8285 tow Truck Instructions

[Cwetqo]

I recently bought lon awaited 8285 off E-bay. Set was cheap but unfortunately without box or instructions. When bidding for this set I did not give any attention to this because we all know that LEGO instructions are easy to get on internet. Unfortunately I found out that for 8285 that is not the case. Brickley's words is down, peeron does not have it and brickfactory takes forever to load each picture (2-5 minutes on 10M link and there are nearly 200pages).

Lego.com also has these instructions, but it seems that there is an error, because book 3 for main model is not there. Instead of that there are 2 versions of book 3 for B model.

I would really appreciate if someone could tell me whre I could get these instructions (book 1/3 would be enough)

[Rick]

www.lego.com/buildinginstructions

[Cwetqo]

Lego.com also has these instructions, but it seems that there is an error, because book 3 for main model is not there. Instead of that there are 2 versions of book 3 for B model.

As I wrote in my original post, there is no book 3 for main model on that link.

[Rick]

As I wrote in my original post, there is no book 3 for main model on that link.

sorry, I must have stopped reading after the first paragraph...

[Milan]

Cwetqo

Just one minute ago I did download book 3 and unzip it and it works...I can see everything and there is sign book 3, main model...

Here is the LINK,

If you have a problem with downloading, I can upload it somewhere else and send you link???

Edited December 16, 2009 by Milan

[Blakbird]

Just one minute ago I did download book 3 and unzip it and it works...I can see everything and there is sign book 3, main model...

Here is the LINK,

That link is for 8258 (the new crane truck). He was asking for 8285 (the tow truck).

I would suggest writing to (or calling) Customer Service and alerting them to the error on the web site. I'm sure they will fix it.

Edited December 16, 2009 by Blakbird

[Cwetqo]

I already did that, right after posting here. So, let's wait and see if they will correct it.

[DLuders]

I have electronic PDF files of all three Tow Truck Set 8285 instructions, and can e-mail some/all of them to you if desired. I sent you a Private Message (PM) via Eurobricks to give you my e-mail address if you're interested. I confirmed that I did indeed have all three instruction books by OPENING the files and making sure they're all different.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATON -- I have PDF files for BOTH the main model and the alternate "B-Model". I have 5 different PDF files total (Books 1 and 2 for the Main Model); I'm missing Book 3 of the Main Model. I have a complete set of 3 PDF booklets for the Alternate Model. Each file is 5-8 MB in size. I guess that doesn't really help you, though, so we'll wait and see if Lego.com posts Book 3 of the Main Model for you.

Edited December 17, 2009 by dluders

[Cwetqo]

It seems that you are missing exacetly the same book as me, that's book 3 for main model. We all downloded from lego.com and brickleys words and it seems that this book was never there.

[DLuders]

It seems that you are missing exacetly the same book as me, that's book 3 for main model. We all downloded from lego.com and brickleys words and it seems that this book was never there.

OK, as you had requested in your PM to me, I e-mailed you Book 1 and Book 2 of Set 8285-1 (Main Model). If the ~9 MB files are too large, I can "ZIP" them. Let me know.

I too want to build this model someday, so I downloaded the individual JPG files from Brickfactory (http://brickfactory.xs4all.nl/setlist/index.htm ). These were Pages 129-185 (the last 57 pages) of their scanned 8285 instructions, totalling 11.3 MB in size. You're right -- their server is SLOW. The very last JPG image (185) is a full-size "Sticker Set" which you can get printed at one of those Sign Banner places on peel-and-stick vinyl. I then downloaded a free demo trial version of a JPG-to-PDF conversion software (http://www.splitmerge.us ), which allowed me to create PAIRS of files to Adobe Acrobat PDF format. I then used Adobe Acrobat Professional to combine the 28 pairs of JPG-to-PDF files to one PDF file (which represents the missing "Book 3" of the Lego Tow Truck Set 8285-1 (Main Model).

I will upload all three PDF books to Peeron.com this evening, so that others won't have the same problem. I don't know how long it will take the official Lego Instructions website http://us.service.lego.com/en-US/BuildingI...ns/default.aspx ; you can "Change Region" at the upper-right corner of that webpage to match your own language.

[Cwetqo]

Thank you, I beleive it took a lot of patience do download everything. I tried downloading few scans, but it took forever (and some even stalled and did not open even in 10 minutes).

[DLuders]

OK, I e-mailed all three 8285-1 PDF Instruction Books to Cwetgo, plus the scans of the Sticker Set. I uploaded the 8285-1 and 8285-2 instructions on Peeron.com ; maybe they'll post them in a few days. In the meantime, if folks want me to e-mail them the "missing" 8285-1 Book 3 of 3 PDF file (10.3 MB), please send me a Private Message (PM). Compressing the files into ZIP files doesn't really save much in file size.

[Cwetqo]

Great! Thank you very much. I received instructions and they're ok, almost like original pdf-s.

[Kowalski]

Guess it's not just me in this predicament then :D

[Cwetqo]

I got answer from LEGO direct with detailed instructions how to download it so on, but again with link to WRONG instructions. They sent me the link to book3 for B model which I allready got and its also on their site.

[Anio]

I got answer from LEGO direct with detailed instructions how to download it so on, but again with link to WRONG instructions. They sent me the link to book3 for B model which I allready got and its also on their site.

On my website I've got the 3 books. And none of them is a scan.

http://www.setechnic.com/notice-8285-P.html

I Hope it helps you.