El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-10
Copyaght, t91s, By W. h. stewaTt, j.


Motoring Department, The Herald
Can 7 use kerosene as a fuel on my
gasoline car2-John Kelly
Yes, if you viii have it fitted with
purpose. There are several types on
the market.
Motoring Department, The Herald
When driving my car at about four
teen miles per hour a considerable
'Wabbling" movement occurs in the
front wheels. I do not notice this at
other speeds. How can I remedy this?
w. S. Jennings.
1t denotes too free a movement of
the steering knuclzles- The king pin
should be adjusted
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Motoring Department. The Herald
7 have a car fitted with battery and
magnetic ignition, and one set of spark
plugs, I find at low speeds the engine
fires perfectly on the battery but not
on the magnetic. I have adjusted the
CarburetOr without improving the re-
suits. What do you think the trouble
is2-B. ii. Morris
The spark plug points are set too
far apart for the current produced by
the magnetic at low speeds. They
should be set about 1-64th Of an inch
apart
Motoring Department, The Herald
The makers Of my car recommend the
use Of dry cells Why not use a stor-
y
The insulation in your coil is not
designed to Withstand the high amper-
age of a storage battery In case OF
emergency a storage battery could,
of course be employed but Its nab
ituaI use and especially for long
period Of time, would result IN put
ting your coil out OF commission,
owing to the breaking down Of the
Motoring Department, The Herald
Do you consider it well to drive a new
car hard before it is 1imbered up a
little2-Reader.
The writer does not advise driving
a new car as one would car that mas
been well used Even then Lne WISE
mOtorist makes careful 1nSpecIlon OF
the car. paying particular attention 70
the oiling system, the amount OF
water in the radiator and gasoline IN
the tank, and the adjustment Of the
brakes. Frequently such an Inspection
will disclose a lack Of OIL, water, OF d
slipping brake that might result ser
iously on the road
Motoring Department, The Globe
Since the cold weather has set IN
experience considerable difficulty IN
starting my motor. 1 am a. physician,
and am forced TO leave my car stand
ing on the street often for an hour at
a time I keep alcohol in the radla-
tor so the water will not freeze
Motors are hard to start IN cold
weather because the gasoline does not
vaporize properly. and therefore
causes on incOmbustible mixture. II
you viii throw a blanket or robe over
the hood of the engine so as to cover
the radiator when you leave the car
the heat Of the motor viii not radlate
so rapidly and YOU viii find starting
easier. BY printing the cylinders with
about teaspOOnful of gasoline you
can always start easily no matter now
cold the weather may be.
Motoring Department, The Herald
A party told me that I could ma
tcrially increase the power Of my
car by having the cylinders Dored OUT
larger and a new set of p1stons made
Ny car is only year old, and / DO
not wish to go TO all that expense
unless there is decided improvement
I'm the power. VIII you let me know
81 this is a common practice George
It is not unusual to have the cyl
inders bored out and new pistons
made in cases where the cylinders
are worn badly, but the writer would
not recommend the procedure IN your
case unless you find that the pistons
do not fit we'll 1t is a very exxpen-
sive operation, and the increase IN
power VIII not be sufficient 70 Justify
the change. There is also some like
Hhood Of making the cylinder walls
too thin if a large cut is taken out
Motoring Department, The Herald
After grinding all the valves in my
fOur-cylinder -- car, find that the
first and third cylinders have no
compression I noticed this when the
engine missed, and an at loss to
know what is wrong. Can you give
me a suggestion2- I'll W NJ
The trouble most likely lies in the
adjustment Of the valve push rods or
valve filters. These can be adjusted
more accurately when the engine is
warm. During the time that the valve
IL. IL
Of approximately 1-e4th Of an inch
between the top Of the push rod and
the bottom Of the valve stem. That
slight clearance allows the valve to
seat properly even when expanded.
Tt Is also possible that the leak
may be through q valve cap or spark
plug or even be due TO a broken or
poor-fitttng piston ring.
Motoring Department. The Herald
have an old four cylinder automo-
bile engine which intend to rig up to
run g small saWmill I am In DOUBT
as to whether I should use the radia-
tor and fan that belongs to the en-
CINE or make some other arrangement
&C. S. Costello.
In case you have city water, It
would be very simple TO connect the
inlet pipe on the water Jacket direct
to the city supply and the discharge
pipe to the sewer, allowing JUST
enough water to run through the en-
Elu6 20 keep II from DOlluB Wuem the
engine is running under full load. In
case it is impossible 70 use the city
water a simple cooling system can be
installed by connecting the inlet and
outlet pipes to a tank holding about
two barrels Of water. The tank should
be slightly above the engine, the inlet
pipe running to the bottom Of the tank
and the outlet to the top Of the tank
but the level Of water in the tank
should always be above the top Of out
let pipe
Motoring Department, The Herald
We use several trucks in our busi-
ness and notice that we get more
mileage out Of the solid tires on some
Of the trucks than others. The
trucks are equipped with speedom-
eters and we have noticed that one
set of tires win do as much as 1000
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