Customer Reviews

How to Repair Briggs and Stratton Engines, 4th Ed.

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

The book should be called overview of briggs and stratton engines. I found that the book lacked any usefull information for the home do it yourselfer. The book has little information on the primer bulb type carberator and little to no information on trouble shooting and solving problems of this type. His vage explanation as well as confusing illistrations has me regreting that I purchased this book.

Dempsey basically says, theres two kinds, lots of varation, and if you have a problem, take it to a shop.

Lacking in clear illustrations.

Why did I need to spend $...to read this ?

I gave it one star because 0 was not an option.

Tinkering with old Briggs engines is fun and I've saved dozens from the dump over the years. This book is better than some I have read, but it's no substitute for the factory manuals for a specific engine or engine series. It does have some information the factory books don't, such as ways to get around needing some of the tools-although Briggs tools are not terribly expensive and are readily available.

This book is best used in addition rather than as a substitute for the factory data. Judging from other TAB titles, it could definitely been worse.

I find that after I have worked on a Briggs & Stratton engine the pages of this book make fairly good paper towels. Wish I had paid attention to the other reviews.

this book has too little info on each subject and only a few teible pictures i recamend it to no one

I was very happy with this book. I own the repair manual issued by Briggs & Stratton and this book is right in line with it.
It was nice to have both together for the different diagrams and information not found in the briggs manual
The information is clear and informative to a novice like myself this is a must.
This book is useful for understanding the electrical, fuel and internal componets, from troubleshooting to complete rebuild.

This book has no information on the Japanese made Briggs and Stratton Vanguard engines. Not much good information in it.

This book has an occassional piece of useful information but is so general in nature as to be useless for meaningful diagnosis or repair. Would not recommend.

This book claims to have all you answers for all the Briggs single and twin cylinder engines up to 20HP, it has some very basic information on the single engine and it has a little basic information on one of briggs twins thats it. If you wanted to know how the engines work, wiring infomation, specifications or any detailed information this book is not what you need.

This book helped my husband find out what he wanted to know to repair his lawn mower... It was very helpful. He had looked for information everywhere. I asked him to check on Amazon.com... It worked. Thanks a bunch..
Pat Hollingsworth