Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1913-05-22
When the Woman Driues

I for attention. If previous to the stop
there We're very weak explosions which
were fairly regular, or q great deal
| OF smoke In the exhaust. the fault is
there are missing Of explosions In the
muffler, 1t is probably the ignition sys-
tenn. although both missing and muf-
Tier explosions are sometimes due to
| poor mixture. A common cause OF tg-
milton trouble 10 q short circuited plug.
SCOT on the surfaces OF Plugs OFTEN
short circuits them. permitting the cur
rent to pass through without forcing It
to leap the spark gap. When the m
sulation OF q plug Is broken down.
caused by crack in the porcelain or
| a separation in the mica. the current
will leap through the break instead 9.
passing by way OF the gap. TROUBLED
Of this kind are Indicated when the
substitution OF q fresh plug causes tha
fmotor to start after it has refused to
do so with the old plug thoroughly
cleaned. To clean q spark plug an olo
tooth brush and a few drops of gaso..
line are all that is necessary. The best
way of all, however, is a rtgidly az.
hered plan Of always carrying couple
OF extra plugs, so that one can be SUBJ
stituted in case Of any becoming de.
fective.
when the car is ascending hill, th6
motor viii gradually slow UP, the
spark lever should be retarded by de-
grees as the speed OF the motor de-
creases. in order that 1t shall not nre
before the piston is over the dead CEN
ter. Before tAe motor has begun to
run dead slow the gear should be
changed down and the ignition lever
slowly advanced as the engine picks
up. Another thing that causes chagrin
TO the new driver is to have the motor
stop because the ignition is advanced
<ro so, In %ho a ga irving
heavy load. Experiment with both the
lever and ignition levers to different
positions should be made until the best
results under all conditions are found.
The beginner is also very much
mortified to find that the reason the
are on. 1t is something that is very
apt to happen with the novice, so that
one should be careful to see that the
brakes are off before attempting to
start the car. Another important thing
to observe is that the ignition lever is
always set back before attempting to
start the engine. The beginner In
motor matters is very apt to suffer a
sprained wrist il no worse. from back
fire., unless this lesson be thoroughly
learned.
One should learn TO use the clutch
as gently and as little as possible, not
because the clutch may be injured, but
to give the passengers as few jolts as
need be. Some people come home after
q days trip completely tired out owing
to the continued use of the clutch by
the driver.
It is always important to use abso-
lutely. the best grade of gasoline and
cylinder oil; many of the troubles ex-
perienced are due to this. To make the
motor start do not keep pumping gaso-
line into the cylinders; it destroys the
compression by washing away the lu-
bricating oil from the piston rings, and
deteriorating the oil in the base cham
Der.
An intelligent understanding of the
working principles of the gasoline
motor should be one Of the first incen-
tives of the woman who has decided
to drive her own car If she desires sue
cess and satisfactory results.