I purchased an old free spirit treadmill model r8711. Do you know where I can get a manual for this unit?

SOURCE: MESSAGE "ERROR SPEED STALL" KEEPS COMING UP

returned the machine and got our money back, thanks.

SOURCE: need a manual for a free spirit treadmill club

Your best luck might be to search on PDFGeni.com. They have a selection of PDF manuals for hard-to-find TM's. Yours was sold at Sears for several years (they might still make it; not sure).

SOURCE: I've misplaced my manual for my Free Spirit (Sears

[from my Owner's Manual]...
On MY Free Sprit mdl 309180:
1. Remove the safety tether from the treadmill.
2. Press POWER button and hold.
3. While pressing the POWER button, insert the safety tether.
4. After lights on the LED display go out, release POWER button. You will hear a beep.
5. Press POWER button again. You are now in kilometers per hour.
* Repeat steps 1 - 5 to convert to miles per hour.
* If you are in kilometers per hour mode, you will see a "Si" in the time section when the safety tether is inserted.
* If you are in the miles per hour mode, you will see a "bri" in the time section when the safety tether is inserted.

Hope this helps,

gyro_john in Saskatoon, SK Canada

SOURCE: new free spirit treadmill - L5 code what does it mean?

Yeah - the sensor is the problem... It is magnetic... You can find it next to the wheel on the belt - It is fairly small.... There is a metal disc in the wheell on the belt that is a magnet.. As it passes by the sensor - the sensor registers the magnet and can simply calculate speed based on the frequency of the passes... Sometimes the sensor slides too far back and ergo can`t register the magnet passing by - Then you get the L5 error...
Follow this link to a picture!
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/nickm/freespiritl5.html