El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-05

the entire set of cylinders out Of align
ment. the result OF wnicn IS obvious
If the motor is extremely hot and
the water low and too slow At cooling,
remove the hood entirely, allowing the
cooler air to play upon the engine Re
move the spark plugs and spin TIE
motor a moment or two This viii cause
a suction of cool air into the cylinders
through the plug ports and greatly aid
in the cooling process
Above all, do not be guilty OF the
folly of throwing cold water upon the
motor or spraying Il with the garden
hose in an effort 70 quickly COOL II
The best policy, und0ubJeGiy, IS to al
low the Overheated engine to gradually
cool to normal or, II absolutely neces-
sary, the radiator, cylinder jackets and
water piping may slowly be filled with
boiling water. slowly adding cooler wa
te- until the temperature Of the mo-
tor is brought to normal
The stoppage OF the motor and the
subsequent discovery OF the loss or
usually has the effect or sending cold
chills racing down the spine OF the aver
age motOrist, and unless he has learned
the trick of starting without the aid
of the crank, it is quite likely that the
machine will remain where II was last
stopped until a new crank is provided
or until the proYerbla1 Iarme- nap
pens along with his team and wagon
Now IL is generally an easy matter 70
come to an agreement VITA the ia-lh-
er TO haul" one into town, easy 20
bear the exorbitant price demanded
by him, but It IS really test OF char
acter, after the machine is attached to
the wagon, to sit at the steering wheel
and move along al pace compared %
which blowing would a break-neck
speed, and at the same TIE become the
silent recipient Of condescending smiles
on the part of the farmer. which tend
to make the whole situation madden
ing
However. all this may be avoided II
there are more than one IN the party
and the car is not an extremely heavy
one. the driver takes his seat, turns the
switch TO batteries, throws in the hIgh
the car a few feet As soon as the en-
CINE starts, which is usually very
quickly, the change gear lever IS
brought to a neutral position and the
switch turned to the magnetic side
If the the driver is alone and stops
the engine for any cause whatsoever
later discovering that the starting
crank is missing, the same result may
be brought about by jacking Up one
rear wheel, turning the switch to 3
position and revolving the lacked up
wheel The latter method is the easier
of the two. requiring but one man II
in deem sand the floor board may be
placed beneath the jack to facilitate
matters. If on an incline the car nay
be caused to coast either forward or
backward (as the case might PEI, tne
gear lever (after slight speed is picked
up placed in high" or reverse
When 1t is desired to remove patch
from an inner tube, If IL has not been
caused to adhere to the tube BY VuI-
canizatiOn. the simplest means is that
of heating an ordinary fatirOn by i'm
mersing it in boiling water and ap-
plying the hot iron TO the patch The
heat should not be sufficient to dam
age either the tube or the patch. but
will cause the adhesive solution to soft
en- TO such an extent as 10 allow Of the
patch being pulled off If the opera
ton is performed while upon the road,
the ordinary pien-headed hammer. heat
head or exhaust manifold, is quite as ef-
fective as the flatirOn- Should the
patch be Yulcanized onto the tube, the
best plan would be not TO disturb II as
its removal could hardly be accom-
. pIished without damage to the tube.