7.1
To start from a full stop on hill or grade
,
quickly move your foot from the brake
pedal and press firmly on the throttle
pedal.
On steep hills, set the parking brake and
release it only when there is enough en-
gine power to prevent rollback.
7.2
To stop on a hill or grade
, press and hold
the brake pedal to keep the vehicle from
moving. On steep hills, set the parking
brake and chock the tires, front and/or
rear.
On steep hills, set the parking brake and
chock the tires, front and/or rear. Never
hold a hill with the throttle pedal. This will
cause the clutch to overheat.
Power Down
1.
Apply the service brakes.
2.
Select neutral (N) by pressing in the neutral lock
button and moving the selector switch to N.
When the "N" on the current gear indicator is
solid, rather than flashing, the UltraShift DM TCU
is ready to power down.
3.
With the transmission in neutral, set the parking
brake.
4.
Turn off the ignition key and shut down the en-
gine.
Automatic and Manual Modes
The SmartShift control has a slide switch located on
the body of the control lever just before the paddle
widens out. See
Fig. 8.9
. The slide switch controls
the forward driving mode, automatic or manual.
To change mode at any time, move the slide switch
in the desired direction. This allows the driver to re-
spond flexibly to a wide range of driving conditions,
such as blind corners, tight curves, and steep hills.
IMPORTANT: Whatever the mode, it is always
possible to shift manually by moving the lever
up or down as needed. When the engine speed
is within 75 revolutions per minute (rpm) of the
load-based shift point for an automatic shift, the
UltraShift DM TCU will advance the shift.
In either mode, the gear indicator displays the cur-
rent gear. See
Fig. 8.10
.
At the start of a shift, the current gear continues to
display until the transmission has been pulled into
neutral. At this point, as the transmission is synchro-
nizing for the new (target) gear, the gear indicator
flashes the number of the new gear.
When the shift is complete, the new gear displays
solid, without flashing.
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1
2
3
1.
Slide Switch (controls forward driving mode)
2.
Selector Switch (controls gear selection)
3.
Neutral Lock Button (prevents accidental shift into
gear)
Fig. 8.9, Switches, UltraShift Transmissions
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NOTE: The gear indicator displays the current gear. In
this example, it displays first gear.
Fig. 8.10, Current Gear Display
Transmissions
8.8