Shoot me your serial number and I'll check for serial number breaks on Monday.
The serial number on my tractor is LV2620H607191.
When I started this thread, I said now that the colder weather is here, I noticed it took a bit more cranking to get it running. Here is the wording of my manual:
Set the engine speed hand throttle (C) to the 1/2-3/4 fast position.
Turn ignition key switch to the ON position.
Check indicator lamps:
Engine oil pressure light will glow.
Alternator/battery charging light will glow. Engine is now ready to start.
"Now ready to start" it says nothing about turning the key to the on position and waiting for any dash light to go out. To me it just says as long as the oil pressure and alternator lights are on, go ahead and start it.
That was what I was doing, and when it got colder, it was taking quite a few cranks longer to get it going. After finding out I did have the "Mystery" light on the upper right side of the dash, I now turn the key to the "on" position and wait for the "Mystery" light to go out and then crank it. It fires up pretty much immediately with this procedure.
This thread eventually evolved into whether the 2520 had glow plugs, or an air pre-heater system, which really, I don't care one way or the other what it has, but my main gripe was that the 2520 manual has left out, in my opinion, a critical section on the proper starting procedure, and any description or explanation of that "Mystery" light, which I definetely have on my tractor, but others don't. I would really like to compare an owners manual for a 07/08 2520 vs a 2010. I wonder if there is any difference? You can't go by the website, because it reads exactly as mine does, so it is just showing the latest version.
I think a lot of CUT buyers are like me, just regular guys that can finally afford to get that utility tractor they always wanted, and be able to play "Bob the Builder" around the homestead. You would think a company like John Deere, could at least supply us with a correct operators manual. For that matter, once a blatent error like this is known, they should send you a new one or simply an addendum, outlining the change, which you would keep with your original manual. The auto makers often send out a "revision" to something in the manual. I'd rather have an accurate manual than the "John Deere" hat they sent me.
From what I have read in all these postings, I think most dealers themselves aren't aware that the manuals are wrong. If they don't bother to take the time explaining the starting procedure, there are probably a number of guys (like I was) cranking the #$@$ out their starter motor in order to get the thing going, when just waiting a few seconds in the on position would make all the difference in the world. Probably extend the life of a few starter motors as well.
Thanks to all you patient posters out there that have had the stamina to stay with this thread. I've learned something, and maybe a few other 2520 owners as well.
Hopefully kjung17 can search out something for us as to whether running changes were made to the 2520's along the way.
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