El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-03

the car is moving slowly and gas srI Il
suddenly fed. 1t is sort o. yj
Grease is fed to the front un.veltI nc
Joint by removing a nut ana u IIa1.
rear by a grease cup. The propetIt+
shaft appears to be tense Wheh ~
etmpt IS made to move it. Both ulll ia
sal joints have been recently ~
with grease, but no improvement iIo-7
come. .,,-1,
viii you kindly advise me through a
your columns what is the cause o. 'A
trouble and what remedy there Is a.
might say that whenever the noise uS
velops it viii cease Immediately VIZ L.
the clutch is disengaged. TINS &C. &C.
caused the universal joints to De tae1+
out and found them to be in PEREZ
order The differential has been "a
amined. of course, from the OUTSIDE; az
there is apparently no trouble lheIS'
My tOrsion rods are slightly loOSe'
Milton Gordon.
If there is end play in the torSlon
rods there is bound to be more or I tI5s
back lash, which may possibly De LiS
cause of your trouble. These Woglu
have to be quite loose, however, in oIuTTt
to produce the effect you outline,
appears that through the driving LneL- men
bers between the clutch and Wnetls
there is too much back lash. When tae
motor is pulling steadily this IS nov ~ a.
ticed. However, when the motor -
thrOtled and misses occasionally; IIS
buckling is noticeable This Woulu DS
particularly noticeable in going down
hill, as you state. You can easily oe-
termine this by jacking up one rear
wheel and placing a speed in mesh;
With the clutch engaged you NS'I
note the amount of turning OF tIS
wheel before the flywheel moves II
all the driving members between t ue
wheel and the clutch are not worn YOU
should be able to Oscillate the WugSl
approximately an inch measured on tne
tire. This amount of leeway prevails
in a new car. In any car driven over
5000 miles this amount of back-lasn
will be greater. If the length or lue
arc measured on the tire exceeds the
distance between two spokes Of the
wheel a careful inspection should be
made of all the driving members be-
tween the clutch and the wheel
Motoring department, The FL Paso
Herald have a two cylinder REQ car
of very old vintage that is very BAD
about missing fire. Have SplitdOrI
coils and have to smooth the points up
often with file to get any spark at
all on spark plugs. I use batteries only.
Could a master vibrator be used 10
any advantage in my case2-C. H
Brown.
Perhaps the coil vibrators need new
platinum points. If this does not
remedy the trouble, would suggest that
the coils be thoroughly inspected. It
is possible that the condensOrs Of the
coils are inefficient. Make sure that
your battery is kept in a fully charged
condition. If the battery is allowed to
become weak you are bound to have
trouble with the coils tt is hardly
necessary to entail the expense of in
stalling a master vibrator. This would
not eliminate the trouble, if the cause
lies in the coil itself or the battery.
Motoring department, The 81 Paso
Herald-Win you kindly advise me
through the motor columns" in The
Herald what is wrong with my two
cylinder Is horse power Maxwell run
about? When I start the motor she
will shoot only on one cylinder, but as
soon as open the gasoline throttle
wide open she shoots on both cylinders
I have tried two carbBretors and all
kinds of adjustment both air and gaso-
line, without any improvements Up to
two months ago the motor ran all
right: that is, she exploded in both
/cylinders no matter how slow the mo-
tor ran.-O. W. T.
Quite likely the valves of the one
cylinder need grinding. When running
slowly the one cylinder misses fire due
to a loss of compression. When the
motor is speeded the miss is not so no.
ticeable. It is also possible that this
cylinder is receiving a poor spark at
slow engine speeds. If the park plug is
defective and partially short circuits,
it would be likely to cause this trouble.
If the carburetOr mixture is good for
one cylinder it should be good for the
other provided there are no leaks in
the manifold leading to the faulty
cylinder.