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grounds when moving along rut-roads if possible. It is very
difficult to drive the automobile on very wet graded earth roads
provided with steep grades and deep cuvetts. On these roads,
drive carefully on the crest of the corrugation and at a low speed.
Marsh-Ridden Sections of Roads.
Overcome mursh-ridden
sections on straight line without sharp turns and stops. Engage
the front axle and engage the transfer box to a low range, shift
the gearbox in a gear which would provide a required traction
force of the driving wheels. Turn smoothly with a great radius,
do not decrease a speed. Do not drive on the track paved of an
ahead moving automobile.
Sandy Soils.
When overcoming sandy soils, drive smoothly
without jerks and stops. Turn smoothly and with great radius.
Shift in a possible high gear and engage the front axle, overcome
sandy drifts and short sandy up-grades in a rush. Do not allow
slipping the wheel, determine road conditions preliminarily and
shift in a required gear which would provide a required traction
force of wheels.
Fording.
Overcome a ford with a great care. The automobile could
overcome a ford of a 500 m depth with a hard bottom at a low
speed. Before overcoming a ford, check the bottom, make sure
that there are no deep pits, big stones, swampy grounds, check
the ground where the automobile would enter water and go out
of water.
Cut the radiator shutter if it is available.
Overcome a ford slowly, do not make water surface choppy
in front of the automobile, shift the gearbox in the first or second
gears, engage the front axle and engage the transfer box to a low
range.
Avoid manoeuvring and turning sharply.
After fording, as soon as possible but not later than on this
day, check oil in all assemblies, change oil in an assembly where
water is detected. If oil coulor is changed, it means that there
is some water in oil. Lubricate all chassis grease nipples till fresh
grease would be appeared. After fording, engage the clutch
partly several times and brake partly several times for drying the
clutch facings and brake shoe linings. If the engine is stopped
when fording, try to crank up the engine by means of the starter
two-three times.
