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Small Engine Repair Made Simple : A Step-by-Step Guide to Diagnosing and Fixing Lawn Mowers, Generators, and Other Outdoor Power Equipment

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Overview

Won't start? You're probably one hour and under $20 away from fixing it yourself.

Every spring, millions of lawn mowers, generators, trimmers, and snow blowers are dragged to repair shops - or shoved to the curb and replaced - when the truth every mechanic knows is this: nine out of ten "dead" small engines are killed by a stale tank of fuel, a forty-five-cent spark plug, or a carburetor jet you can clean with a piece of wire.

Small Engine Repair Made Simple is the complete, beginner-friendly course that takes you from "what's a carburetor?" to confident repairs - covering walk-behind mowers, riding tractors, generators, string trimmers, chainsaws, pressure washers, snow blowers, and tillers.

Written by a third-generation bench mechanic and organized around the Four-Needs Diagnostic Method, it teaches you to do what the pros do: test before you buy parts, find any fault in about twenty minutes, and fix the cause - not just the symptom.

Inside this book:

  • The 20-minute no-start drill that resolves 9 out of 10 dead engines
  • A complete carburetor masterclass: clean, rebuild, and tune like a shop
  • Spark, compression, fuel, and governor testing - with $12 tools, not $1,200 ones
  • Generator electrical diagnosis demystified: AVRs, brushes, and the $6 capacitor miracle
  • Machine-by-machine chapters: mowers, riders, generators, two-strokes, snow blowers, pressure washers
  • Seasonal maintenance calendars and storage protocols that end spring failures forever
  • How to buy used equipment like a pro - and spot the lemons in a 15-minute inspection
  • Emergency field-expedient repairs for the day the storm is coming and the stores are closed

Plus eight reference appendices: a 150-term plain-English glossary, specification and torque tables, a 100-question rapid-fire FAQ, fill-in maintenance worksheets, ten xerox-ready job cards for the wall of your shop, and the Fifty Golden Rules of the Bench - the wisdom every mechanic wishes they'd been handed first.

No experience required. No special tools required. Just this book, a Saturday, and a machine that starts.

This item is Non-Returnable

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9798165429972
  • ISBN-10: 9798165429972
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publish Date: October 2026
  • Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.54 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.33 pounds
  • Page Count: 258

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