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 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.

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 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.

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.