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Torino
08-23-06, 07:40 AM
How do you check rpms on a lawnmower engine?

Azis
08-23-06, 08:06 AM
There are a couple types of tachometers that can be used.

IE: http://www.learnsmallenginerepair.com/tach.htm
arex
08-23-06, 09:48 AM
What's that thing do, clamp an inductor around the spark plug wire..?

Torino
08-23-06, 09:50 AM
any cheaper way of doing it?
snoman
08-23-06, 08:49 PM
Torino
Get yourself a vibra tach. It is the most inexpensive and very accurate tool a mechanic should have. Very simple to use, just hold it on the motor, and when the wire vibrates to the most widest area, that is the RPM.

snoman