Repairing Your Outdoor Power Equipment (Trade) (Paperback)

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Product Description
Repairing Your Outdoor Power Equipment is a new resource which shows you how to successfully service and repair your favorite outdoor power equipment, including: lawnmowers and garden tractors, snow throwers, leaf blowers, chain saws, portable pumps, and more! Complete with step-by-step photo sequences, this book will introduce you to the professional failure analysis and servicing techniques you need to keep your equipment in top condition, while highlighting the operation of basic two-stroke and four-stroke engines. Safety precautions and troubleshooting skills are emphasized in every chapter to ensure your success. There's even a full section in Repairing Your Outdoor Power Equipment which allows you to conduct a failure analysis and learn to rebuild a failed engine!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 372 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (January 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766814033
• ISBN-13: 978-0766814035
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #58,728 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book that goes into a lot of detail, December 22, 2007

By	Tax Filer (Ohio) - See all my reviews

I looked at several small engine repair manuals and I was unimpressed by them. (The Haynes book is particularly disappointing) This one goes into a nice level of explanation of how something (e.g. a carburetor) works, the various types available and then how to trouble shoot it. Knowing how something works is crucial to really trouble shoot an engine.

I am an engineer so I like how this book describes the items function. Obviously some level of technical understanding is necessary to really appreciate an engine manual. But if you don't have that appreciation - you probably aren't trying to fix your own engines. So if you are looking for such a book, I can easily recommend this one.

The knowledge I've gained from this book has also helped with larger pieces of equipment - like full-size tractors. The older tractors (like my John Deere 3010) use the same basic components.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great book for understanding gasoline engines!!!, June 2, 2008

By	raubritter (Texas) - See all my reviews

This book starts out with the simplest 2-stroke engines, explaining different carburetor setups, and goes up through more complicated 4-stroke engines. This book would be a great basis for learning about gasoline engines in general... It also has advice on general maintenance and troubleshooting. Very informative book for learning HOW these things work so that you can fix them.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Repairing your outdoor equipment", October 30, 2008

By	Kenneth Moore - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The BEST manual for both beginners and experienced mechanics.
Absoluteely recommend for one book choice or a library.