Hi Bruce,
Thanks for your quick post back.
I had originally looked at a big list of Ryobi manuals in the ryobi section with no luck. Today I saw that there was a separate forum titled 'Brushcutter parts and manuals' but I cant get in. It says 'Access denied to this forum. This forum is either restricted to a certain group, or you may need to register and login in order to view the posts within.'....but I have registered and logged in?