Small Gas Engine Repair

This updated edition of the best-selling Small Engines and Power Equipment is more than a simple engine repair manual. Designed for the beginner with little or no mechanical experience, this book is a graphically appealing, step-by-step guide that covers all of the most important engine maintenance and repair skills you'll need to keep your equipment running at peak performance. It also shows exactly how to perform mechanical upkeep and repairs on the most common outdoor power implements. With new and improved content for today's motorized equipment, this DIY bible includes engine and mechanical repair plus maintenance instruction for all your outdoor power equipment, including lawn mowers, snow blowers, chain saws, power washers, generators, leaf blowers, rototillers, wood splitters, lawn edgers, and weed whips. With clear how-to photos and detailed diagrams, you'll see exactly what needs to be done. A comprehensive troubleshooting guide helps you define problems and enact solutions. Among the many skills you'll learn are seasonal tune-ups, changing oil, servicing spark plugs, cleaning filters, replacing muffler, servicing the fuel tank, overhauling the carburetor, servicing brakes, inspecting flywheels, replacing the fuel pump, and replacing a rewind cord. With Small Engines and Outdoor Power Equipment 2nd Edition in your library, you won't need to haul the lawn mower off to the repair center and wait a few weeks just because a filter is plugged or the old gas needs to be replaced. This is a book every home-owning, weekend warrior should have a copy of.

This popular guide is just the thing for people who seem to spend more time arguing with their lawn mowers than they do using them. With Small Gas Engine Repair, do-it-yourselfers can fix any small gas-powered machine on the spot and save hundreds of dollars in technical fees. The book's also a great source of troubleshooting and preventive maintenance techniques. Enhanced illustrations and lots of new material make up this second edition, including coverage of new American engines, emissions testing procedures, carburetor rebuilding techniques, and new starter and ignition systems. Japanese engines are also highlighted for the first time.

With this book, you can handle all of the maintenance needs of your four-stroke small engine, whatever the brand, and take on virtually any repair project. It guides you through each procedure in clear, concise steps, with more than 325 color photographs and illustrations. Small Engine Care & Repair provides more than just detailed instructions and glossy photos. It teaches you the principles of small engine operation, so you can broaden your knowledge, whether you're performing maintenance or repairs or just want to understand your equipment better. This book is a resource for beginners and seasoned home mechanics alike, with a wealth of information on specialty tools, safety and other issues affecting your small engine. This new, expanded edition has been revised to include an important section on seasonal maintenance, and updated to include the latest engines, maintenance products, and tools.

The Small Gas Engines Workbook includes a variety of questions, in various formats, to help reinforce the student's understanding of the material presented in the textbook chapters. Step-by-step jobs in the Workbook guide the students through important engine service procedures. The Workbook also includes sample Equipment & Engine Training Council (EETC) technician certification tests for the four-stroke and two-stroke areas of certification. These tests help the students prepare for EETC certification.

Get Peak Performance from Two-Stroke Engines Do you spend more time trying to start your weed trimmer than you do enjoying your backyard? With this how-to guide, you can win the battle with the temperamental two-stroke engine. Written by long-time mechanic and bestselling author Paul Dempsey, Two-Stroke Engine Repair & Maintenance shows you how to fix the engines that power garden equipment, construction tools, portable pumps, mopeds, generators, trolling motors, and more. Detailed drawings, schematics, and photographs along with step-by-step instructions make it easy to get the job done quickly. Save time and money when you learn how to: Troubleshoot the engine to determine the source of the problem Repair magnetos and solid-state systems--both analog and digital ignition modules Adjust and repair float-type, diaphragm, and variable venturi carburetors Fabricate a crankcase pressure tester Fix rewind starters of all types Overhaul engines--replace crankshaft seals, main bearings, pistons, and rings Work with centrifugal clutches, V-belts, chains, and torque converters

This newly up-to-date edition of the best-selling DIY reference Small Engines and Outdoor Power Equipment offers them same great comprehensive and illustrated instruction but with new and improved content for today's motorized equipment.

Small Gas Engines provides practical information about the construction and operation of one-, two-, and three-cylinder; two- and four-cycle gasoline engines. Detailed information about specific applications, maintenance, lubrication, troubleshooting, service, rebuilding, and repair is presented. The text is written in clear, nontechnical language. This edition is up-to-date with the latest advances in small gas engine technology.

Your hands-on manual for repairing small engines Small engines are a common staple among in most home garrages. Proper care and maintenance is critical to ensure an engine's lifetime and performance are maximized. Small Engine Repair For Dummies provides you with a do-it-yourself manual for small engine repair, complete with step by step instructions and money-saving tips. You'll get all the information you need to fix your own, portable pumps; motorcycles; gas powered tools, chain saws, lawn care equiopment and other outdoor gadgets without ever leaving your garage. The operation of basic two-stroke and four-stroke engines Diagnosing mechanical, fuel, and electrical problems Replacing parts, oil changes, engine tune-ups, belt replacements, and more Small Engine Repair For Dummies is a plain-English instruction manual for anyone with the tools to perform small engine repair at home.