Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-21

when the car is In the clean warm garage
This docs not mean Ghat the under side
OF the car will require more attention .han
any other part. but occasions may some.
times arise In which 90 is necessary Go
reach some holt nut screw. rod. or shaft
that Is not accessible from the top or side
Of the machine and for this reason som
means OF raising the automobile or OF low
ering. the repair man should be furnished
IN order to provide enough head room In
which he may work,
A pit in the garage floor over which the
car may be rolled furnishes the most con.
Nenient- method Of reaching the under side
OF the machine. and this should he Of sui
fcient depth so that the man may stand
erect without striking his head. II desired.
a movable seat may be provided which
may rest on any pair OF series II cleats
placed at different heights along the side
Of the pit
II the floor OF the garage is raised
sufficient distance above the ground, the
/ pit may be in the form OF a stout box
| fitting the under side OF a hole cut in the
/ floor of the building II is probable how
ever. that this box will need 10 be let
into the ground in order to furnish a suf-
| icient depth to the pit and II this Ia the
case care should be taken 70 render the
pit water-tight. This may be done by COW
ering the outside Of the box with well.
/ soldered zinc. but the most satisfactory
form OF pit is that constructed OF concrete
resting on a suitable foundation a re-
movable door should be provided for every
pit, and this should always be left in place
when there are no repairs to be made to
the under side Of the car.
some Have n TrestIe.
In lieu of pit. many garages are
equipped with sort OF trestle on which
the car may be run in order to raise II a
sufficient distance from the ground that t.
under side may be reached This trestie
may be in two portions. each in the form
Of a large heavy ''sawhorse with a wide
top and boxed-in side in order to prevent
the car from running off The approach to
this elevation may be made OF a couple OF
stout planRs also with boxed-in sides, and
II these planks are sufficiently long the
inclined plane need not be 30 very deep
Electricity is Useful.
Illumination is not the only use to which
the electric current in the private garage
may be put and even though machine tools.
lathes, or large drills are not Installed,
small power may be employed to very
good 9dvantage. 1t often becomes neces-
sary, when removing q nut or cover-plste,
to file away some portion Of the end Of the
bolt or other excess metal which may be
In the way and to accomplish this with a
hand-file is an exceedingly tedious opera
tion. It Is, consequently. advisable that
every we'll equipped garage be provided
with hand emery grinder This consists
OF small, hlgh-speed, electric motor hav-
ing long spindle, to the end OF which may
be attached any one of a number OF
emery wheels Of various shapes and sizes.
The motor is attached TO a flexible wire
terminating In a plug which may be
screwed into the electric light socket. and
by holding the instrument in the hand so
that the emery wheel revoves against the
piece to be ground, almost any nut can be
easily removed from riveted bolt
Prepare for BIovOuts.
AS in all touring provision is made for
the possible necessity OF the use Of square
tires. and all manner OF precautions are
taken against blow-outs and punctures so
when the car is at home tire repairs con
stitute large portion OF the grooming.
Here again the light current may be used
TO good advantage, and an electric vul-
canizer will be found TO occupy an irnpor-
tant niche among the repair tools OF the
garage. By the use of this instrument
cuts, sand-pookets. and in fact practically
any hole that may appear in either the
inner tube or the Shoe" may be repaired
easily and made as good as new at a cost
OF but few minutes-and fewer cents.
Some owners have even gone so far as to
retread an old shoe entirely with one of
these small instruments. For the consola-
ton Of the man who covets one of these
garage is not equipped with electric light.
It may be stated that portable vulcanizers
are made which use an alcohol lamp as the
source Of heat instead Of the electric cur
rent
No garage would be complete without
some means OF storing generous supplies
OF gasoline and lubricating oil, and yet
insurance regulations often make II in
advisable or impossible to keep the fuel
tank inside of the building The safest
and most satisfactory method of storing
fuel is to place the tank underground
where no fire can reach II. and connect II
by pipes with a gasoline pump placed In
some convenient corner Of the garage.
two-compartment tank may be used, In one
division of which the lubncating oil may
be stored and piped 10 the second half OF
a combination fuel and oil pump
There are. of course, many other devices
installations and arrangements which will
add to the efficiency and value OF the
private garage, but many OF these-such as
heating apparatus for operating the car
in winter, for instance-must be left to the
discretion and ingenuity OF the owner him
SELF who, after all, is really more RESPONSE
BILE for the health Of his car than is any
tool or instrument with which the garage
can be equipped.
CLEAN CRANK CHAMBER nETEM