Description
Author: Brian Radam, Hardbound, 189 Pages, ISBN: 9780857333087, 1st Edition, May 2014
- a practical guide to choosing, using and maintaining a lawnmower
If chosen correctly and properly maintained, a high-quality lawnmower should provide many years of trouble-free service. This extensively illustrated, step-by-step practical manuai provides the reader with advice on how to choose the best mower for their needs, and how to carry out DIY maintenance to keep it in tip-top condton, saving on potentially expensive professional servicing and repair bills.
A fascinating insight is provided into the history and likely future of lawnmowers and lawricare equipment, with detailed advice on how to choose between petrol, electric, or push-powered machines, and the pros and cons of cylinder, rotary, ride-on and robot lawnmowers and grasscutters. The importance of using the correct fuels and lubricants is explained, and details of servicing and maintenance are provided, along with engine overhaul procedures for the most popular engines featured cn many of the mowers still in common use.
This manual provides all the reader needs to mow! M indispensible guide for anybody who owns a lawnmower, or anybody who is considering the purchase of a new machine.
With the aid of over 800 photographs and illustrations, this comprehensive manual details:
• The lawnmower story a brief history of lawnmowers and grasscutters, their heritage, and a look at the future.
• Choosing and buying lawnmowers and lawncare equipment - petrol v electric; rotary v cylinder; ride-on v walk-behind; electric start v pull-start; how to choose the best equipment for your particular needs.
• The lawncare calendar and using a mower a month-oy-month guide to lawncare and mowing, and details of mowing techniques.
• Fuels and lubricants - choosing the right fuels, additives and lubricants to provide trouble-free service and keep a mower in tin-too condition.
• Servicing and maintenance- parts ordering and DIY mar itenance; ceaning; lubrication; blade-sharpening and balancing; repair and replacement of rotary and cylinder oitters: cjl and Pier changes; spark plugs.
• Engine overhaul - details for all commonly used current petroi engines, including Briggs & Stratton, Honda, Tecumseh and Kawasaki engines.
• Appendices - including details of fault finding, glossary of terms and useful contacts and suppliers.
