Small Engine Repair for 5.5HP thru 20HP Haynes TECHBOOK

I was interested in repairing some old lawn equipment and picked up this book to help me get an understanding of small engines. It has exceeded my expectations and has guided me through simple tune ups to a complete rebuild. Really learning a lot. Great for people who don’t want to pay to keep their lawn and garden tools in working condition.

These books don't always tell you everything but they make life much easier. I get one for every vehicle I have.

Great small engine reference book. Just wished Haynes made one for up to 25hp small engines.

Good general coverage of large variety of engines and basic mechanical instruction. I wish there would have been an exploded graphic view of each engine, that always makes the maintenance and instruction more clear and only takes up one page per engine. With all the coverage the book contains, the instructions can be confusing and disjointed, but there are a lot, so should cover anything you've got.

As always Haynes goes above and beyond with the step by step instructions and great pictures to go with.

Everything is laid out easy

Informative , I like it I wasn't overly impressed though

All small engines are similar and if you've had one of them apart, the others aren't that different or difficult to figure out. The difficult part is finding the setting and specifications for each brand and model of engine: Head bolt torque spec, crankshaft end play allowance, point, plug gap settings, carburetor settings, Piston and bearing wear specs, etc. All of these specs are provided in this manual in quick to access tables. This is a reference that will be by my bench all of the time and the pages are probably going to get very stained from repeated use.