{ "item_title" : "Small Engine Repair Handbook", "item_author" : [" Graham K. Thornton "], "item_description" : "A mower that will not start on the first warm Saturday. A generator that dies twenty minutes into a power outage. A trimmer that floods every time you pull the cord. Every piece of gas-powered outdoor equipment eventually needs the same three things to run right: fuel that behaves the way it should, a spark strong enough to ignite it, and compression that holds, and small engine trouble always seems to strike at the worst possible moment.Most small-engine help falls into one of two traps: thin, tip-based checklists that say what to try without explaining why, or dense single-brand service manuals that assume background knowledge you do not have. Either way, the result is guesswork: swapping parts that were not the problem, or giving up and hauling the machine to a shop with a weeks-long backlog.This handbook replaces that guesswork with a structured, transferable method. It explains how small gasoline engines actually work, two-stroke and four-stroke alike, then builds toward a systematic diagnostic approach based on fuel, spark, and compression that applies across almost any engine and any piece of equipment it powers.Inside this handbook, you will: Understand exactly how a two-stroke and a four-stroke engine complete a combustion cycle, so displacement, compression ratio, and horsepower stop being mystery numbers on a nameplate.Work through fuel, ignition, and compression systematically, using the same diagnostic approach a trained technician relies on, instead of guessing at parts to replace.Follow fully worked calculations with every unit carried through, covering torque, air-fuel ratio, ignition timing, mean piston speed, and voltage-drop testing.Apply the same fundamentals across mowers, trimmers, blowers, chainsaws, generators, pressure washers, and snow throwers, instead of relearning a new system for every machine.Perform preventive maintenance and off-season storage correctly, including the ethanol-fuel issues that quietly damage small engines between seasons.Take a stalled or worn engine through a full measurement-based teardown and rebuild, using the same clearance checks a rebuild shop performs.Understand the environmental and regulatory side of ownership, including emissions basics and proper disposal of fuel, oil, and batteries.Engine fundamentals and shop safety, fuel systems and carburetion, ignition and starting systems, lubrication and cooling, valve train and governor systems, electrical and charging systems, systematic diagnosis, equipment-specific systems for mowers, trimmers, blowers, generators, pressure washers, and snow throwers, preventive maintenance and storage, complete overhaul and rebuild procedures, and emissions and disposal compliance.Written for the homeowner or hobbyist who wants to understand what is actually wrong before reaching for a wrench, and for the aspiring or working small-engine technician who wants the same material with real depth: derived formulas, fully worked numbers, and practice problems that mirror what shows up on a bench.Stop guessing at what might be wrong. Open this handbook and start working through your engine's problem the same systematic way a trained technician would.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/817/123/9798171237196_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "19.99", "online_price" : "19.99", "our_price" : "19.99", "club_price" : "19.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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