El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-08

difficulty to effect. even a temporary
cleaned and polished, Jne terminals may
be fairly well protected from the ac-
/ ton of acid by coating of vaseline.
The season for st-Lw luggage is rap
idly passing, and to take its place
/ comes the light automobile leather
+ lined cases and bags, which are almost
( all light to carry and are great favor
ties for the short trips. They include
hatbOxes of all sizes.
When wooden horses are used to jack
up a trussed rear axle, a pair of slot
I ted blocks should be placed between
the axle and horses These blocks will
allow clearance for the truss road and
prevent 1t from becoming bent when
the car is let down on the jacks. A
bent truss rod will have a tendency to
pull the axle out of line and bring all
sorts of trouble in its train.
If the operator has occasion to sus-
pect that a spark plug is not operating
satisfactorily 1t can be tested by re-
moving it from the cylinder without
diScOnneCting the wire terminal and
laying the metal part of the plug on
the engine. By turning the motor over
slowly the electric circuit viii then be
completed by the cOmmutator, and If
the spark plug is in working condition
spark will jump between its two
ptlAlS- II llOL II - 2OUQ 4uulEdLlOu that
the spark plug is foul and needs clean I
ing or else is shOrt-circuited and
worthless.
Do not allow slackness Of the road
wheels to continue. as a broken ball /
and probably damaged race, are sure
to result. Never allow 2 leak in the
feed system to continue but repair at
once. as an accident may happen at any /
moment
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In cars equipped with multiple disc !
clutches there is sometimes difficulty I
experienced in starting after the car l
has been standing for a time. as the {
pressure of the springs forces the |
plates together to such a degree that I
they do not let go readily when the /
clutch pedal is depressed making gear I
shifting somewhat ticklish- This /
tendency may be Obviated by applying /
a mixture of kerosene and thin oil to I
the clutch which then may be inclined /
to slip, to counteract which thick oil ]
should be added until a positive grip /
is secured.
If light coIOred smoke issues from !
the exhaust pipe in a continuous /
stream, it indicates that the fabrication 4
is complete; if it comes in intermittent I
puffs. it may be taken as proof that /
one compartment of the crank case is
flooded. the other being starved It
IS better to use a large quantity of
light oil than a proper quantity of
heavy oil, as there is more carbon in
the latter than the former. Too much
heavy oil viii foul the cylinders and
short circuit the spark plugs.
In connecting batteries the right way
is to twist the bare wire around the
terminal in a cfockwise direction and
Inen tighten the terminal nut As
binding post nuts have a right hand I
thread, the nut, when frightened viii be
turned with the wire and held in Sc
curely If the wires are twisted in
counter clOckWise direction, tightening
the nut viii uncoil the wire and il Will
slip from under the nut while it is be-
ing screwed down.
- With backfiring on low speeds try
feeding a little more gasoline, and il
TINS does not control it, look for carbon
deposits. In twO-cycle motors. crank
case explosions are caused by slow
burning or delayed flame in the cyl
inder, when the inlet port from the
bypass Is uncovered by the piston.
Mechanical lUbricators occasionally
refuse to work although nothing de- |
ranged can be found in their mechan- (
ISM In these lubricators. where a
gauZe IS used TO filter the oil to the |
SUCTION pipe of the little pump, close
IN specton viii generally reveal that |
the gauze has become chOlxed. and |
that little o. no oil is reaching the
pump.
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II making carbureter adjustments !
most automobile operators neglect to
TAKE INTO consideration the fact that it
IS more essential to have the motor
Ilre properly and pull hard under
heaVy loads and on low speeds than
10 race and run "a maximum efficiency !
Wnen idling. In other words. the ma
yorlIy OF operators set their carbureters
50 mat the motor will run at its high /
est speed without missing when the
car IS standing still with no load on
the engine Although the motor will (
usually run at maximum efficiency on
nlgh speed with such an adjustment. 1t
does not necessarily indicate that this
adjustment viii prove to be the best I
when the motor is running at slow
speed and under heavy load.
Nothing is more important than hav-
ing the front wheels and steering
mechanism lined up properly With ir- !
reversible steering gears il is the /
easiest thing IN the world 10 throw
the front wheels out of line b n slight
bump sideways against tibet A,rb a
thing not unlikely to occur Is the !