El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-16

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HINTS TO THE
AUTO DRIVER.
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DO not allow any one to tell you
that the carburetOr needs adjustment
simply because it splits back and has
little power when first started up said
an auto man yesterday If the carbu-
rotor is properly adjusted. the motor
must always be allowed to warm up
thoroughly before it can produce any
thing like its maximum power. Never
make an adjustment or allow any one
TO make one on your carburetOr when
the motor is cold.
Ninety percent Of all spring trouble
is directly traceable to loose spring
clips. When the car leaves the fac
tory there is a certain amount of lubri-
cant between all the springs and as
this gradually works out the clips must
be frightened Try your spring clips
at least once week. when the car
is new. and Oftener if you are doing
hard driving
Nothing adds more to the appear
ance of car and SATISFACTION Of night
driving than clean, wei kept lamps.
Keep the glass clean and polished the
burners clean, the Wtcks trimmed and
the gas burners in good order. Never
turn your gas lamps down low, as this
viii invariably damage and eventually
ruin the burners
Often the motor runs wei with the
throttle partially closed without load
and viii miss explosions when the
throttle is open under load The indi-
cations are weak batteries, a leak IN
the coil or secondary wiring or the
points Of the spark plug are too Tar
apart Probably sufficient energy IS
available from the battery, and the
resistance Of the leak IN the
secondary current enables the spark
at reduced compression with partial
closing of IN throttle. but there is not
enough current available to produce a
spark at maximum compression Win
the throttle open. With increased COM
preston an increased amount OF cleo
trical energy IS necessary 70 force 2
spark across a given distance Try new
batteries, or boring the points OF the
plug closer together.
A great deal of expensive damage re-
suits from the improper use OF inside
envelope patches in tires OF all makes-s
When there is only small puncLure IN
the casing It. may saLe4y De run tor
some time with an inside paEch- ouI
when even three or four threads OF
fabric are cut in each layer an inside
patch should be used only long euOugHi
to get home or reach some place where's
the casing can be removed and re-
paired The moisture works into the
cut from the outside and rots the fabric
around the cut, and the strain ana.
working Of the tire gradually break Inss
threads of the fabric away until the
patch acts as a wedge forcing large
hole in the casing
A continuous clicking, wheeling or
squaking noise IN cylinder IS gem
orally a sign of loose or worn piston
rings Attend to this at once as neg
lect may result in scoring the cylinder
walls 1t can be located by cranking the
engine slowly and Hste1ing for the
noise A putting or croaking noise IN
dicates that the compressed gas IS es=
Gaping into the air, and the leakage
may generally be caused by a leaking
cornpressiOn cock or sparkling plug L.
valve grinding has not been done the
leak may be in the valves, which have
warped or pitted, and do not seat re
the gears are out Of true they grlnd-
and the sound IS variable ana unsteaoy =
Rafting indicates that something is
loose or worn
With the wheels out Of true, You are
wasting power as well as tires and your
steering is impaired to a marked de-
gree