Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-05
D0lNCS IN THE AUTO WORLD Steady Decrease in Casolene SupplTouring Europe $10 Day-Blly Knpper Enters Indianapolis Sweep stakes-Hints For the Motorist.

Wear on brakes is by no means con- fined to the friction surfaces of the bands and the drums. The pins and eyes also wear. and not infrequently ] exposure to dust is responsible for
 rapid cutting away of the bearing sur faces, so that there is consid iderable play, not only crosswise, but endwise. A very considerable proportion of the noise and rattIing of a car that has
 been in service for some time can be
 traced to loose brake mechanism, and
 1n taking Up such wear or removing
 the worn parts, care should be taken
 to eliminate the endwise play of the
 eyes on the pins. as well as the play in
 ether directions. Another source of
 noise lies in brake rods that touch the
 chassis.
 There IS nothing more tantalizine to
 the experienced ear than the grinding
 noises that come froEa bad speed
 changing. There is no doubt but that
 a clutch stop will aid novice in gear
 shifting without making the car ap-
 pear to be falling asunder. The pedal
 must be pressed far enough to cause
 the rotating member to come into
 contact with the brake. But a clutch
 stop can be doubtful blessing if it is
 so contriVed that the slightest pressure
 Os the pedal causes it to come into ac-
 ton immediately. There should be a period when the clutch is disengaged without any braking effect, so that
 the driver can coast down hills or
 even run free on the level
 Ore of the points which the wise motorist makes these days when he is about to take his car out of dead stor- age and get on the road once more is to look over his tires with care. It Is important. when they have been standing idle for some time, to over- mending cuts and tears. Some of these, of a slight nature, may be fixed in satisfactory manner with good repair gum, but if they go deep and expose the casing it is case for vuI- Canizing. If cuts are neglected damp ness or water will get in and rot the casing, or gravel and sand will work in and cause biisters
 Locating leak in a radiator if the hole is s1EalI is oftentimes a difficult task because the liquid spreads, due to capillary attraction, over a wide 1t is oozing. A good plan is to apply the plum ber's smoke test" forcing smoke into the radiator by means of a tire pump and preventing it's escape hole. The smoke for the purpose is best generatd by drawing the air to the pump through a se ries of wash bottles containing strong 1 ammonia water and hydrochloric acid. l
 A frequent cause of the motor miss 1 ing when throttled is a weak exhaust i spring which allows the spent mixture 1 to be drawn back into the cylinder on i the intake stroke to the detriment of i the explosive charge. The malady is | best determined by inserting a screw 1 driver between two coils of the spring | when the motor is opera ting and turn i ing it so as to increase the tension, ] which will have the effect of causing 1 proper functioning. A repair embraces i the fitting of new spring or, for i temporary purposes stretching the old | one.
 considerable saving in the 1ubfi- 1 cant bill for season can be~eRected !, with little trouble by those who care i Q make use of simple suggestion. i .f the used oil which Is periodically { 1rawn from the crankcase is placed . n bowl and if a length of lamp 1 gilI rest in the dirty oil. the other being in another receptacle. clean oil will be conducted by the wick and the 'esidue, consisting largely of dirt, lust and free carbon, will be left be- lind.
 Economical operation with a six ;ylfnder car, or in fact any car, may ,e said to be attained when about 14 niles on one gallon of gasoline is the Lverage over fairly long period In | he use of that car" says Arthur Holmes, chief engineer of the H. H. franklin ManuIacCur1nE company. |
 Gasoline economy is but one of the many economies that can and should ,e worked for on a car It is possible ut very seldom obtained by the aver Lge man. no matter what car he owns. This merely indicates that he has not he Knowledge of the different things hat go to make up economical use of -asoline.
 .In general, if one understood the of fuel in the cylinder, he would have all that Is necessary to