Part of Lesson Plan: **Tool Safety (updated) By Ken Hamel

Activity Overview / Details

I begin the lesson with students split into groups of 2-4. Each group has a Briggs and Stratton OHV engine. If several OHV small engines are not available, the instructor will have to use whatever automotive components they have available. Other items that work well for this lesson are carburetors, starters, and alternators.

For the small engines, students are also given a tool set which has either a 3/8 or 1/4 drive socket set, various slotted and phillips screwdrivers, combination wrench sets, pliers, side cutters and other miscellaneous hand tools necessary for the lesson.  Students are given a step-by-step handout that will walk them through the removal and re-installation of the engines cylinder head.