Just bumping this up again as I still have this issue with no response as of
yet. Thanks folks.

Tomes wrote in message
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: Hi folks,
: How do I buy a service manual for my John Deere GT262 lawn tractor, about
5
: years old? I cannot seem to find one on the net.
:
: My problem is as follows:
: As I was using it to pull stuff around, the battery light came on. I was
: far from the house so I needed to keep on going, so I did. Made it back
to
: the house OK, checked the battery and it looked OK as far as I could tell
: (in my limited wisdom...). I wiggled the connections around a bit and
: retightened (it was tight but had a little bit [not much] of buildup on
the
: positive
: side) in an effort to make a better contact and looked into the cells,
which
: seemed to have enough water because I could not see the plates, just
liquid.
: I started it up again and it died dead in about 10 seconds and then would
: not crank. Battery dead. The unit is about 5 years old and is used in
the
: winter too; it lives in the shed outdoors. I replaced the battery ($15),
: and the same thing happened after just a bit of mowing [sooner than I
: expected]. So I believe that I need to troubleshoot and replace something
: inside the engine as it is not charging up, just sucking the power dry. I
: don't know what to do on my own, so I suppose I need the shop manual to
: guide me through (unless someone wishes to walk me through this - I am OK
: with a wrench but have never taken apart this type of engine). I have a
: multimeter. If more details will help I will gladly provide.
:
: Thanks very much,
: Tomes
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