The Small-Engine Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop)

About this book

Peter Hunn. Its common for homeowners to have 2- or 4-cycle small engines in their lawn and garden equipment utility vehicles recreational vehicles generators and other machines. With this easy-to-follow richly illustrated handbook homeowners will be able to understanding small engines troubleshooting them and working on them. The book has a brief history of significant and popular small engines and a guide to setting up a home workshop in which to work on them. It also includes case studies on the disassembly maintenance repair and/or rebuilding of: a 2-stroke lawnmower engine a 4-stroke utility motor a 2-stroke chainsaw engine and a curbside junker. The writing is lively and entertaining and the color photos clearly show how to work on these useful engines.