Hoyes are a nightmare. After a whole evening wasted searching their site and loads of emails I finally find out there is no manual for the 1301D, they says there's a similar American model they have one for but wont tell me what it is, and want $50 dollars for it on CD and another $50 for postage...
Hmm. I went to their site. There is a heading that says parts. Several, in fact. Clicking them brings me to a long list of models. When clicked, 1301 brings me to a page with 4 sections, one of which is manuals. Parts manuals brings up another page...with manuals. Parts manuals again takes me to a page with a drop down menu. 1301 is an option.
The price shown in the basket is $39.99.
I can't speak as to whether that system is too confusing for you, but it seems easy enough to me. Google searching for "Hoye parts manual" yielded the same page, as the very first result.
The manuals cost what they cost. If you don't like it, don't order one. I imagine if you explained you were in Ireland and only wanted a digital copy they might be willing to work with you.
I haven't ordered often from them, but have called them for help a
couple times. Aaron was EXTREMELY friendly and helpful, even for something that they didn't have and wouldn't typically stock. Characterizing them as rude and unhelpful is incongruent with anything I have ever heard.
The 1301 doesn't correspond to any US model. It is similar to many. Really, all of them are more or less the same, different only in size and transmission type amongst the YM series. While torque specifications or other minor details may be different, the principles are identical. The 1301 has an engine I think is unique to it and the FX13/F14, not really the most common machines.
Nobody here will have an English language service manual. But, probably, the sister machines in the line, the 1401, for instance, are close enough to use their numbers. And the 1401's numbers are close enough to some English-language market units that they should be close enough. But recognize the degrees of separation at work. We own imported, old machines that were never intended to be sold here. There is a community of owners online who have, over the years, pooled information and experience garnered through blood, sweat, dollars, and much gnashing of teeth.
They have been anchored by a few suppliers, in particular Hoye in Texas and LMTC in Ohio (lately about the only suppliers here known to be active on the boards at all) who have labored to compile parts, old stock components, salvage tractors, and even new-run pieces for these out of date machines.
I'm still new here, and am not official in any way. But when I showed up, asking questions many times covered, members of this board spent hours and days, literally on Christmas day, helping me puzzle through an enigma on a bombed-out, abused YM240. The crew here LOVES to help new people through difficult spots and overcome the trouble together. They will, and have, bent over backwards for me and dozens of others.
Speaking poorly of, and complaining about Hoye in this fashion just won't fly. It is anathema to the group dynamic and counter to all we know and have experienced. Help us expand the corpus of knowledge here by teaching what you learn about your YM1301D. Talking about Hoye as anger inducing and non-helpful won't do that.