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#1
09-06-2012, 06:52 AM
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Small Engine repair class
Anybody know where I can find a small engines class within two hours of the Virginia-Tennessee border. No local college community or business has one.
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09-06-2012, 09:47 AM
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Not too many people offering these classes...In fact...the majority of mechanics working in mower shops have never seen the inside of a small engine repair classroom....
Yes ...I'm talking about the guys that charge you $80 an hour....They wouldnt want their mechanics to be smarter than their salesmen...could get in the way of profits... You may want to check with OPE.com....they may point you in the right direction...
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09-06-2012, 12:25 PM
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I would check with your dealer and see if somehow he could get you into a Briggs 4 day school. Would at least get you alot of the basics. Not sure what their rules are if you have to be from a dealer or if others can get into that too.
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09-06-2012, 01:44 PM
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You may want to check with any area vo-tech schools in your area as they frequently have semester long evening small engine classes.
Pugs offered a valid possibility with the Briggs school but, as he said, you may have to be an employee of a shop--unless you can convince a dealer buddy to allow you to pose as an employee. If you have a close personal friend who is in the business, it may be worth your effort to donate some time in his shop, as a go-fer, in order to pick up some basic principles.
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09-06-2012, 02:41 PM
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I used to take some of my better customers to the update schools....
The factory schools are a little different...you have to fly or drive and take a vacation.. They dont take their schools on the road..and they only hold them a few times a year. They are geared for those with a working knowlege on small engines...not so much for the beginner... Reading and doing are the only shortcuts...Download some repair manuals on the engines that interest you...read them and use them...
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09-06-2012, 03:37 PM
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Thank all of you for the input and I am going to try each one of your suggestions. However, already been shot down in all the votech schools .
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#7
09-06-2012, 10:21 PM
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That has been my experience. I hit the library and google last winter. Then picked a couple machines that I was not to attached to. Only ones I have not had luck with are homeowner jobbies like a crapsman chainsaw I have not put much time into. I actually enjoy it when I am home in the garage with free time, as opposed to out on a job with some POS I should probably throw in the garbage  Z
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#9
09-09-2012, 07:36 PM
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Repair videos
http://www.ereplacementparts.com/repair-articles.php
Type in what you want to repair in the search engine at the top of the page
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