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Repairing Your Outdoor Power Equipment (Trade) [Paperback]

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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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  • Paperback: 372 pages
  • Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 1 edition (January 3, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0766814033
  • ISBN-13: 978-0766814035
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #185,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
    #23 in  Books > Home & Garden > How-to & Home Improvements > Power Tools

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book that goes into a lot of detail, December 22, 2007
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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.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars great book for understanding gasoline engines!!!, June 2, 2008
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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.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is it!, March 13, 2010
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I had completed the a small engine repair course via correspondence courses. I didn't want to invest the money in the education, but I spent the money anyway because I wanted to learn and I couldn't find a class in my area. After taking the class, I purchased this book and read it from cover to cover (and have done several times since). There is more useful information in this book and if I had purchased this book and studied it, I would have learned more than I did through the $700 course that I took. I can't say enough good things about this book and the value it will add to your library. The book covers all the main things that you need to learn to fix small engines. Excellent read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes there is too much information.
It is a nice book but it takes a lot to find what you need. First part is a text book then the other half is a maintenance book. Read more
Published 21 days ago by M. Mickey

5.0 out of 5 stars You won't regret buying this book.
Last winter, when my snowblower engine began stalling and running erratically during successive 15" snowstorms, I finally got serious about learning how to do something when my... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mark V.

4.0 out of 5 stars good resource
I find the book to be very informative. Obviously it can't cover every make and model in detail, but it does a good job of explaining how each type of tool works in general... Read more
Published 11 months ago by jdog

5.0 out of 5 stars "Repairing your outdoor equipment"
The BEST manual for both beginners and experienced mechanics.
Absoluteely recommend for one book choice or a library.
Published 22 months ago by Kenneth Moore

5.0 out of 5 stars good book with detailed information about each engine parts
I brought a generator over the Internet. When it came, it does not start. Sending it back for replacement will cost about $100 for shipping, also I don't have a way to pack it in... Read more
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