The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-26
MACHINE REQUIRES
MINUTE ATTENTION
AFTER YEARS USE
Many Motorists Overhaul
Cars During Winter
Months.

During the winter many tourists take !
the time thoroughly to overhaul their |
cars. and in fact the care which has |
given good service. for, say, 10000 or !
,0AO miles during the summer months |
should be taken down and thoroughly |
Overhauled.
Equipment such as lamps, horn and
all the bTasses which are removable |
should be taken off and carefully pol
ished and wrapped up in tissue paper
and laid away in some closet free from
dust.
After the body has been taken Of the
next step is TO take out the motor. This
should be carefully dissembled. the
cylinders taken OF, the piston removed
and all deposits Of carbon scraped from
both cylinder and piston. The main
bearings of the crank shaft should be
first given attention. This will probably
require taking UP and only an expe-
rienced machinist VINO thoroughly UNI
derstands this kind of work should be
employed.
Bearings Reftted.
If the bearings have become worn TO
an appreciable extent they will have
TO be resCraped and rehtted. When the
piStons are out examine the piston rings.
and If the rings ere not bright al the
way around in other words, if any por-
tion of the ring is darkened, ii is a sign
Of a leakage at this point. The remedy
IS 20 have a new ring inserted.
Examine carefully the wrist pin and
see that the bushing in the connecting
rod is not worn. The majority of cars
and the remedy is TO insert a new bush
ing When the cyliners are of it is
important that the valves do not be-
come changed about. The next opera
tion is TO grind the valves.
Fit Rods Properly.
Before the cylinders are replaced the
connecting rods should be fitted prop
erly 20 the crank shaft, as 81 the case
with the maia engine. bearing. Il viii
probably he necessary to scrape in the
bearing to secure a perfect fr. When
This has been done the cylinder can be
slipped back over tie pistons and bolted
III place.
The clutch if of the disk type. should
be taken apart and thoroughly cleaned
and any parts that show undue wear
shoald be replaced If of the cone type
it viii probably be necessary to reface
il with leather.
Examine Points.
Universal points should be entirely
dissembled and examined carefully for
wear. Fhis brings as to the transmits
sion. It is not always necessary TO dis
serlble a transmission, as by taking of
the cover on top Of the transmission
case the gears are open for inspection.
All the old Iubricating matter should
be removed. and the case thoroughly
washed out with kerosene. Provided the
gears are in good condition-that is, the
teeth are not worn and the bearings
tfght-it viii not be necessary 70 take
apart the transmission. If, however,
there is any play in either the main
or the jack shaft new bearings should
be inserted.
Axle Subject to Strain.
The rear axle. particularly on shaft
driven car. is subject to severe wear.
and the axle should be entirely removed
and dissembled. The gears, bearings,
and shafts should be examined At the
same time do not neglect the brakes,
examine them carefully. and unless they
have. been reIinked during the season it
will probably be necessary 10 do this.
Before assembling the rear ankle do
not neglect TO pack the differential and
tile gear case thoroughly with lubricant
Each manufacturer sends out instruc-
tions as to what quality of lubricant is
especially adapted to his car, and these
Instructions should be followed.
If the chassis needs repairing this had
better be do.a before the body is put
back.
The Ignition System.
We next come to the ignition system.
II the car is equipped with storage
battery this should be carefully charged
after which the liquid should be
emptied and the plates put away. Under
10 circumstances allow the storage bat
terry 10 remain filled with acid during
the winter months
The commutatOr and all the electric
wiring should be gone over and II oil
soaked il will be advisable TO entirely
gewire the car It is an excellent
scheme to lead these wires through Or
binary gas tubing. This Will thorough
" protect them from both mud and
grease
In ReasSembling.
1t is of utmost Importance when re
assembling the car that the timing
gears mesh exactly as they did before
The car was dissembIed. otherwise tn,
timing Of both the valves and ignition
viii be thrown out An excellent way
10 mark the gears is 10 make SINAI
prick punch on one Of the teeth and twt
smaller marks on q tooth on each side
This Of course, should he done before
the car is dissembled- The gears car
then be reset according TO these marks
II is also advisable TO mark the cleo
trfcal wires so that they can be reas
seubled in exactly the same manner
SLANG.