Has anyone purchased a repair manual from therepairmanual.com?

[RjCorazza]

I was rather perturbed when I paid $100 for the service manual from Kubota for my 3301... and found that it's on normal printer paper. I wanted something that I can use for the next 10-15 years, not treat with kid gloves and keep stored on the shelf by my desk. I do scan and print the pages I need so that I can take them to the tractor, whereas all that you need to do is print those necessary pages off.

I definitely prefer the PDF versions of the operator manual, as well as the workshop manual. I take a lot of notes in the PDF operator manual, and highlight various things.
I bought the Kubota printed manual for my previous L3410 for a similar amount, and was a little upset that it was a poor copy machine job done at the dealer in a budget 3 ring binder.

 

[keegs]

" 358 page workshop manual is essentially a servicing guide that describes the procedures for performing routine scheduled maintenance "

a maintenance manual that is 358 pages? Ive had over 50 feet of manuals on the shelf before and never a maintenance manual that long
thats amazing... How many pages is the actual repair manual?

Reb... it's more comprehensive than I may have implied. The workshop manual is 358 pages with sections as such : information/general/engine/clutch/trans/rear axle/brakes/front axle /steering/hydraulic/electrical. Each of the primary component sections .. ie engine, clutch.... has a mechanism, service and troubleshooting subsection It's a Kubota document

 

[Rebeldad1]

I was rather perturbed when I paid $100 for the service manual from Kubota for my 3301... and found that it's on normal printer paper. I wanted something that I can use for the next 10-15 years, not treat with kid gloves and keep stored on the shelf by my desk. I do scan and print the pages I need so that I can take them to the tractor, whereas all that you need to do is print those necessary pages off.

did you get back to them and ask for the pdf file.

 

[Jstpssng]

did you get back to them and ask for the pdf file.

I didn’t know that I could. As it was I had to special order it, then paid for it along with all of my filters and 7gallons of gold plated hydraulic fluid.

 

[PILOON]

On manuals----------
I've got a Mitsubishi and was able to purchase shop, parts and operators from a dealer friend way back.
Best $$'s I ever spent!
While fairly mechanically inclined anyway, it made repairs/maintenance much easier.
Saved me lots of time and money as well.

 

[BukitCase]

As RjCorazza pointed out, manuals on pdf files have a few advantages - however, just because it's a PDF does NOT necessarily mean it's SEARCHABLE - some of the REALLY cheap manuals online are PDF's, but each page is just a PICTURE of the paper manual. I know, got burned once that way...

Tend to be blurry, poor resolution on any pictures, etc - a SEARCH function can NOT work unless the original was OCR'd (turns pictures of text into ASCII code) - that's the ONLY way you'd be able to search on "clutch", and actually FIND all instances of "clutch".

I looked all over the linked site, and did NOT see a single statement that the manuals are SEARCHABLE - if you don't wanna be disappointed, I would ASK FIRST. In that price range, it could go either way... Steve

 

[cetrac29]

I haven't purchase one yet, but I am about to. The issue with the Agco service manuals is that you need special software to view the download copy which is why I'd rather have the scanned PDF file that has OCR. PDF files will work on my computer and all my tablets, but I wouldn't know for sure on the Agco copy until I've already shelled out the money.

 

[mmancuso13]

I bought a shop manual for my Kubota x1100C, works great, searchable

 

[cetrac29]

I purchased the GC1723 manual from that site and it was delivered within about 2 hours. Very high quality PDF, but it did not have text recognition so you couldn't word search and the file was password protected/encrypted. They had my name and email address inserted onto the cover page too. I emailed them to ask for a text searchable version of the PDF file, but then I figured out how to work around their password and make my own unrestricted version of the file. Once I had that, I was able to run text recognition with Adobe Pro and also copy the chapter TOCs and place them upfront in the document. If you don't have Pro, then beware that you'll be unable to text search their files which for me is a huge issue when you're talking about a 388 page document. Oh and I also emailed AGCO beforehand to ask if the version on the ACGO site (Jan 2019) was the most recent and if they published any updates to it since then. They said no, so at that point there was absolutely no reason to buy it from AGCO. Last thing is that the Hydraulic Diagram on Page 382 was blank (looked like it didn't scan correctly). I emailed them to ask for a replacement page, so I'll update this post if they respond.