Battery Box Cover; Hood Tilting; Entering Back-Of-Cab - freightliner Columbia Driver Manual

Vehicle Access
WARNING
Wet or dirty shoe soles greatly increase the
chance of slipping or falling. If your soles are wet
or dirty, be especially careful when climbing
onto, or leaving, the back-of-cab area.
Always maintain three-point contact with the
back-of-cab access supports while entering and
exiting the back-of-cab area. Three-point contact
means both feet and one hand, or both hands
and one foot, on the grab handles, steps, and
deck plates. Other areas are not meant to sup-
port back-of-cab access, and grabbing or step-
ping in the wrong place could lead to a fall, and
personal injury.
Be careful not to get hands or feet tangled in
hoses or other back-of-cab equipment. Careless-
ness could cause a person to trip and fall, with
possible injury.

Entering Back-of-Cab

When climbing onto the deck plate, do the following:
1. Grasp the sidewall grab handle with both hands.
Reach up as far as is comfortable.
2. Place one foot on the bottom step and pull your-
self up.
3. Place your other foot on the top step.
4. Move your lower hand to a higher position on the
grab handle.
5.
Step onto the deck plate.
Climbing Down from Back-of-Cab
To climb down from the back-of-cab area:
1. Grasp the sidewall grab handle with both hands.
2.
Step one foot at a time onto the top step.
3. Move your upper hand to a lower position on the
grab handle.
4. Move one foot to the bottom step.
5. Move your upper hand to a lower position on the
grab handle.
6.
Step to the ground with your upper foot first.
3.5

Battery Box Cover

To remove the cover from the frame rail-mounted
battery box, release the latches that attach the left
chassis fairing panel (if equipped) in front of the bat-
tery box. Remove the air fairing panel. See Group
60 of the Columbia ® Workshop Manual for instruc-
tions. If no air fairing panel is installed, remove the
step plate. Pull on the end of each hold-down latch
until the end clears the cover-mounted catch. Pivot
the latches out of the way, then lift off the cover.
When installing the cover, be sure it is positioned
properly before fastening the latches.
To remove the cover from the battery box mounted
between the frame rails, remove the deck plate and
lift the handle on the top of the battery box cover. If
equipped, remove the spring pin.

Hood Tilting

The hood can be tilted to a full-open position. A grab
handle at the front of the hood provides a hand-hold
for hood tilting. A torsion bar helps you to tilt the
hood open, and to return it to the operating position.
A damper controls the closing rate of the hood and
hood straps prevent the hood from overtravel. In the
operating position, the hood is secured to the lower
cab side panels by a hold-down latch on each side of
the hood.
To Tilt the Hood
1. Apply the parking brakes.
2. Release both hood hold-down latches by pulling
the ends outward.
CAUTION
Do not let the hood free-fall to the full-open posi-
tion. To do so could cause damage to the hood
or hood straps.
3. Using the bumper step and grab handle, slowly
tilt the hood until the straps support it. See
Fig. 3.7.
To Return the Hood
1. Grasp the grab handle, and lift the hood to the
45-degree position.