Tractor Vet: I found differences in the brakes, the diff lock, the remotes, the clutch, and a few other things I don't recall at the moment. Some of it's subtle, other stuff is fairly easy to figure out, but the point is that I didn't get what I paid for. What the I&T manual covers shows just what I have, so I know the manuals are (were) produced. As to not being brain surgery, I agree. But there's right and wrong ways to do things and if you've never seen any of it before... whaddaya gonna do? Mainly, I don't want to have to do things twice just for the learning curve. My background is in cars and trucks. Electronic fuel injection is easy stuff to me, but I wouldn't expect a guy who's whiz-bang on old tractor stuff to necessarily be able to jump into that willy-nilly. The two skill sets share many common foundations, but without training and experience, all you've got is a (correct) manual to start from. Or trial and error, wasted money and downtime.
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