Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-05-07

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mately, half the cost of the axle.
Maxwell front axle construction Il
one of our strongest selling argu'
mentS.
THE STEERING GEAR.
There are really only two types ol
steering gears, the irreversible an(
the reversible. The latter type We
will not discuss because they are
conceded by the autombile-buying
public to be unsafe and are practic.
ally unknown today in cars that
make a pretense of Offering comfort
and safety. The irreversible gears
are made in two types, wOrm-and-
gear and Orm-and-sectOr.
The Maxwell steering gear is q
iority over the worm-and-sectOr type
lies in it's numerous adjustments. A
sector is a part of gear, usually
one-quarter of a full gear. If this
part wears because of it's contact
with the worm, it is impossible to
take out or adjust this wear unless
the sector is replaced.
In the Maxwell type, the gear
which operates the worm is full
gear, however, at no time is more
than one-quarter OF its surface in
use When the time comes that this
one-quarter has worn to such an
extent that it is impossible to adjust
the wear, the gear can be removed
from the case and turned one-quarter
the way around. the steering mech
anism connected up and a new wear
ing surface obtained This operation
can be continued until the four quar-
ters or four wearing surfaces of the
gear have been used.
In short, we offer four times the
adjustment in the Maxwell steering
gear as is usaully found in the
wOrm-and-sector type.
ENGINE CONSTRUCTION.
The construction of the Maxwell en-
gine is uniqe in many ways. 1t Is
the only L-head motor built in this
country of this design. There are
so many features which could be ex-
planned and talked upon in the en-
gine that We will mention only few
that you probably have overlooked.
The head Of the motor is remova-
BILE but in different manner than
that employed usually in removable
head motors. The head of the Max
we'll motor and the valve ports, to-
springs, are one unit. When the
head is removed. every valve in the
motor is also removed. This al
lows the garage men, or the owner,
to grind in and reseat these parts
on his work bench or on a drill press
in his shop If he is fortunate to
possess one.
1t also permits us to remove the
lime scale which collects in the
water jacket of the engine just as
surely as ut collects In a tea kettle
at home. This feature has never
been shown before in cars of this
type, size and class.
The valves have individual valve
plugs, and one valve can be removed
at time, If 1t is found necessary,
without disturbing the others or
without removing the head. In fact
we do not advise removing the head
of the motor in case only one valve
needs grinding or reseating. This is
also special feature of the Max
we'll, inasmuch as most manufactur-
ers OF small motors have eliminated
them making it necessary for YOU
to remove the head OF their motors
before you can examine or work
upon any of the valves.
THE SELF.STARTING SYSTEM
AND IGNITION.
The self-starting and lighting sys-
tenn now used on the Maxwell cars
was designed by Mr.. Edward Huff,
Chief Electrical Engineer of the
Maxwell Motor Company. The sys-
tenn was designed to fit the Maxwell
engine and is not used on any other
in this country. The
starter unit is manufactured for us
by the Simms Magnetic Company,
from whom We buy the magnetos for
Maxwell cars.
We do not complicate the self
starting system with ignition of the
engine as do many manufacturers.
Our engine is just as independent OF
the self starting system as it is Of
the muffler. In fact it is possible to
remove the self starter and the stor
age battery from the car entirely
and by cranking the engine, still get
the car.
The self starter is of the single
unit type, combining in one jnstru-
ment both generator and motor. 1t
has been pronounced by electrical
tomobile starter construction We
have eliminated practically so per
cent of the complications usually in
volved in self-starters. We have
done away with almost one-half of
the wire that is usually found neces-
sary.
Practically all starter motors and
manufactured today are
Of the two hrush tvDe That ia IN.
the entire charging current and the
entire starter current are carried
two corbon brushes In the
event that one of these brushes is rem
dered useless through corrosion or
lack of contact with the
the entire starter and
charging system is rendered useless.
On the Maxwell Simms-Huff starter
We employ six brushes on the COM
One brush may become dis
nlaced and useless and without pro-
ducing any noticeable effect upon the
starting or lighting system.