Walk-Behind Libri GmbH Walk-Behind Mower and Garden Equipment Repair

Fresh fuel, correct oil, clean air, sharp blade. Almost every mower complaint
traces back to one of those four, and most of the machines that arrive at a
>Twenty-seven chapters cover the engine and the cutting system together, because
a mower is two machines and the complaints get attributed to the wrong one
constantly. An engine that will not start is an engine problem. A machine that
>The book works through the four-stroke engine as it actually behaves: the float
carburettor and its service, the flywheel key that shears to protect the
crankshaft, the governor and the surging it gets blamed for, air filtration and
the cooling that fails silently, and the oil that runs hot in a small quantity.
Then it turns to the deck: blades, sharpening and balancing, cut height, and why
>WHAT IS INSIDE

27 chapters covering the engine, fuel, carburettor, ignition, cooling, oil,
starting systems, the governor, blades, the deck and cut quality, self-propel
drives, ride-on machines, other garden equipment sharing the same engine, and
>Systematic diagnosis in three separate chapters: will not start, runs badly or
>4 fully worked cases followed from first symptom to confirmed cause

14 clear technical diagrams

Chapters on tools and meters, on costs and dealing with trades, on emergency and
>3 appendices, service and fault log sheets, and a 20-term glossary

WHO IT IS FOR

Homeowners who service their own mower and garden machinery, and anyone
assessing a used machine before buying it. Blade work, carburettor service,
filters, plugs, oil, drive cables and belts are owner territory and the book
treats them that way. A bent crankshaft and a perforated deck are identified as
>The mower that starts on the second pull every April belongs to somebody who
did something last October. This book is about that.