Service manual or Tech manual

[Deere Dude]

My tractor is just off the warranty and am wondering what kind of manual to get for adjusting and fixing and calibrating problems as they arise. Hopefully it will save a trip to the dealer to offset the cost of the book.

Service or Technical manual? Are they the same book?

[Zebrafive]

First check and see what deere offers. It might be one manual on X700 series tractors and a second on your specific engine, maybe a third on the transaxle.

On my tractor they offer Technical Manual Repair and Technical Manual Operations & Tests.

I would want them all.

[RoyJackson]

The service manual works quite well for the work one could do at home. I suggest you get it on CD-ROM.
It comes as a .pdf (on the CD-ROM) so you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader. I'm not sure the the Reader allows one to print out single pages (I use Acrobat Professional), but there are a lot of free .pdf programs that will print out single pages.

When you order the manual (CD-ROM or paper), you will need your tractor's serial number.

[Cocre]

I have the September 2008 Technical Manual for the "3000 Twenty Series" tractor, PDF version. It is by far the best repair manual I have ever seen on any piece of equipment. I was not aware there was a Service Manual available, but my technical manual gives step by step instructions for rebuilding almost every component on the tractor.

Well worth the money.

[beenthere]

I gather they are one of the same.