John Deere 345

dandevin · Jan 4, 2013

Anybody got any long term experience with the little JD-345 that they could share?
Thanks!
Dan

mguitas · Jan 4, 2013

Welcome aboard, try the John Deere Lawn an Garden forum above.

kensnelling · Jan 4, 2013

Welcome from Oklahoma.

Ken

murphy1244 · Jan 4, 2013

:welcome:

Briana03 · Jan 4, 2013

Welcome to TBN

I moved your thread to the John Deere Lawn & Garden forum.

glgeek · Jan 6, 2013

dandevin said:
Anybody got any long term experience with the little JD-345 that they could share?
Thanks!
Dan

Welcome from Minnesota.

depending on what year, i would check the fuel pump version.

at some point in time, it was revised to include an overflow line (rubber) that is routed to behind the muffler. the old version had a weep hole (and no hose) that if the pump leaked, would drip directly on to the muffler.

other than that, gas, oil and a battery.

ba

sklunk · Jan 7, 2013

Depending on the year and serial number, it could have the dreaded "plastic cam gear" (search these forums and google for TONS of info). Other than that they are an amazing machine. My 1996 has 1100 hours and runs and mows great. The cam gear DID fail on it last spring and that repair (at a Deere dealer) cost me around $1000 ...

Retired Iron Peddler · Jan 8, 2013

I have a JD345 that I bought new 13 years ago with 600+ hours on it. The only problem I've had with it is the circuit board failed a couple of times. Other wise it's just been regular maintenance.

Cigar Face · Jan 8, 2013

Looks like a lot of people spend more time boosting their thread count in new member introductions than actually reading the posts. Even if its in the wrong forum. I have had one for 12 years myself. Only problem I ever had was when I had to replace a circuit board. Most likely becuase I power washed it all the time hahha. Even still, it took 10 years for it to corrode

mikehaugen · Jan 11, 2013

glgeek said:
at some point in time, it was revised to include an overflow line (rubber) that is routed to behind the muffler. the old version had a weep hole (and no hose) that if the pump leaked, would drip directly on to the muffler.

My mom has this exact problem with hers. I still gotta get over there and fix it before she needs it again in the spring. Other than that it has been pretty good except for the breaking the cheap plastic hood. She has only had it about a year though and bought it with about 650 hrs.