Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-06
AUTO ILLS ARE
EASY TO CURE
SUMMARY OF POINTS SHOWS
PROPER METHODS
Troubles with Engines and Tires Gen.
orally Caused by Negligence of
Those Who Should Take
Precautions

Every man and woman, or at least
! every motor car owner has some
! questions to ask concerning the care OF
their cars. A few of the more prac-
tical points on which information is
desired have been summarized by the
auto dealers and are herewith pre-
sented:
| 1t is occasionally necessary 10 fit in q
stud or remove it from some part OF
the motor car mechanism. If the pill
ers be used they either damage the
! thread or the plain part of the stud
If the stud be tight and has to be re-
moved 1t is often impossible to dc
this by means of the pliers. A better
| way is to use a pair of lock nuts
which are run on the top side of the
stud thread and locked together two
] wrenches being used for this purpose
| If the stud has to be removed the bot
| tom nut is then turned by the wrench
| in n direction counter the clockwise
when looking on the top of the stud
| If the stud has TO be tightened the
top nut must be turned in the clock
wise direction. Another method that
may be employed when fixing studs III
place is to use a rather deep nut with
a setscrew; run a few threads Of the
setscrew into the nut and then If the
nut be screwed on the top of the stud
and held by a wrench while the screw
is run down to lock 1t, the stud may
be run into place by operating the set
| screw in clockwise direction.
Protection from the Wind
To those who are troubled by the
| drumming of the wind in the ears
when driving fast and who do not
want to adopt the ear rolls and helmet
of the racing cracks, the following may
be useful, especially if required at
short notice. Procure a piece of rub
ber hose about three-fourths of an
inch in diameter and five inches long,
which cut in two. At one end of each
piece a slit should be made with a
sharp knife, through which the band
of the goggles should be passed so as
to hold the hose firmly. This device
l. effectually prevents the drumming ef-
feet of the wind upon the ear, in the
same way as the ear rolls on racing
helmets, while it has the two-fold ad-
vantage of cleanliness and indestruct-
ibility.
The internal surfaces of sight-feed
glasses, which inclose plain drip feeds,
frequently become covered and rem
dered opaque by a coating of gummy
oil, which entirely precludes the OBJ
servation of the drips. Under such
circumstances, of course, oil may be
1eeQlI2
of which is jeotionable. Now, to re-
move the short lengths of glass tubes
is not always pCssiD ole or, if possible,
desirable and the surface seldom
show any inclination to cleanse them
selves after they have once coated,
but it will be found that this coating
can be dispersed by holding lighted
match or a heated piece of metal close
enough to the tube to warm 1t up
nicely but not, of course, close enough
to crack it. On the other hand, sutfi-
cient heat can be generated in the
substance of the tube by passing a
piece of thick string around the tube
and pulling it quickly backward and
forward.
If engine troubles suddenly develop
during a rainstorm, or while travelling
over muddy roads, it is very probable
that water or mud is short circuiting
the secondary current. This is espe-
cially liable to happen on distributor
system which is not we'll protected
from splash, and a thorough cleaning
will remedy the trouble at least tenn
porarily.
To Obtain Gasoline
Many cars have no vent tap for the
gasoline system, SO that when a little
gasoline is wanted for cleaning pur-
poses, such as cleaning a filter gauze
or for printing the engine to secure an
easy start, one can only get 1t by dip
ping some vessel into the tank. Now
the majority of cars have filter caps
to the tank which are too small to
enable gasoline to be Withdrawn, and
the simplest way to make it easy to
get gasoline is to have a little tap
filter either in the base of the gasoline
filter or in the gasoline pipe, the tap
being so arranged that when it is
turned off the handle is down, thus
obviating the possibility of it shaking
into the open position. Many cars
have an overflow pipe to the float
chamber. 1t consists of a small cop
per pipe, which is inserted in the cap
of the float chamber, so that If the
chamber floods the gasoline will run
onto the ground, and not upset car
buretion, and this provides ready
means of obtaining a little gasoline,
as one only has to lift or press the
float needle as the case may be, when
gasoline will run from the overflow
pipe If the pipe is not fitted, it is
perfectly easy to lave one put on, and
1t can be done by any timer or cop
persmith without disturbing the pip
ing. As noted above, many carbure-
tors have such an overflow pipe, but
even if theV have not, a similar pipe
can be easily fitted to the lid of prac-
tically any float chamber. If no ves-
sci be handy into which the gasoline
can be drawn from the float, you can
always turn to the screw lid of the
filling orifce of the radiator and use
that as a makeshift cup into which a
small quantity of gasoline can be
drawn.
Washing Is Nice
It is wonderful the difference a thor
ough washing out will make to an en-
CINE. This should be done about once
every two months in the case of a car