The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-30
AnsWers Found Here
To Motorists Queries
By W. h. STEWART, Jr.

n block or two, throttle down then. Sud
denly open the throttle wide. Car should
speed UP rapidly and engine should NOT
choke. miss explosions, bacl-fire at car
bureutor. or give muffer explosions.
Motoring Department. The Times
i Ms' trouble oS R Of my motorf 1 have
a - car. The clutch. which
Ia a cone clutch, refuses 10 work
properly. When ! start engine and press
on clutch pedal Il keeps spinning right
mo a chance to change gears. I had
a man from q garage work at II, but
Il works lust the same. have q low
tension magnetic on car. but when I
switch from batteries TO magnetic II
e sSS' the hS' t To The Clutch has BEEN
adjusted more than thousand times.
but II keeps on spinning. J, p. E.
The trouble IL either q spinning
clutch or a siezed bearing. Sometimes
the clutch will spin too long. but will
stop after a short interval. II that IL
the trouble install q clutch brake. which
Ia a device TO make drag on the clutch
by pressing the clutch pedal still FUR
Their. II the clutch continues to spin as
long as the fywheei is turning II indi-
Gates a seized bearing where the clutch
shaft bears in center OF nywheel. This
must be taken apart and properly fitted
so that Il will run smoothly instead of
seizing. Failure 70 run on magnetic
would Indicate weak magnetos or trou-
BILE on magnetic side Of switch. Bettar
have II looked over At magnetic serV-
Ice station.
Motoring Department. The Times
Kindly. let me know through your col
umn the following: How much OF q
gap should there be on breaker OF mag
neto which IL concealed In breaker box.
Bosch ID. u. ignitlon7 Hoping you
will continue this column OF informa-
ton. as ! have saved the price OF many
Job by careful reading. OF same.
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The proper opening Of circuit- breaker
points is one-sixty-fourth Of an inch.
The Bosch Company wiil.send you q
wrench to be used in adjusting the
gap. II carries q piece OF steel which
10 just the right thickness. The points
should be adjusted until they open to
just the thickness Of this gauge.
Motoring Department. The Times-I
have a - car. 90 model. 1919
structions on how to time the motor
and magnetic" Thanking you in ad-
SUBSCRIBER.
First nnd firing order OF engine and
method OF retsrding spark. Next set
No. cylinder at the beginning Of the
power stroke. To do this place a piece
Of paper between valve litter and valve
stem'on last cylinder Cthe one farthest
from front Of carr. Crank engine until
exhaust valve on last cylinder opens
and closes. releasing the paper. Ex-
anime fiywheel. Dead center mark will
have passed center. Pull fiywheel back
until dead center mark IL in line with
center Of cylinder. Now place a piece
jaws OF magnetic. Retard spark by
turning breaker box with armature,
Turn armature the way the engine
drives 1t until tissue paper Just releases
Connect gears and fasten magnetic 10
engine. Open distributor and note po-
sition of distributor arm. Connect spark
plug wire from this point to No.
spark plug. Connect remaining wires
10 distributor points in rotation to spark
plugs according to firing order. Also
run wire from armature OF magnetic
TO switch and from switch to ground.
Motoring Department. The Times
As am overhaulinE my car I am
told that need new pistons and
riggs. These l obtained. and I find
that the pistons have. three rings
above the wrist pin and not any be-
low. The old pistons had three above
and one below the wrist pin. Will
these new pistons work as well as
the old ones. II they will. whyI II
not. why? F. ID. w.
The lower ring 10 placed on q pis-
ton for the purpose OF scrsping the
excess oil and preventing II working
up into the combustion space and
fss.arsr has FOUND shat the nSt
necessary. and so has left II OF. II
too much oil works up by the piston,
lower the oil level In the crank case.