El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-19

" HE main thing on long tour, is
to start away with a sound Set
OF tires to all four wheels, and
to carry spares whioa are not whit
ened sepuIchres. but outer covers
worthy of the name. The same thing
applies to the pump. Be sure to have
1t put in the proper pumping order
at once. What is the use of carrying
a Drazen instrument o. torture which
only by the sweat of the brOws of all
of the males in the party can be in
duced to initiate about 80 pounds
Such a pump leads to trouble. 1t
makes even the most energetic and
usually truthful man declare that
flabby tire is hard enough.
Traffic from a by-road in all cases
gives way to that on the main road
Unless you can see 100 yards both
ways, when coming from a by-road to
main road, come very slowly and
sound your horn. If there is other
traffic on the main road it is for you
to keep clear of it, and not for it to
keep clear Of you.
Take all corners slowly. Those you
think you can see around may con-
ceal 8 child. Take all corners to the
right as close to your own side as pos
sible. In taking corners to the left
keep as close as possible to the right
of the road. The sharper the turn and
the more difficult to see around, the
slower the pace must be and the more
necessary it is to observe the above
rules.
Do not attempt to pass anything un-
less you can see 50 yards ahead Do
not cut in close in front Of other
traffic.
It has been found that if finely
tlaked graphite is put into the crank
case in the proportions Of a teaspoon
FrrT % TrrI. -.ss.e,4 800 in
engine runs more smoothly. there is
better regulation and compression is
much improved. The following uses
for flake graphite about the automO-
bile are suggested Introduce flake
graphite between the leaves Of the
springs. This may be done by iacking
up the car 80 that the chassis hangs
by the springs then flake graphite
and oil mixed to the consistency Of
q thick paste may be introduced be
tween the leaves and the squeak will
be cured for practically all time. If
the valve seats and stems are polished
with flake graphite, a free and easy
movement is assured.
Wear in magnetic is to be looked
for chiefly on the contact breaker. as
the springs may have lost their set"
Resistance will be found wherever dirt
or oil or grease exist within the mag
netO, particularly between small
screwed on parts, such as Insulating
washers or along shafts or beneath
brushes, and also where d carbon
brush has been allowed to wear hard
and scalp on the tip. Demagnetiza-
ton of the hOrseshOes should never
occur under two or three years of
running. This Job, in any case. en-
tails the dismounting of the entire
magnetic, and whoever does the work
must not forget to lay a piece Of iron
"a couple OF wrenches viii SERVE
across the hOrseshOes If they are de-
Jached first, or between them If the
armature is taken out before the
horseshOes are dismOunted. On the
whole il is probably advisable to re-
turn the machine to the makers in all
cases Of general debility. as they viii
then test the entire mechanism rem
edy any unsupported arrangement in
the condenser. etc. and return it alb
soluteiy as good as new.
Many accumulators are consigned to
the scrap heap as done for. when they
could be made as good as new, for
much less than the cost of buying
fresh ones to replace them. Termi-
nals, when broken off, and cases that
leak. are quite an every day Job for
anyone dabblng in electrical work;
but then the plates have "shOrted' by
the paste falling out of the girds and
laying across the positive and mega
tive, or in its lying in a powder at
the bottom, at a sufficient height to
touch the ends Of the plates the re-
pair IS more serious. In many cases
If the shedding Of paste is not very
bad, the pieces Of powder in the girds