Clark GCS 30 - Operating Procedures

Know Your Truck
Truck Model Illustration
Emergency Starting
How To Use Battery Jumper Cables
84M411
CLARK
GCS/GCX 17-20-22-25-27-30
1. Cushion Drive Axle and wheels
2. Hydraulic Sump Tank
3. Cushion Steer Axle and Wheels
4. Overhead Guard
5. Safety Seat and Seat Belt
6. Steering Control Handwheel
7. Directional Control Lever
8. Upright
9. Load Back Rest Extension
10. Fork Carriage
11. Load Forks
4. On both trucks:
• Turn all accessories to the
"off" position and leave them
off until after the engine has
been started and the jumper
cables removed.
• Turn the ignition key switch to
the "off" position.
• Apply the parking brake.
• Put the directional control
lever in the "N" (neutral) posi-
tion.
5. Connect the jumper cables in the
following sequence:
(Also refer to Figure 24871)
a. Connect the first jumper
cable from the positive ( + )
(Red) terminal on one battery
to the positive ( + ) (Red) ter-
minal on the other battery.
Never connect ( + ) (Red^ to
(-) (Black), or(-)to( + ).
b. Next, connect one end of the
second cable to the grounded
(-) (Black) terminal of the
booster battery.
c. Last, connect the other end of
the second jumper cable to a
stationary solid metallic point
on the engine of the truck
with the discharged battery.
(Not to negative (-) terminal
of the battery.) Make this con-
nection at a point at least [450
mm] 18 inches away from the
battery, if possible. Do not
connect it to pulleys, fans, or
other parts that move. Be sure
not to touch hot manifolds
which can cause severe
burns.
6. Start the engine on the truck with
the booster battery, and run the
engine at a moderate speed.
4k WARNING
SHORT CIRCUITS
REMOVE ALL JEWELRY. DO
NOT PERMIT ANY METAL
TOOLS TO MAKE CONTACT
WITH THE POSITIVE BATTERY
TERMINAL AND OTHER
METAL ON THE TRUCK. MAKE
SURE WHEN CONNECTING
JUMPER CABLE CLAMPS TO
THE POSITIVE TERMINALS OF
THE BATTERIES THAT
NEITHER CLAMP CONTACTS
ANY OTHER METAL. INJURY
CAN OCCUR FROM ELEC-
TRICAL SHOCK OR EXPLO-
SION.
Make Connections in Numerical Order
|j First Jumper Cable
24871
7. Start the engine of the truck
with the discharged battery.
Follow the starting instruc-
tions in the "Know Your Truck"
section of this manual. Make
sure that the engine is at idle
speed before disconnecting
the jumper cables.
8. Remove the jumper cables by
reversing the above sequence
exactly. Start by removing the
last jumper cable, from the
truck with the discharged bat-
tery, first. Remove the cable
end from the engine block
first, then the other end of the
negative (-) cable.
9. Remove both ends
positive ( + ) cable.
of the
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