John Deere 165 Hydro Owners Manual
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Wanted a new riding mower but needed a new well instead. Found this used one off craigslist. Real nice guy even drove it from IN to MI for me.
Said he's a retired guy who fixes and sells these. Price was right and issues aside it works. Any and all help would be appreciated. Starting with a good source for a manual. (Ebay has them, 20 bucks-ish.
Hoping to do better.) Annoying little problem, the break pedal sticks. Gotta kick it, repeatedly before it will pop up. Be nice if I could get that fixed. Neutral doesn't work. He warned me you won't be able to push it. BIgger problem started today.
Mowing along just fine, and suddenly no forward. And I can't describe this really but it just doesn't sound right. It would back up (VERY slow.) Then I could put it into forward, and it would lurch, roll a foot or so real slow and stop. Doing that over and over I managed to get it across the yard and back into the garage. SO I can safely say this isn't a broken belt or anything.
It does go, just not fast or for long. My neighbor looked, and seems to think it's something right in or under the shift lever. Looking over youtube rebuilding the transmission is NOT something I want to deal with but not even sure that's it. Could this be something as simple as a pin that came loose on the shift lever?
So again, I think a good manual with pictures of all it's parts would be a good thing to have. I did actually call a dealer. Not close enough to me to pick it up. (surprised they actually did that.) I did do a bit of window shopping at new ones BUT. I like this old one.
Even the guy I talked to said this model was built really well. And even if I get a new one I will at some point need to tear into it. All machines wear out, need parts replaced, fluids etc. May as well learn on this old horse. Speaking of fluids, my neighbor found a little.
Grrr, thingy? Under the seat. Gees, I need to get a picture.
But no clue what that's for. ALmost looks like some kind of fluid gage but we didn't mess with it. The dealer I talked with asked if I wanted an operators manual, user manual or more.
It's why I thought I better get on here first. I don't think a user manual is it, if all that has is how to operate the mower. What's the best for lifting this thing? I'm NOT able to get on the ground and do stuff. I need it up high. Watched a youtube video where a guy had chains from the ceiling only they didn't show how it was configured. But it was cool.
He hooked a few chains to his deck, and some tugging and pulling hoisted it right up to a table easy. I want thaaaaaat!
Hubby is excited to work on these too. Only problem with that, he's over the road for weeks. But retirement is only a few years away. This could be a good thing for him too. Wow, you're in luck!
John Deere is usually pretty tight with this stuff, but the fine folks at the University of Northern Iowa have come through with a pdf of the technical manual for your tractor! Not a fan of theirs, but in this case I have to say.Go Panthers! Save it, look it over, print the pages you need and hopefully get your tractor running like it should. So, there's everything you would ever need to know about your 165, and then some.
BTW, we here at MLF like pictures. We're a visual sort of group. So if you could snap a pic or two of your tractor to share, and lots and lots of pictures when you get to working on it, we sure would be a happy bunch. Now, to find you one of those contraptions that will hike it up to the ceiling for you. OH WOW that's so cool.
Need printer ink but I'll print the whole thing eventually. Got it saved.
Looked through it and wow. (See the flock of birds just flew over my head?) First line is the scariest. 'This manual is written for an experienced technician.' Now though this thing covers EVERYTHING. Not so much with diagnosing. What it SHOULD do in one of the tests.
PUt it in neutral, and it should not creep. Well mine sure does. But what it doesn't go into is exactly why that's happening? It also mentioned pressing the break should automatically put it in neutral. Well that doesn't happen either. (And the break is all but useless.
Except I have to press it just to start the thing. Then can't get it back up.) It's got issues. And today will be in the upper 80s. The beach is calling my name. You're obviously downstate.
It's in the 50s, windy and rainy here in my neck of the woods, and they call this the banana belt of the U.P.! Only things on the beach are the gulls waiting for stuff to wash up on shore and even they've left for the day. Experience comes with each nut and bolt your turn. Just read the manual, re-read it, maybe have somebody else read it to you, and take it slow. If it seems you're getting in over your head, stop and check with someone who has turned a few more nuts and bolts. Definitely sounds like things are out of whack. I think you can do it.
