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Can. 23
It should
be noted that
although the
hand
control lever
may be
set
in
position
"3",
this
gear
ratio
will
not be
held
if
the
engine
revolutibns
are excessive. The
automatic
control
unit
will over-ride
this
setting
and the
gearbox
will automatically
change
up
to
4th
gear.
When
descending
very steep
gradients, the
gear
lever
should
be
placed
in the
and
position.
Onty
at prolonged
halts,
due
to traffrc
jams,
etc.,
is it
necessary
to engage
neutral; at all
ordinary traffic
controls,
the
gearbox may
be left
in
the
gear
range
then
in
use.
Reverse
can be engaged
while the
car
is
travelling
forward
at
any
speed
below
ro
miles
an
hour.
This
feature
can
be
used
to advantage
'should
the
car become
embedded in
deep
snow, when
by suitable
timing
of
the
engagement
of reverse
and second, the
car can be rocked
out of
the
rut.
When the engine
is
stationary,
a
parking lock
is
provided by
placing
the
hand control
lever in
"R".
The steering
column
control lever
moves through
a
"g*.e"
between
positions
"3"
and
"2";this
design
of
quadrant
allows changes
between
4th
and
3rd
speed
ranges to be
made
without
risk of
entering
the
znd
speed
range. Likewise,
changes between znd
speed
range ahd
reverse
when
"shunting"
are facilitated.
It
should
be noted that
when starting
the
car from
cold
the engine
will run at
a
"fast
idle", with
the consequent
build-up
of an operating
oil
pressure
in
the
gearbox. If when
parked in a confined space
it
is necessary
to engage
reverse
gear
from
neutral, thereby temporarily
engaging
the
forward speed
ranges,
care
must
be
taken
not
to
release
the
brakes
until the
gear
lever is
in
position
"R".
Tow
Starting.
If it
should
be
necessary to start the
car by towing, the
gear
lever
should be placed at
position.
"2".
When the
car speed
reaches about
zo
miles per hour,
the
engine
will start to
turn
over
and fire. The
lever
should
then
be
placed
in
the
neutral
position, and care
should
be
taken
not
to
have the throttle
too
wide
open or
the
car
may
accelerate
too rapidly and
overtake the towing
vehicle.
Fuel
Feed.
Fuel is
supplied
from
the
main
tank to the carburetter by
means
of a
dual
electric
pump
mounted
in
the
frame (see Fig.
11). The
total
cilpacity of the main tank
is
r8
gallons.
Fuel
Gaugo.
The electric
fuel
gauge
on the
instrument board
is graduated
to
register
the total
quantity
of
fuel in the'main, tank. The
gauge
is
inoperative
when the ignition
is
switched off.
Special contacts carried by the tank
unit cause the
green
warning
lamp
to light when only about three
gallons
of
fuel remain in the
tank.
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