STARTING AND OPERATING
2-9
of
more than
10
seconds. (Stall condition
is
when the engine
is
running
at
high speed while the transmission
is
in a driving range
and the driving wheels
aren't
moving, such as when stuck
in
deep
sand or when the car
is
against a fixed barrier.)
• Holding vehicle on an upgrade with the throttle. (Use the regular
brakes to hold car on an uphill grade.)
THREE AND FOUR SPEED
MANUAL
TRANSMISSIONS
The
3-speed and 4-speed floor shift manual transmission shift lever,
extending from the floor, has a shift
patterndiagram
located on the knob.
For smoother performance
at
slow speeds, the transmission should be
downshifted from each gear while the
car
is
in motion
by
depressing the
clutch pedal
and
manually moving the gearshift lever to the desired
position
(See Shift Speed
Chart).
FIRST
GEAR
- Depress the clutch pedal, shift into first
(lst),
and
smoothly release the clutch pedal while simultaneously pressing on the
accelerator pedal. All vehicles have fully synchronized first gears and
maybe
shifted into first with the
car
in motion below 20 mph
(30km/h)
.
In
the event the
caris
completely stopped and if it
is
difficult to shift into
first, release the clutch momentarily with transmission
in
Neutral, and
then shift into first.
SECOND
GEAR
- Depress the clutch pedal, release the accelerator and
move the gearshift lever into second (2nd) gear. Release the clutch pedal
and depress the accelerator pedal as above.
THIRD
GEAR
- Shift into third gear (3rd) in the same manner described
above.
Slowly release the clutch pedal and depress the accelerator.
Third gear
of
the 3-speed
is
thecruising
gear
for all normal driving.
FOURTH
GEAR
- Shift into fourth (4th)
gear
in
the same manner as
described above.
Slowly release the clutch pedal a
nd
depress the
accelerator.
TO
STOP - Release the accelerator pedal and depress the brake pedal.
Just before the car stops, depress the clutch pedal along with the brake
pedal and move the gearshift lever into Neutral.
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