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I have noticed many questions on here that can be answered by looking up the service, parts, or operating manuals. Problem is, many are hard to find, out of print, or locked down in a clandestine fort in the vault of the manufacturer. This is frustrating and aggravating. We have more important things to do, like repairing our equipment, mowing the yard, or just moving on to the next project.

I propose we have a thread so all can find links and manuals to expedite repairs to the equipment on their bench. This way when we need to remember where it was on the site, it will be RIGHT HERE!

Many have been a great help in finding these manuals on the internet. So this can work if we share what's available. And if it's not publicly available, ask anyway. :thumbsup:

Where can I find info for a Kawasaki FD501D engine??

Yours is number 5 from the top: "K&T Parts House Lawn Mower Parts and Chain Saw & Trimmer Parts"

Hey I need a manual for my Kohler engine, but I'm not sure of the model number.

Rokon said:

Hey I need a manual for my Kohler engine, but I'm not sure of the model number.

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Take a look at this link. Kohler Engines: Owners and Service Manuals: Manuals and Maintenance

some of us are in the trade and as such pay for access to large libraries of parts books & service sheets.
We are happy to send a single direct link to a manual that is normally behind a fire wall
However lumping them all together makes it too easy to find us and have our subscriptions cancelled.
Some of the firewlls ar quite weak and once in you can access everything while others are document specific.
then some greedy moron will troll this forum , pull down all of the information and start flogging them on evilbay & crags.
This will get the information owners really angry and it will become even harder to get access to documents.

bertsmobile1 said:

This will get the information owners really angry and it will become even harder to get access to documents.

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Kind of like the mattress tag police?

Found a DEALER copy of a John Deere belt guide. (Don't tell bertsmobile)

http://www.greenpartstore.com/assets/images/guides/2014/BeltGuide.pdf

No need to I already have this courtesy of a friendly JD Dealer
However I will help everyone a little bit more.
When you find your belt number , any make not just JD go to the Gates Interchange site http://www.gates.com/all-search-tools/automotive-interchange-search-results.
Type the number into the box named "Part Number" and press he "find Now" button

This will bring up another page with the equivalent Gates number which is a hot link.
Click on the Gates number and this will bring up yet another web page usually with a few alternative belts.
Click on the Gates Number again in the Part # column and this will bring up yet another page " product detail page "
This page contains the full description of the belt size & shape,, IF & ONLY IF Gates either made the original or an aftermarket equivalent.

Thus a GX20241 belt from the JD catalogue equates to a Gates 6757BR which is a A 92 & 3/8 wrapped Kevlar belt
A bit of a waste of time for JD because their OEM belts are very reasonably priced unlike MTD branded belts that are normally 2 to 3 times the Gates equivalent price.

Or...let this simple Vee-Belt size finder tool do all the work for you.

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Jack17 said:

View attachment 24934Or...let this simple Vee-Belt size finder tool do all the work for you.

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That is fine & dandy, if you actually have the belt and it is in a measurable condition ( no hard kinks ) and you know exactly how hard to tension the belt and how much to subtract for wear and can split the 1/2 " increments into 1/8ths which of course are 1/16ths on the belt measurer and of course the belt is less than the 110" limit of the tool.
maybe I am just thick but I never had any luck measuring fractional lengths with either of my belt tools.
Always has been faster to use an old surveyors fiberglass tape to measure the OD.
Then what do you do with odd width belts like 21/32" that Cub seem to like a lot or MTD belts that are at non standad angles ?
As every one here knows belts do not stretch ( kevlar ones actually shrink ) but wear thinner so the belt ends up falling within 2 or more different belt widths on the gauge, which one ?
Over the years I have found the only good use of the belt tool is to verify what is inside the sleeve was what the lable said it is before I fit it to the customers machine.

