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Diesel Engine Care and Repair: A Captain's Quick Guide
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When it's sink or swim, this Quick Guide will keep you afloat!
On the water, when an engine problem surfaces, there is no time to spend searching through an exhaustive manual. Diesel Engine Care and Repair provides all the answers--fast.Drawn from the world's largest boating library, it presents 14 color panels of authoritative, concise information on diesel engines. This on-the-spot reference is a convenient, accessible, and utterly streamlined information resource.
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Diesel Engine Care and Repair - Nigel Calder
Diesel Engine Care and Repair
Nigel Calder
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