Tombstone epitaph. (Tombstone, Ariz.) 1887-current, 1916-04-30
Many Small Repairs the Motorist
Should Find II Not Hard
to Make.
WOULD MEAN GREAT SAVING
With some Study and Intelligent Ap-
pIieation the Average Man Should
BE Able to Cut His Bills to
Quite an Appreeiabls
Extent


study and application, save in the
course of a year a good deal Of money
which ordinarily goes TO repair shop.
But the greatest saving comes IN
having use of car where the own
er is his own mechanic in the ap-
plication of those simple remedies
that do not require the expert.
For instance, there are many rea-
sons why car suddenly obtains a no
ton to steer badly, having tendency
TO run to the right or left Of the road,
and motorists are apt to let this so
on until great damage has been done
to the tires. Lack of fabrication in
the steering parts is frequently, but
by no means always, the cause. \
tire on one side which is softer than
its mate will produce a decided drag
amG cause the .aI ~ toward the
side OF the soft tire. This is easily
remedied by the use Of an air pump.
II is not infrequent. however, that
a motorist drives up TO the curb, jam
ming the tire against the solid stone
with such force as to bend the steer
ing arm and thus throw his steering
gear out OF alignment
Every motorist should know that
there is a little spread to the front
wheels-that is, they are farther apart
between the felloes at the back than
in the front-and be should ascertain
and know exactly what this spread
is, so that in case Of remedy he may
direct a repair man TO the corrected
dimensions. Ordinarily the distance is
from one-Quarter to three-eishths
inch farther apart in the back than
in the front. never are the wheels set
In parallel position. although this
would seem to be logical. Temporary
repairs and adjustment can be made
by the adjusting nut on the bar which
connects the two steering arms, but
this naturally throws both wheels out
a tri.le. Correct remedy is to remove
the steering knuckle and have the arm
bent back 10 its original position so
as TO permit tn, wheels to run TO it.
Very often a motorist finds his en-
CINE missing EXPLOSIONS in one cylin-
der. and because Of tn lack Of neces-
sary tools f. -emedy the trouble is
content to le- :. 'ound away. with
the result that great injury is done
the bearings, an,. there is an exces-
sive waste OF >uel.
II cylinder is found TO be miss
ing. the usual procedure is TO exam
inc the spark plug, be- US this is
ta lnD.ra- nlara
find the trouble. OIL on the Gistrib-
utor. however. might he responsible,
but after eliminating the spark plug
trouble by the use OF new one, the
cause is generally to be found in the
absence OF compression IL the partic-
ular cylinder through carbon depos-
tied either on the valve or the valve
seat.
II will be easy to determine wheth-
er this is the cause or not. At high
speed. with a Urge charge of gas,
enough OF the charge will remain in
the cylinder to permit an explosion,
but where the speed OF the car is
Glow and consequently slower motor
speed the gas is permitted TO be
| pushed out by the piston before the
| spark occurs.
II a motorist has any considerable
| distance to go 1t is a wise precaution
| to pull up on the roadside, if neces-
sary. or into a garage IL possible. and
I remedy the matter by grinding the
valve sufficiently to remove the car
| bon and permit a temporarily good
seat.
No motorist should go without a
little can of powdered emery TO per-
/ form this work, and he should also
have some form OF valve remover.
The one illustrated can be made with
out trouble and at no expense An
\ ordinary piece of quarter-inch steel
wire may be bent In the form shown
by the letter E, the length being made
/ to suit the depth of the valve. A lit
| tie piece OF metal should be rivetcd
to the end of the wire where it lodges
\ against the valve head. This is not
absolutely essential. but It will tend to
/ hold the wire frame in a better posi-
ton.
The lower end should be turned to
/ form a hook, then q little piece Of
steel should be procured to form a
lever. as shown at d. This should be
about nve-eighths inch in diameter,
and the end should be fiattened and
forked so as to permit a good pur-
chase under the valve spring cup.
By raising the valve spring through
means of the lever. the key which
holds the cap in place, and which
passes through the valve stem at d.
can easily be removed and the tension
of the valve spring released. This
viii permit the valve to be removed
FOR grinding.