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

that it is guaranteed by the Maxwell
Company.
/ Inasmuch as it is vital part o
the Maxwell car, designed by Max
we'll engineer, built expressly fO1
the Maxwell Motor Company, :!
should be and is guaranteed as full!
as is any other part of the car.
All service on the starter system
is taken care of and handled at the
Detroit factory. All repairs necessary
are obtainable there and all com.
plants, if any, should be made di
rectly to the Maxwell Motor Com
pany. We manufacture the car and
guarantee it to be free from me-
chanical defects, workmanship and
material.
THE GAS TANK.
A great many people seem to have
the opinion. that a gas tank when To-
Gated beneath the cowl dash of an
automobile is in q more or less
dangerous portion when in truth it is
safest location that can be found on
the car.
Some manufacturers suspend the
gasoline tank from the rear of the
car. This method necessitates US
ing at least ten or twelve feet OF
small copper tubing to connect the
gasoline tank to the carburetor. We
feel, and we are cure from exper-
ience you feel the same way, that the
smallest possible amount of gaso-
line line that can be used means just
that much less trouble.
Owners are not careful enough
these days about the quality of the
gasoline that is put into their car.
They are prone to drive up to filling
station and have the boy in charge
pump the gasoline through a rotted
rubber hose into their tank. The re-
suit is, in quite few instances, there
is forced into the tank number OF
small pieces of rubber. With the To-
cation Of the tank as we have it, it
is an extremely simple matter to dis
connect the gasoline line or pipe and
thoroughly cleanse it. Also for the
feature of safety, We install strain
er at the point where the gasoline
line enters the carburetor. This
strainer is Of our own manufacture
and is very easy to take apart and
clean.
With the tank at the rear Of the
car it always requires a pressure or
vacuum feed, either of which are
complicated, and as vet we have
failed to find anybody who could ex-
plain to US the advantages of having
the tank supported from the rear Of
the frame. 1t is in more or less
conspicuous place, subject to all the
jar, shock and vibration that a frame
is heir to and in its exposed condi-
ton it is easily damaged or punctur-
ed by accident.
A tank under the front seat, as was
formerly the custom with many
'manufa ctufeTs. S.is very inaccessible
and has nothing to recommend i Il.
Then there isN much more danger
from explosion: ,inasmuch as the tank
Is located directly over the hot ex-
haust pipe. In case of leakage the
owner or driver might drive miles
and miles totally unconscious of the
to drive that far without explosion or
When the gasoline supply becomes
engine to stall, entirely through lack
of fuel while ascending even a sligh.
grade.
The Maxwell gasoline tank location
overcomes this. The complications of
the extremely long gasoline feed line
from the rear of the car is entirely
done away with. The danger from
explosion or leakage is reduced to
minimum. Because of the high To-
cation of the tank, the jars and con-
slant shocks are absorbed in the
springs and body of the car. In the
event the tank should leak, the driver
is the first to notice this as the gas
oline coming from the hole in the
tank would drip Immediately down
onto the floor boards where it would
be quickly noticed.
1t is impossible to have an explo-.
sion without leak as the fumes
cannot leave the tank nor could a
flame reach them. The gasoline pipe
line is only one foot in length. In
case you desire to shut off the sup
ply, all that is necessary is to raise
the hood and shut it off. whereas with
the older types, they require getting
down underneath the car in order to
do the same. Everything favors the
tank in the cowl as the logical loca-
ton.
TRANSMISSION.
During the coming season you viii
doubtless have asked of you many
times why the Maxwell people use
the type of transmission they do,
when a certain other manufacturer
uses transmission in which the
countershaft stops revolving when
the car is in high gear.
There are many angles to this point.
In explanation We will simply quote
facts and statistics gathered from IL
years in the automobile business. At
a time about four years ago, there
were some seven or eight manufact-
urers using the last mentioned type
of transmission. By that We mean q
transmission so designed that the
countershaft does mot turn while
the car is in high gear. Today all
of the manufacturers that are now
cars that once used
that type have discarded it. The rea-
sons for their SO doing We will
First-It involved seven additional
wearing moving parts.
Second-Never at any time were