Exhibit 99.2
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                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Western Power & Equipment
Corp. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended October 31,
2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the "Report"), I, Mark J. Wright, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

         (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.

/s/ Mark J. Wright
Chief Financial Officer
December 26, 2002