Just make sure you've got lots of ink. Those JD manuals are long! Have you got it hanging from the rafters yet? I would start with figuring out which of the two hydro units you have. One has a white cooling fan that's horizontal and the other is vertical to the ground. The valve that's operated by a little lever on the rear (on mine) that puts it into 'Neutral' so you can push it might be the problem since it wasn't working to begin with.
Sounds like it wasn't allowing the fluid to bypass so it wasn't releasing so you can move it engine off and feels like it's locked in 'Park'. Might be that now it's bypassing with the engine running. Might want to check the linkage to make sure it's moving freely and returns fully to the position where it closes the valve. Your brake pedal might need a shot of grease. I'm working from (old) memory by I thing there is a grease zerk on the bottom of the pedal where it pivots. Might be missing the return spring too. When you push the BRAKE you loosen up the belt so the hydro is not pumping oil.
That's why it's like putting the machine in Neutral or Park. I usually just drive with a hand on the wheel and on the shifter. Rarely use the brake the way I cut but it's always good to have just in case Have you checked the fluid level yet?? Once you get it running I would strongly suggest changing out the fluid. It's supposed to be lifetime but IMHO by changine it onec every year or every few you extend that life.
If you pull that valve off the hydro unit for inspection that put's it into neutral you will be draining the fluid. It was one of the first things I did to my 185 when I got it as it had been used as a puller. Fluid was black and really nasty.
Even though you know the belt isn't broken you should still get under there and inspect it just so you know it's good or might need replacement once you get the drive problem fixed. I just lost the drive belt on my Sears and I was not prepaired. I had replaced the deck and deck drive belt but thought I had inspected the traction drive belt but turns out I hadn't and it broke in the middle of the job Didn't have anything I could find local and had to go ebay for a replacement. Grass got a little long. Yes on downstate. My swimming hole is lake Michigan by the St Joe river. Actually have a few videos up but posting here would probably be a no no.
Nothing fantastic, just playing with a cheap underwater camera. NO on hanging it yet. But hubby might be home this weekend. Maybe we can figure something out. Pullies, chains, something. I think until I can get it up high work will wait.
I don't do the bending and stooping well anymore and crawling on the ground is out. (It's the getting back up that isn't pretty.) lol I already built a few good solid work tables out there and have enough scraps for more. I see a mower bench in my plans already. High enough to work on it comfortably and not too high. GOod tips on the fan and type. Again until I get into it.
I'll get pictures. There is also a lever on the floor no one seems to know what it does. Did check oil, only one.
Yea I need to get pictures. There is some kind of thingy under the seat no one knows about either. And yea, I don't even use the break while mowing. Hand on the wheel, other on the shifter. Ran over some of my favorite iris's before I got the hang of it. Joe area is beautiful. You're down where you get to watch the sun set on the lake, I'm up here on the top of the lake where I get to watch it come up.
This morning's view with my first cup of coffee. It's a tough job, but somebody has to do it. Please feel free to post all the pictures you want of the JD in the JD forum, especially when you get into fixing what ails it.
John Deere 185 Hydro Service Manual
And feel free to post all the pictures and videos you'd like of the lake in the lounge area. Youtube and photo bucket are great sites to use for such things. I want to take back that 'lifetime' comment on changing oil. I'm not sure if JD had a recommended interval or not. I'm used to most of the sellers saying you don't need to change the fluid so I 'ASSUMED'!!
I know mine has a drain plug which is nice as my craftsman doesn't have a drain and I needed to use a hand vacuum pump to suck the stuff out of it. I have a JD 185 that I use as a snowblower, not in my signature. If you have an Eaton transmission (verticle fan) there will be a short rod 1-2' with a black knob on it centered on the floor.
If you're sitting on the machine it will be down between your legs. That is the control for disengaging the transmission so it can be moved with the engine off. It opens the dump valve so the fluid can bypass the pump inside the hydro unit. On yours I'm not sure exactly if it gets moved front to back or side to side?? If it's out of it's operating position you will have poor to no drive forward or backward. You might try moving it all the way forward and then all the way backward and see how the machines drive reacts.
This is where an operators manual is really nice. My 185 has that release under the seat, it's a Sundstrand. When you said you checked the oil were you talking about for the hydro in the tube under the seat or the engine??
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