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Small Gas Engine Repair book
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Buy service manuals of the engines you're interested in?
I would, but I'm not having trouble with a specific engine. I'm more interested in general technical information that's not as basic as most books but not necessarily specific to a particular manufacturer.
If that makes any sense...
Generally speaking I usually purchase books on specific areas of interest such as Ignition Systems, Fuel Injection, Cylinder heads, Camshafts etc. That being said I recently purchased "Four-stroke Performance Tuning" (by A. Graham Bell) which is a "general" book that has a high level of technical detail but is not model specific. That might be of interest to you. That being said it is not "small engine" specific. It is four-stroke specific. If you want a truly great book on engine technology, the best book I have laid hands on is "MotoGP Technology". It goes inch by inch through the new technologies that lead to the MotoGP bikes developing 250bhp per liter from naturally aspirated engines. It is amazing stuff and much of it borrowed from Formula 1. If anyone else has some good book selections please post!
PS: If you are interested in a book always use both Amazon and books.google.com to preview the book, so you can get a feel for the material. There is nothing worse than buying a highly rated rubbish book reviewed by the Author and 10 of their friends.
PS: If you are interested in a book always use both Amazon and books.google.com to preview the book, so you can get a feel for the material. There is nothing worse than buying a highly rated rubbish book reviewed by the Author and 10 of their friends.
In addition to what spv suggested about previewing books online, you could try checking your local library as well. I'm not sure if the library I go to is the norm, but they have service manuals, general small engine and automotive books, specific books on mowers, chainsaws, outboards, electrical systems etc. Might be worth checking out, and if you see something you like you can always buy it for future reference
scott37300
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In addition to what spv suggested about previewing books online, you could try checking your local library as well. I'm not sure if the library I go to is the norm, but they have service manuals, general small engine and automotive books, specific books on mowers, chainsaws, outboards, electrical systems etc. Might be worth checking out, and if you see something you like you can always buy it for future reference
I recently started going to my local library again, it had been years. They have a great source of books on all sorts of things. I have 3 checked out right now on chainsaws. Also have a small engine one published by briggs and straton called small engine care and repair. It's a decent book. I couldn't believe all the books the local library has on things like small engines, auto repair, lots of haynes and chilton repair manuals, wood working, home repair, metal working, etc. Also they have alldata repair manuals on their computers you can use for free. The best part is you don't have to buy anything, can preview the books and if you think you want to buy them then you know what you getting. I have been scanning some of the books into PDF files so I can go back to them in the future if needed.
Busted Bolts
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try "small engine technology" by William A. Schuster. This has some specifics to briggs engines, but covers all areas. This is also one of the training aides to obtain OPE certification exam. Hope this helps
mikebramel
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Just download a Briggs service manual off the internet