The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-20
Automobile News

| The recent refusal of the various oil
companies to renew their gasoline
contracts with dealers at the old
prices has caused the department of
the attorney general of the United
| States to start a preliminary investi-
cation of the matter. 1t is being
Company having been dissolved, it
was strange that such an extraodin-
airy unanirnity should exist among the
/ Individual oil companies as to the
connection it is also recalled that since
the rise in the price of gasoline and
contracts were announced, the stocks
| of the various oil companies have
shown big gains.
| Baltimore now has an automobile
bank consisting of motor car oper-
lated in the suburbs by the German
American Bank, of that city
From present appearances the SIX
wheeled motor vehicle is destined to
attain considerable prominence in the
| field of motor haulage during the next
few years.
Wood, chief of staff of the army, more
| money was spent in the United States
last year for automobile tires than
was appropriated for the navy, while
| the salaries of the chauffeurs amount
ed to more than was spent on the
| army.
Ohio General Assembly this winter in
the campaign of road building. The
movement to have the General Assem-
bly, make direct Ievies for good roads
has gained impetus since the defeat of
the constitutional amendment to issue
bonds. 1t is estimated that this would
raise between $3,0o0,oOo and $4,000, 900
annually.
Unless sufficient oil is used, 4the pis-
| ton rings will cut the cylinder walls.
causing a leak. It is apt to break
the rings of, or SCORE the surface of
the cylinder. When the cylinder walls
become scored there is no other treat
and have them rebored. When the
cylinder becomes scored and has to
| be rebored it is necessary to fit new
piston rings to insure proper compress
sion. If the scoring is deep and the
| reboring increases the inside bore of
the cylinder to any great extent, it
will be necessary to have a new pis-
ton. The auxiliary air valves must
not be open when starting the motor
A combination of weak batteries and
| open auxiliary air valve make the
When a tire suddenly colIapses the
rem oval of the sole may show on the
inside of the casing a cut which has
gone well into the fabric without ap-
pearing on the surface of the tire.
This may have been caused by an i'm
properly protected 1ug-one from which
the leather covering has come off, ha,v-
ing made the cut when the tire
run flat. Cover such an incision with
a piece of leather and no further trou-
BILE will be experienced for a time, but
unless a repla cement is made at the
earliest opportunity the tube will again
be pfnched, as the leather will have
tendency to travel away from the
break.
When the engine is turned over slow
" by the hand the nagnate will not
provide as good a spark a battery
under similar conditions, hence it will
not start as easily With a magnetic
having a set spark, if difficulty is ex-
perienced in starting, try advancing
the timing gear of the magnetic one
tooth Where the magnetic has con-
troll lever on the wheel, try advancing
the desired easy starting is obtained,
then mark the quadrant Always re-
member that, when the spark is adj
vanced too far on the magnetic, the mo-
tor will deliver just as hard back
kick as on the batteries.
Noises in the crank chamber may be
due to two or three causes. In the
first place, one of the drain plugs
from the crank chamber may have
fallen out, OF one of the drain taps
Jared open. Similarly the Iubricating
pipe to the crank chamber may have
broken or become disconnected, thus
being particularly noticeable in sin
gle or twin cylinder engine. In en-
times used. and have been known to
emit a, blowing noise when the lid of
one of the valves has allowed the ball
to get adrift-
A should not be loaded above
the designed capacity, because if st
should strike obstruction the i'm
pact due to the heavy weight which
the car is carrying will often cause
sag in thu 9.aar wbaa1S that will ha dis