El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-21
COpynght 191a, b VI. a. stewart, b.
By WILLIAM h. STEWART, il.

cylinder and put new spark plugs in
G several times
4. What causes my car to lose pow
/ er on Mills on high speed-hills al
I ways used to make? It goes faster
| with gas level one-third open than it
l viii tWO-thirds Open.-W. r. F.
Il In planetary type transmission
the contracting bands need to be ad-
Justed occasionally. A careful inspec-
ton will show you the bands control
( ing the low reverse speeds.
Z very little grease is necessary in
the planetary type transmission. If
TOO much grease is used it viii work
out on to the contracting bands.
Enough should be inserted, however,
to properly lubricate all the working
parts.
8. It is possible that this fourth
cylinder is receiving too much oil
This may be due to defective rings. or.
possibly, to the oil splasher at the
base Of the connecting rod. The oil
!eVeI IN the crank case should be equal
IN each compartment However. some
projection Of the connecting rod may
dip and throw more oil in this cyIin-
der than in the others. If your mo-
tor is equipped with the force feed sys-
TEN Of fabrication it is also possible
that this particular cylinder is receiv-
ing more than its share of oil
g. From what you state it appears
that the trouble lies in the carburetor
adjustment If the motor does better
" Va II " III 3 d. never Olle-L0lrQ omen
Ihan II does with it tWO-thirds omen.
II IS evident that the carburetor is not
adjusted rightly. In other words. as
the throttle is opened beyond the one
Lnlrd unit the motor is choked with
gas. Would suggest that you try
changing carburetOr adjustment so
that the motor responds 10 the uhrot-
tie as 1t IS gradually opened.
Motoring department, The Herald
an the owner Of a one cylinder CadiI-
lac car, model 1903 or 1904 kindly
answer II can use cylinder oil mixed
IN with my gasoline. If so, state per
cenUage. VIII my car work to advsD
tage, or viii it not work at an? The
car is equipped with a gravity feed
olIer, so / thought of this idea. as the
OH does not flow freely in the cold
weather
The car has an old style carburetor.
the charge Of gas is drawn in the
cylinder by the height Of the lift of
the lhtake valve Would the oil
mixed with the gasoline be too thick
70 pass through the needle valve in
ms type Of carburetOr? Would nv
this: me
When I start out in the morning
Inc me motor VIII not miss for a while.
. ut as go, say, 20 or 80 miles it will
Lnen start to miss. especially eroiDer
ooWn steep hill with high gear en-
8aSed ana car going as fast as if
- A. wiz IleH miss repeatedly Does
not seem 10 lire hardly at all Docs
the vibration of car going over rou@b
roads cause it to miss2 Batteries ~ -
good, plug is good, wiring good Rnt
Ine VIBRATOR on coil is little weak
Thankling you, I am. c. R. Carpenter
II IS not advisable to mix cvIindar
OF win gasoline The more refined
me grace OF oil used, the better fbe
results obtained. It is hardly nossibie
5haI your type carburetor would pro-
uuce a proper mixture if oil should he
mixed with the gasoline While II
may pass through the inlet Vs1,,a
ng.eYertheless it may not vaporize g,Tf'
to give power.
Inc mlsfIrlng about which ,-o,,
speak is undoubtedly due to poor c yOu
puretor mixture. 1t is difficult to al
5a5 me me old type carburetors for low
ana nigh speeds. A medium adi,1St
ment must be obtained which viii bes+
serve the average speed desired
me miss IN the motor when ,-oi---
oo"n mis- at high rate of speed is