El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-28
Motor Wisdom In Short Lesson
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Read and Add Life to Your Car

not wider than the piston ring,
Strengthened and placed beneath the
ring in the groove so as to exert a
slight pressure in the way of expand
ing the ring, viii restore compression
which has been lost by wear Of the
ring
Helping the seIf-Starter.
The tendency for those who have So
trust entirely to the starter to do the
work Do not forget that ignition, car
buretiOn and cylinder cleanliness must
be cared for in exactly the same man
ner as when the engine was cranked by
hand and cursed part of the time for
not starting
Useful Brass Bolts.
The small brass bolts found in the
preserved They make very useful
fasteners for many places where rivets
or screws are usually used
Observing Road Laws.
Owing to the enormous increase in
automobile travel, greater effort should
be made to educate the people
up to strict observance Of command
road law Especial attention should
be urged upon car drivers to watch
carefully when passing private drive
ways opening out into a highway
Road Building Mistakes.
The making a good road for general
use IS simply a matter Of providing
against retention of water on the road
out his road tax he usually selects some
nice dry hill and pulls all the sod that
he can secure on the side Of the road
10 into the middle of the driveway.
This not only makes a bumDy track,
almost impossible for any kind Of trav-
Ell, but the sod acts like a sponge to
retain moisture where moisture is not
wanted. and when 1t rOts it leaves con-
sequent holes in an otherwise smooth
roadway. More roads are spoiled and
money wasted by this method OF work
ing out taxes than appears at first
thought
Driving Hint.
Be very watchfuI on hills for large
stones, which are often used by drivers
of trucks and other heavy vehicles for
holding their vehicles, when thew are
forced to halt on the incline and which
are never removed by them when thew
start on up hill A jolt over one Of
these boulders may very easily result in
broken spring or the beginning of
blowout, If it does not have serious re-
suits.
Emergency Bolts.
Itsis practically impossible 70 carry
in the tool box enough bolts Of the
mOtOrist has found that II is [ery
handy to thread different size rods the
entire length. say 10 to u inches. When
a bolt is needed it can be cut from the
rod and a nut OF two put on the end.
ma king a very satisfactory emergency
bolt These rods can be bent to make
O-Snape0 DOIIS or any REQUIRED shape
Plenty of nuts can be tied in package
that viii not rattle around in the tool
box
Polishing Steel Parts.
An excellent comDcund for polishing
the unpainted steel parts of the car
such as the tubing Of the steering gear
and the control rods, may be made by
mixing soap and fine emery powder
into a paste This viii remove any rust
that may have formed and viii leave
the rod smooth without scratching it.
Preserving Rubber.
A preparation that may be used to
conserve rubber is a saturated solution
of turpentine in methylated spirit. The
point of saturatiOn is known when a
drop of undissOlved turpentine remains
IN the methylated spirit and a little
more of the spirit can be added to dis
solve the drop of "turps" The rubber
articles desired to be preserved should
be occasionally rubbed over with this
mixture