El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14

rent is too high for the lamps used.
1Iy using bulbs of greater voltage
capaclty. One volt increase will prob
ANY eliminate the trouble.
Motoring Department The Herald
am thinking of having Presto start
er put on my 1911 five passenger Can
you tell me whether these. starters
eve eve saJlsfacuon2 Some tell me they
cannot be depended upon. The COM
pany naturally speaks very highly of
them-W. J. c.
Since there are different types Of
starters on the market at the present
time, the writer does not care to ex-
press an opinion regarding any par
1cular make. Would suggest tla- you
take the matter up with the company
from whom you bought the car.
Motoring Department The Herald
1 am experiencing some trouble caused
by the motor of my car missing fire
1t runs all right with a retarded spark
but as soon as I advance it the motor
will start to skip lire and back fire
through the muffler. There also seems
20 be a loss of power. Reader.
There are three possible conditions
which Will cause your engine to run
well with retarded spark and poorly
with advanced spark, namely, the
armature shaft may be too far ad-
vanced, the wire leading from the coil
box to the interrupter may have a
frayed end which comes into contact
with the metal of the magnetic upon
advancing the spark, or the inter-
rupter points are wrongly adjusted.
Inspect the wiring first to determine
any short circuits.
In order to see whether the arma-
ture is timed correctly simply retard
the spark lever and get the piston of
No. / cylinder on the firing point Now
look at the interrupter points. If they
are already separated the spark is too
far advanced, but If it is necessary to
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make them separate it is timed correct
ly. The interrupter points of the mag
neto used on your car should separate
one thirty-second of an inch on adj
vance and retard setting They can be
adjusted by turning the screw on the
insulated side of the interrupter.
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:. HELPFUL HINTS :
i TO THE MOTORISTS 3
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Where a pump is used to circulate
the cooling water it is wise to fill
the radiator to the top and turn the
engine over several times so as to in
sure the water reaching and Tllng
all parts of the. system. If the motor
is not turned the pump is an Obstrue-
ton to the passage of the water into
the Jackets, which remain partly empty
or fiji so slowly as to leave the i'm
preston that there is more water IN
the system than there actually Is
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As a rule. owners of electric vehicles
show their wisdom by leaving the care
of storage batteries to those who have
had experience with them. But there
are a few things that are of particular
Importance to those who either have to
or want to do their own tinkerlng- one
of them is to refrain from putting
acid to the electrOlyte to bring It up to
the proper hydrometer test. A cell
that tests too low in acid usually needs
| a Ions, slow soaking or overcharg-
ing, which has the effect of driving
the acid out of the plates into the
solution and so bringing up the read
ing. Acid should not be added unless
the reading cannot otherwise be
brought up.
A possible cause for the breakage OF
! fncandescent lamp fiIaments in either
inside or outside automobile lamps is
| looseness of the bulbs in their sockets.
The rafting Of the lamps is accom-
plished by a series Of sharp little raps,
| which hasten the destruction of the
filaments. It often is possible for such
! looseness to exist without interruptlng
/ the flow Of current.
A broken foot spring may have a
block of wood substituted for it. Jack
1 up the frame until st is the height at
? which the spring should hold it. and
/ then slip in a block Of wood of the
: proper size between the axle and the
{ frame Fasten this in place with wire
or rope and drive carefully.
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While the trick is very old one, It
often is not remembered that small
mirror is exceedingly useful to reflect
! a ray of light on a dark spot on
4 motor: for instance. the breaker box
/ of a magnetic. This is particularly use
/ full where the motor is not very access
/ sible and examinations have to be
! made at long range.