Small Gas Engines
Subtitle: Fundamentals, Service, Troubleshooting, Repair, Applications
Publisher: Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
Published: April 2003
Place of publication: Tinley Park, IL
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9781590701836
Subjects: Engines & power transmission; Internal combustion engines, S; Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction; Science/Mathematics; Automotive - General; Engineering - Mechanical; Small gasoline engines
Table of contents: title: Safety in the small gas engine shop; title: Tools and measuring instruments; title: Fasteners, sealants, and gaskets; title: Engine construction and principles of operation; title: Two-cycle and four-cycle engines; title: Measuring engine performance; title: Fuel and emission control systems; title: Carburetion; title: Ignition systems; title: Lubrication systems; title: Cooling systems; title: Preventive maintenance and troubleshooting; title: Fuel system service; title: Ignition system service; title: Engine inspection, disassembly, and cylinder reconditioning; title: Piston and piston ring service; title: Rod, bearing, crankshaft, valve, and camshaft service; title: Lawn equipment; title: Lawn and garden tractors; title: Snow throwers; title: Personal watercraft; title: Career opportunities and certification; title: Appendix.; title: Check sheet for four-cycle engine reconditioning; title: General torque specifications in consideration of fastener quality; title: V-belt failure and correction chart; title: Units of measure; title: Useful conversions; title: Conversion table : metric to U.S. customary; title: Conversion table : U.S. customary to metric; title: Millimeter conversion chart; title: Decimal equivalents of 8ths, 16ths, 32nds, 64ths; title: Rules relative to the circle; title: Tap drill sizes for machine screw threads; title: Tap drill sizes for fractional size threads; title: Typical ignition component tests; title: Spark plug condition chart; title: Small nonroad spark-ignition engines (Phase 1 information); title: Engine failure analysis; title: Summary of power & recreational manufacturers' positions on oxygenated fuel use; title: Additional manufacturer recommendations; title: Conversion from conventional magneto to solid state magneto; title: Carburetor cleaning; title: Glossary