Service bulletins
Service bulletins
Okay, not really off topic, but will post it here.
I spent a good part of the morning digging through some of my factory service bulletins. I guess I had forgotten just how much info I had, and I am not done digging, only got through one binder.
Sitting and re-reading these bulletins that I had not looked at in years, I realize that there is a terrible amount of info as far as updates, changes, and problems that we don't necessarily see in service manuals. I have a stack of mostly crawler only bulletins almost an inch high sitting on my desk, and have at least two more binders to go through. As I was digging through, I was thinking it would be nice to post them on here, but then as I kept going, I realize it would be a lot of posts. Add to it that one of my customers has at least as extensive a collection as I do, and it gets overwhelming.
Computers not being my strong point, I am seeking alternatives!?!?!?!? I doubt a print shop will put them in a binder for me with the Deere name all over it even though I have no intentions of selling the info, and it is all out of print material. I suppose it could be scanned and put on a CD, but then only available if I sent someone the CD, and I am not the guy to do scanning like that, we will all be old and grey before I would ever get it done.
I thought about another section on here only for service bulletins, but will have to talk to Jeremy about doing that, or if it is possible, and then they still need to be scanned in and posted.
Any bright ideas out there from the more computer literate?
Lavoy
I spent a good part of the morning digging through some of my factory service bulletins. I guess I had forgotten just how much info I had, and I am not done digging, only got through one binder.
Sitting and re-reading these bulletins that I had not looked at in years, I realize that there is a terrible amount of info as far as updates, changes, and problems that we don't necessarily see in service manuals. I have a stack of mostly crawler only bulletins almost an inch high sitting on my desk, and have at least two more binders to go through. As I was digging through, I was thinking it would be nice to post them on here, but then as I kept going, I realize it would be a lot of posts. Add to it that one of my customers has at least as extensive a collection as I do, and it gets overwhelming.
Computers not being my strong point, I am seeking alternatives!?!?!?!? I doubt a print shop will put them in a binder for me with the Deere name all over it even though I have no intentions of selling the info, and it is all out of print material. I suppose it could be scanned and put on a CD, but then only available if I sent someone the CD, and I am not the guy to do scanning like that, we will all be old and grey before I would ever get it done.
I thought about another section on here only for service bulletins, but will have to talk to Jeremy about doing that, or if it is possible, and then they still need to be scanned in and posted.
Any bright ideas out there from the more computer literate?
Lavoy
Parts and restoration for antique and late model John Deere crawlers.
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
- Willyr
- 2010 crawler
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- Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:03 am
- Location: Downeast Maine (North of Ellsworth)
Scan them into openoffice (if win7) or Word and save as a pdf file. Unless you can afford Adobe write software.
former owner of a 1956 420c
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
- mapaduke@yahoo.com
- 1010 crawler
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- Joined: Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:27 pm
- Location: Rochester N.H.
Wow, that info will be grate for us. My 420 has that bushing in the oil fill on the trans and though it was a farmers field fix cause some one lost the plug I was going to replace it with a 3/4 plug I would never known it was suppose to be that way?
It would be grate if they could be posted on hear but I would be willing to buy copies of them.
It would be grate if they could be posted on hear but I would be willing to buy copies of them.
nothing crawles like a deere
that would sure be a lot of scanning i would think but very much appreciated
not being a huge software guy i dont know the best way and with the deere name on it not sure about the legal part too but it nice to be able to see. once again Lavoy thanks
not being a huge software guy i dont know the best way and with the deere name on it not sure about the legal part too but it nice to be able to see. once again Lavoy thanks
scampr 440icd, 350B, 47 Farmall H, 55 Farmall cub and ashamed to have a Kabota too
It should be pretty simple (aside from the shear volume you have) to scan and save them directly as pdfs. To transfer large files or groups of files you could use a free ftp hosting service like Dropbox (www.dropbox.com). It sounds complicated but it's actually pretty simple. You register and then upload whatever files you'd like to share to their server by following directions. Then you can either keep the location private and share specific files with specific people, or you can make a folder available for public viewing and download.
I use Dropbox a fair bit for sharing large files with clients, it works great and is easy to use although I bet there are others sites out there as well that do the same thing.
I use Dropbox a fair bit for sharing large files with clients, it works great and is easy to use although I bet there are others sites out there as well that do the same thing.
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I know you see that a lot, but I think that it would never stand up if Deere decided to push the issue. If it has a Deere logo on it, you can't do it unless you pay Deere for the priviledge.
That being said, I don't want to sell them, I just want to get them in or on something that we can all reference easily.
Lavoy
That being said, I don't want to sell them, I just want to get them in or on something that we can all reference easily.
Lavoy
Parts and restoration for antique and late model John Deere crawlers.
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
not a lawyer nor do i want to be in that group. but i would think if you dont sell them you would be ok but if you sold them deere would legally get a cut?? so posting from free viewing would be ok? just my uneducated thoughts.
scampr 440icd, 350B, 47 Farmall H, 55 Farmall cub and ashamed to have a Kabota too
- mapaduke@yahoo.com
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- MC crawler
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- Joined: Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:27 pm
- Location: Red Bay, Al. formerly Tn.
I got one of those NEAT scanners, I might see how that works. Then the next process would be loading them on here.
Lavoy
Lavoy
Parts and restoration for antique and late model John Deere crawlers.
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
- Paul Buhler
- 350 crawler
- Posts: 991
- Joined: Wed May 21, 2008 6:25 pm
- Location: Killington, VT
Lavoy: See if your site can upload files. If it can, files created by anyone could be shared like seen on the John Deere parts manual site. You could require that the files be posted in some standard format like .pdf, or MSWord, and then others could share some of their manuals too. This would save you time if someone already has a particular manual scanned in and saved in an acceptable format.
Just a thought.
Thanks for considering offering this resource. Paul
Just a thought.
Thanks for considering offering this resource. Paul
Paul Buhler
Killington, VT
420c 5 roll with 62 blade, FOPS, and Gearmatic 8a winch
Killington, VT
420c 5 roll with 62 blade, FOPS, and Gearmatic 8a winch
Not sure on that one, Jeremy would have to answer that one. I know he disabled the picture hosting funtion as someone used that as a backdoor to hack the site and crash it.
Lavoy
Lavoy
Parts and restoration for antique and late model John Deere crawlers.
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
Owner and moderator www.jdcrawlers.com
- Willyr
- 2010 crawler
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- Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:03 am
- Location: Downeast Maine (North of Ellsworth)
Not certain of this, yet Google at one time was willing to scan media and post it.
former owner of a 1956 420c
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
- Willyr
- 2010 crawler
- Posts: 695
- Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:03 am
- Location: Downeast Maine (North of Ellsworth)
Because I was bored. I found this link. Worth a try?
http://www.blueleaf-book-scanning.com/c ... f_faq.html
http://www.blueleaf-book-scanning.com/c ... f_faq.html
former owner of a 1956 420c
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
All help is greatly appreciated.
Proud owner of a project 1952 JD 60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFehqXVd9z4
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