Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, and related equipment.

Job Task

• Repairs or replaces defective parts, such as water pump, carburetor, thermostat, gears, solenoid, pistons, valves, and crankshaft, using hand tools.
• Adjusts points, valves, carburetor, distributor and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges.
• Repairs fractional-horsepower gasoline engines used to power lawn mowers, garden tractors, and similar machines.
• Positions and bolts engine to engine stand.
• Grinds, reams, rebores, and retaps parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometer.
• Tests and inspects engine to determine malfunctions and locate missing and broken parts, using diagnostic instruments.
• Repairs and maintains gas internal-combustion engines that power electric generators, compressor, and similar equipment.
• Dismantles engines, using hand tools, examines parts for defects, and cleans parts.
• Repairs and maintains portable saws powered by internal combustion engines, following manufacturer's repair manuals and using hand tools.
• Tests and repairs magnetos used in gasoline and diesel engines, using meters, gauges, and hand tools.
• Records repairs made, time spent, and parts used.
• Reassembles engines and listens to engines in action to detect operational difficulties.
• Tests and repairs turbo or superchargers.

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