver Message Center
Gear information is presented to the driver via the
level III ICU Driver Message Center. The current for-
ward numerical gear is displayed until a new gear is
requested. During the shifting process, the letters
"SH" appear until the shift is completed. Then, the
newly engaged numerical gear is displayed. When
neutral (N) is engaged, "N" will appear on the mes-
sage display screen. When reverse (R) is engaged,
"RL" will appear on the message display screen.
IMPORTANT: The information shown on the
message display screen indicates the state of
the transmission only, not the state of the
SmartShift control.
Neutral Position
Neutral (N) is in the center of the three positions of
the selector switch at the end of the control. Select
neutral by sliding the mode selector switch to the
center position.
NOTE: Neutral is always available during opera-
tion. When in neutral, upshift and downshift re-
quests are ignored. If the mode selector switch
is moved from neutral to forward (F) while the
vehicle is moving, the transmission will shift into
a gear causing the engine to go to a high torque
level, under the engine’s rated torque.
Selecting a Starting Gear
1.
Select forward (F) by sliding the selector switch
downward to the next position below the neutral
position.
NOTE: When forward is selected, the transmis-
sion controller is signaled to engage the default
starting gear.
2.
Select a different starting gear by pulling upward
on the control while the vehicle is stopped and in
Forward, before disengaging the clutch to en-
gage the selected gear.
NOTE: Each pull upward on the control in-
creases the starting gear by one gear, but no
higher than fourth gear. The number of the se-
lected starting gear is displayed for one second
and then the signal to disengage the clutch "CL"
is displayed. Disengaging the clutch will engage
the selected starting gear, which will now be
stored in memory as the default starting gear.
However, when the transmission controller is
reinitialized at the beginning of another power
cycle, the starting gear will default to the origi-
nally preprogrammed starting gear. The trans-
mission may also be programmed so that it is
not possible to select a starting gear other than
the preprogrammed default starting gear.
Upshifting
With the transmission in forward (F), request an up-
shift by pulling upward on the control. If the re-
quested gear is available, the transmission will up-
shift.
NOTE: If a requested gear is not available, an
audible warning will sound and a message will
appear on the message display screen advising
that the gear is not available. An unavailable
requested upshift is not stored in memory. The
Transmissions
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