Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-19

low prices this week, and there have
been quite a few bargains taken out
of its big salesroom. The sale is, still
on. and II anyone wants to buy a
good car cheap now is the time.
II has been whispered around on
rather good authority that the Stod-
dard-Dayton company will install
Silent Knight motors in one of its
models for 1912. The Stoddard, with
its usual advance, will go the other
manufacturers one better this year
by putting out car of this type with
six cylinders. The great feature of
the Silent Knight is the abandonment
of the poppet valve. In other words.
It has no valves at all to stick, leak or
grind. Instead of the valves, 1t has
two sliding sleeves between the piston
and the cylinder. which operate as
cutoffs and close and open the intake
and exhaust ports. These sleeves are
operated by eccentric rods which are
driven by the cam shaft. The cam
shaft is in turn driven by a patent
link chain, which is just as positive
ms gears and much more silent. The
ILLUMINATION Of poppet valves and cam
shaft gears makes the engine very
noiseless. This machine bids fair to
be a prize winner amongst the 1912
cars.
Auto Fires.
The number of automobile fires
which are supposed to have their
origin from backiiring of the car
bureter leads us to say few words
concerning the same. If a motor in
yariably backfres there Is certainly
something radically wrong, and that
wrong should be corrected at the
earliest possible moment. One of the
most prominent causes of backfiring
Is weak mixture. The rate of lame
generated In such u charge Is COM
paratively slow, as the excess OF air
lover that which Is necessary for COM
plete combustion is not only useless,
but is great hndrance to the latter.
and absorbs great deal OF the heat
liberated by the fuel. Under such
conditions the charge may still be
burning when the inlet valve opens
This being the case, the fresh mixture
2 will probably be ignited and the flame
will shoot back through the manifold
l Ito the carburetcr. This tendency to
backfire is more defined when the
motor Is running WITH a retarded
/, spark, for then ignition takes place
, later In the cycle and the combustion
i will not be completed until latel
3 period.
r Other causes of backfiring may b'
e traced to leaky intake valves, a car
r bon deposit in the cylinders or poo
v Ignition. Often times valve springs
become weak and the motor viii
backtire when running at high rat
of speed. This Is one of the hardes
things to trace. as the valve appar
ently seats itself mt all times and 1
apparently strong enough, but II
reality Is no tstrong enough to keeI
up with the quick action of the can
shaft
stopping Fire.
Often times a fire caused by back
firing may be stopped before an
lgreat damage Is done by simply shut
Ting off the gasoline supply from tn
lcarbureter and opening the hood t
,giye the fire vent. II the operator @
an automobile familiarizes himsel
with the gasoline shutoff he can ofte
get to It and close II before fir
gets much Roadway. But frequently
as have been cases recently, the or
orator has no idea where the shuto
valve Is. Owners and operators q
automobiles do not spend enough tim
finding opt these small things, whic
are really so important in vita
moment, or, which often times saw
the owner good deal of expense.
The care and operation should b
studied very closely by the owner {
a car, even II he does not do tn
driving himself as frequently tn
driver IL more or less of n machin
and Is not equal to emergencies. A
buyers of new cars are provided wit
very valuable instruction book
which, II carefully looked into, wi
help the operator In a great man
different ways. particularly In til
oiling and care of machine. As
rule these books are looked at for
flew minutes. then put away and neve
looked at again, and the owner d,
fpends on some one else to look afte
his car who has much less intere'
at stake.
Four Bucks In.
BY the Sierra, Friday morning, ii
Won Hamm-Y Dung company receive
a shipment of four Bucks, which tn
year are amongst the topnotcher
One of these, which is n model 3
s equipped with foredoors. straigl
dash, 36x4 inch tires, Stromberg ca
bureter and prest-o-lite tank. TIL