JD Manuals & Parts Lists

[mkoreen]

Hi Everyone.. As a proud new owner of a JD 2305, I was cruising the JD site, and reading years of posts on here... One question for the masses-
How many of you guys purchased the JD Repair manuals (Hard or CD) or Parts Catalogs... And if so, were they a valuable resource? I know from the 6hrs I've put on it since thursday nite that I will be doing things beyond what i thought this little beast was capable of! It is great! But, the Hydro Filter and Fan look allitle "vulnerable" under there....

 

[ragkar]

Even if you don't use it for self-repair, you need the parts lists, illustrated breakdown and manuals so that you are knowledgeable when you speak to the repair or parts guy.
You don't want to have to say, "I need the hose in the back under the seat. You know, the one with the gizmo."
And you don't want the guy to bs you when you go in for repair.
I find the books to be far more useful than a CD. Besides, I hear that the CD isn't organized in the best way.

 

[Shimon]

I think they are invaluable. I bought a used LX178 and as I was leaving the owner said he thought he had some CDs that went with the mower and gave them to me. They are the JD owners manual, service manual and parts manual all on disc. I was going to buy them anyway. I use them quiet a bit and find them to be very helpful. I basically took the who thing apart when I got it to clean it, paint it, repair it and the manual sure helped.

 

[mkoreen]

Great, but at $80.00 List on JD website, seems kinda high? Anyone buy one thru dealer? whatta did u pay?

 

[Shimon]

seems kinda high?

Compare it to the hourly shop rate and it's a bargain. Information is power.

 

[kennyd]

I think I paid $75.00 for my CD when I bought my tractor about 4 years ago...Well worth it IMHO

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Buy any and all manuals available. Owners, service, parts, specific engine manual if one is available, ect. Over the period of ownership, the manuals will pay for themselves many times over. BTDT. They'll save you time standing at the parts counter. Walk in the door armed with part #'s you need and CORRECT descriptions of those parts, and the counter guys will treat you like a king. The exploded views in parts catalogs are more helpfull than 100 pages of printed text when trying to dismantle something.

Think about the potential amount of time a tractor COULD spend in a dealers shop @ current hourly shop rates. Now consider the fact that when armed with all available information, you could potentially eliminate quite a few of those shop hours, and the manuals start looking like a real bargain.

Think of them as preventative health care instead of waiting until you're deathly ill to go to the doctor.

 

[awlchu]

Spend some time learning JDPARTS.com. You really don't need a hard copy of a parts list if you use jdparts.com.

The repair manual is worth buying on CDROM. You can print off the pages of interest, get them greezy, then recycle them. You are assure that you are always accessing the latest part info versus a static printed copy.


The printed manuals from JD (IMOP) are too expensive.

 

[Ken Cunningham]

I just bought the service manual cd for my 1070 and the price was 102.00 dollars. Its allso been over a week and it still hasnt shown up! FYI, the printed version was over 200 dollars.

 

[BillyP]

I bought the technical manual on CD for my 4610 last year. The price was $65. at the local JD dealership.

 

[Runner]

I agree with all the positive JD manual comments here. I wouldn't buy a new tractor without this information. One thing I really like about the JD manuals is they have "theory of operation" sections about each system on the tractor. These are a BIG help in understanding how the tractor systems work and what the parts do.

In addition to the obvious benefit of being able to see how to repair various systems, they also give step-by-step diagnostics lists to help figure out exactly where the problem lies.

Finally, I think that having all of this information about how things work makes it easier to understand how to operate the equipment in a way that is safe and is easier on the machine.

 

[mkoreen]

Looks like the next chance I get I'm off to the dealer to order the Manuals! You guys made that a no-brainer

 

[EJD]

My dealer thru the CD service manual in as part of the deal. Initially I asked for the manual itself. Those are quite expensive, I had to agree with him so as a compromise he offered the CD. I love the 2320, I hope I never have to use the CD.
EJ

 

[dsgsr]

If anyones interested, I have the CD's for JD's tractors and some lawn tractors and equipment. Most everything from '05 back to the 50 series that were built in the '70's compact utility tractors and some of the 5000 series.
PM me if you're interested.

David

 

[Ken Cunningham]

I just recieved my manual on cd yesterday for a 1070. I dont know if the ones for the other models are different but now I understand what others where saying about navigating thru the pdf file with no indexing. All the info is there but it can be a pain to find the right page. I allmost wish i had waited and saved another 100 dollars and bought the paper version.


Just my opinion.

 

[dsgsr]

All the Cd's I have seem too be indexed well. Guess cause they were made for mechanics.

David

 

[mjncad]

I just received my $65 CD shop manual for my 4200, and my only complaint is that they didn't add bookmarks and hyperlinks to the table of contents to make getting to stuff quicker. Since I have Acrobat, I may add bookmarks and hyperlinks now and then to the copy I downloaded to my computer. Call that a winter time project.

Other than that, the PDF file is a high quality version of the $130 paper manual. If I was in the shop on a daily basis, I'd want paper that I can get greasy and make notes in the margins with. However, for my needs the CD will be fine and I can print out sections as I need them.

As Shimon said, "Information is power."

As for the parts manual, I suspect the PDF/paper version is easier to use than www.jdparts.com ; but once you learn how to use their convoluted web site, it's cheaper than buying the CD/paper parts catalog.

 

[Champy]

Here's some links to get into the Owners manual directory

Parent Directory (requires you to find the OM # though)
Index of /cceomview/

2305 Operation/Maintenance Manual
OMLVU16738_A6

I am still trying to work my way into their sites to find a pdf copy of the Parts catalogs too. Here's an onine view of the Parts catalog for the 2305....
John Deere - Parts Catalog