And of course not too many on this list would actually have a belt tool but all of us have a computer ( or bat phone ) so can access either the parts tree or ARI parts breakdowns find the OEM part number then the original belt size and then make an educated guess about the best size for the replacement belt as particularly on trade machines the pulleys can wear quite a lot requiring either a shorter or thicker than standard belt to be fitted let alone the dreaded DPO who bought the cheapest belt he could find at a trash & treasure sale to get the mower he is selling to actually sort of mow, or at very least move.

Believe it or not I ake a lot of customers from dealers who just fit the "right" belt when they service a mower then the customer ges home & finds it barely moves or does not cut properly.
So naturally the dealers tell them the mower is worn out & needs to be replaced or they need a squillion dollar set of new pulleys when in reality all that they needed was a belt 1/4" shorter than OEM to take up the wear.

And of course I forgot to mention the cheapskates who will only fit a standard ( whole inch length ) belt because it is 1/3 the price of the OEM fractions belt so ends up with excessive pulley wear from a too loose belt or wrecked bearings from using a too tight belt.
The new owner has no way of determining if what is fitted is what should be fitted.

Getting my head around belt sizes was the sole hardest part of this business, particularly as being an independant shop I originally only had my wholesalers catalogues when I started and all of them list the nearest standard size belt as "fitting" a particular application when in many cases only a fractional belt will do the job properly.
Then I spent hours thumbing through an old paper Gates catalogue ( that I bought from an op-shop) trying to find a better belt that my suppliers sent me which is a real bitch if Gates don't list all of 756 different mowers a prticular belt fits. Try and find a belt makers catalogue that still lists Ariens 900 series Flexi-Float rear engined ride ons which came with a choice a 5 engines and or 6 decks each with a different set of pullies so yes 30 different deck belts and 8 different drive belts.

Bert,
Ah yes! Certainly for a pro-shop simple belt measuring tool isn't good enough. But I think that for a guy that is simply looking for a quick belt cross reference so he can belt-shop at local hardware store or flea-market instead of ordering online or at the dealers that tool would be very useful.

i need a owners manual for a 1978 lawnboy 5247 there site is messed up and i would like to look through it
has to be adobe based though my computer is touchy.

hi all,

Just purchased a used JD La145, and was hoping someone has the service/parts manuals for it.

Thank you
Barney

barneyfife said:

hi all,

Just purchased a used JD La145, and was hoping someone has the service/parts manuals for it.

Thank you
Barney

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Hello, Welcome and sorry no one has replied sooner.

John Deere has their service and owners manuals locked down tight without paying much Wampum ($$).

Here is a link to a parts catalog that may help a little bit: John Deere - Parts Catalog

Type in your model in the search box. Click on the search result. Then click on "pictorial index" for the picture section.

Hope this helps! :smile:

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Rokon said:

Hello, Welcome and sorry no one has replied sooner.

John Deere has their service and owners manuals locked down tight without paying much Wampum ($$).

Here is a link to a parts catalog that may help a little bit: John Deere - Parts Catalog

Type in your model in the search box. Click on the search result. Then click on "pictorial index" for the picture section.

Hope this helps! :smile:

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Thank you

Barney

Rokon said:

Hello, Welcome and sorry no one has replied sooner.

John Deere has their service and owners manuals locked down tight without paying much Wampum ($$).

Here is a link to a parts catalog that may help a little bit: John Deere - Parts Catalog

Type in your model in the search box. Click on the search result. Then click on "pictorial index" for the picture section.

Hope this helps! :smile:

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And because of this there is a "healthy" market for pirated JD manuals on CD or digital download on evilbay or craigs list or any other internet selling platform of your choice.

bertsmobile1 said:

And because of this there is a "healthy" market for pirated JD manuals on CD...

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With the advent of the internet does anyone use "pirated...CD's" any more?

Of course not.
And no one ever write anything down either we just text ourselves.
I just like giving stupid advise to confuse people when I am not just making stupid comments:confused2:

Rokon said:

With the advent of the internet does anyone use "pirated...CD's" any more?

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Again, thank you very much

Barney