El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-21

average speed you viii at times be
obliged to travel at 40 miles an hour
You must take into consideration the
fact that in touring you are bound to
be delayed by stops Of various kinds;
also in climbing hills, passing through
villages, etc To tour comfortably one
should not figure on an average OF
more than Is OF ] 7 miles an hour.
Motoring Department, The Herald
7 have had to rune my car on the
battery as it would not work with
magnetic connections. This ignition
trouble I finally found was caused BY
q defective coil and the manufactur-
ers are now sending me on a new one
What may have caused the coil to
give out. and how could I prevent
similar occurrences IN the future:
The four battery installation on my
car does not prove adequate for start
ing purposes as the motor does not
spin over as easily as the average en-
CINE does Could I double this volt
age without causing trouble2-L n
Thurman
1t is possible that you have used
too strong a battery. One should not
use more than six dry cells on the
average ignition coil. Perhaps water
or enough moisture has got into the
coil to cause a short circuit Coils in
this respect are rather sensitive
Usually they are quite fOOlprOOf and
seldom fail except when abused. Would
suggest that you connect in series q
battery consisting of not more than
six dry cells, If battery Of higher
voltage is used the platinum breaker
points viii burn away too rapidly.
Motoring Department, The Herald
VIII YOU kindly tell me through your
paper whether IL is advisable to put
anything in the water to stop a small
leak in the Or22-UneXper ienced-
1t is not advisable to put foreign
matter into the water Of the cooling
system in order TO stop small leaks
Such foreign matter is very apt to
lodge at undesirable points and cause
further trouble Small leaks in the
radiator should be sOldered and then
the repair is permanent A radiator
is rather delicate in its construction,
and IL is very easily clogged- If sec
tons of it become clgoged with for
eisn matter OverheatinE viii result
Motoring Department, The Herald
The carburetOr on my car is IN good
repair. and a new auxiliary air valve
has recently been put into it, making
IT as good as new can run as
slowly as / like when running on the
batteries, and can also run slowly
when using the magnetic, providing
the engine is pulling fair load or
over rough going When the engine
is running wild on the batteries ii will
throttle down wei, but as soon as
let it run wild on the magnetic it
viii not throttle down, and runs =
great deal too fast, even II Ihrottleo
down as far as possible Would It
help me to put an air valve IN the
intake and make q different carbu-
rotor adjustment Is It possible that
the magnetic is advanced too far. AMI
how can remedy the trouble in that
case Reader.
Without doubt your magnetic to too
far advanced This will cause your
motor to race when net pulling load,
even though thrOtted down. There IS
generally a coupling in the magnetic
shaft which viii Lermi- the armature
Of the magnetic being turned back to
any desired point. If you have a fixed
spark magnetic il would not be ad-
visable to change the timing Of same
However, if you have a range OF ad-
vanced action sufficient to give you
the proper amount Of spark advance
at high speeds, a further retard action
viii not matter The magnetic gen
crates a more intense and positive