Mercedes-Benz ACTROS 2002, Operating Instructions Manual

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Controls in detail
Gearshift
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Brake the vehicle.
Depress the clutch pedal fully.
Shift the transmission into neutral.
Apply the parking brake
(
see page 62).
Release the clutch pedal.
Depress the clutch pedal.
Wait for a period of three to six seconds
until the layshaft has come to rest in
the transmission.
Guide gear lever to the left into the re-
verse gear gate.
Apply slightly increased pressure on
the gear lever to overcome the lock.
Engage reverse gear.
Vehicles with reversing horn:
The reversing horn is activated.
To proceed, release parking brake.
Slowly release the clutch pedal and
slowly depress the accelerator.
Telligent
®
gearshift (EPS III S) is an elec-
tronic-pneumatic gear selection device. To
change gear, the gear lever or the half-gear
rocker on the gearshift unit must be moved
in the desired direction.
Telligent
®
gearshift allows you to
let the Telligent
®
gearshift select the
optimum gears for you (Telligent
®
se-
lection) or
determine the point of gear change
yourself (driver's choice)
Stopping
i
When the transmission is in neutral, the
gear lever is in the gate between 3rd
and 4th gear, or between 5th and
6th gear.
Selecting reverse gear Telligent
®
gearshift