Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-13
HINTS To
MOTORISTS

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Probably the quickest way to ruin a
tire is to run it in a Debated condition.
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Some overshields are built like coal
stoves and hug the machinery SO tight
it is almost impossible for the air that
is sucked under the hood to find means
of escape. Cases have been known where
a few ventilation holes have helped to
cool motor down materially.
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Before standing the gasoline can on
its head in the funnel, be sure to wipe
the absence Of a chamois, the gasoline
will wash it all into the tank, to clog
up the feed pipe
Street car tracks should be avoided
whenever possible, and at crossing points
where there are frogs. additional care
should be exercised in lodging them, as
| the frogs frequently are worn until theil
sharp edges cut tire as effectively as
though a knife were used.
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Varnish spotting may be prevented by
washing the car often with clean cold
water. which treatment not only hardens
the varnish and increases it's brilliancy
but prevents it from being acted upon
by the manifold accumulations.
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Quick stops. caused by a sudden and
violent application of the brakes, are
hard on tires The action is more than
apt to tear the rubber from its base. And
in this connection 1t may be noted that
the most difficult problem confronting
solid-tire makers has been the devisins
of means to hold the tire together.
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Cardboard boxes are never satisfactory
for carrying tubes. Every vibration o,
the car causes chatting between the box
and tube. and since cardboard is harder
than rubber the tubes will inevitably
be injured. Covers for inner tubes should
take the form Of bags which will fiji
snugly around the tube when properly
used.
is the weakening of the spring.. OF
springs. that retain the extra air valve
in its closed position. The effect is to
cause the valve to open more readily
than it should, producing a weak mix
ture at all engine speeds, save the very
lowest The condition may be repedied
temporarily by readjustment Of the ten
sion, but its early recurrence is apt 10
lead to the hasty conclusion that the
seat of the difficulty is elsewhere.
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When a motor overheats it is we'll t.
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first thing that naturally presents it
self is the cooling system, which is
composed of the radiator and connec-
tions, pump. if such is employed, and
the water jacketing. Then there is the
fan. which on the majority of cars is
belt-driven. This should be the first
point to be examined. The fan is in
tended to run at certain speed to
draw in given amount of air, which
is passed through the tubes of the radi-
ator to cool them If the belt is not at
the proper tension. SO as to eliminate as
much lost motion as possible, the con-
sequent slip will cause the fan to make
fewer revolutions and hence become less
efficient. This lack of efficiency may be
just what is causing the water to boil
If the adjustment is at it's maximum
that is to say, the eccentric is at the
farthermost point of its upward travel
the apparent remedy is either a new
belt or piece taken out of the old one.
In many cars where the eccentric is. so
to speak. ''all out, it may throw the
fan off center enough to prevent the
air from being drawn through the radi-
atOr tubes in the correct position: in any
case, the remedy is the same.