


The John Deere 185 is equipped with gear type transmission (4×2 2WD), mechanical clutch, integral mechanical transmission disc brakes, and manual sector-and-pinion steering. The Kawasaki FC540V motor produced 17.0 HP (12.7 kW) at 3,600 rpm of horsepower and 36.7 Nm (3.74 kg The cylinder bore is 89.0 mm (3.5 in) and the piston stroke is 86.0 mm (3.39 in).

The FC540V engine has an OHV (overhead valve) design, cast-iron cylinder liner, reciprocating balancer, float type carburetor with fixed main jet, flywheel magneto transistor type ignition system, mechanical governor, an electric shift-type starter with an automatic compression release. The JD 185 tractor used an air-cooled single-cylinder four-stroke Kawasaki FC540V gasoline engine with a vertical PTO shaft. The John Deere 185 hydro lawn mower was manufactured from 1986 to 1990. The John Deere 185 is a lawn and garden tractor with small single cylinder Kawasaki FC540V vertical engine 535 cc (32.65 cu-in) and hydrostatic type transmission (Eaton or Sundstrand) and differential (Peerless or Kanzaki).
