The Washington times., 1916-12-02

will md tho motor will run much
better In cold weather. The hot air
from around the exhaust manifold
gives the necessary heat to enable the
/ sasolene TO evaporate readily. This
will also help to some extent In start
Ing the motor.
Motoring Department. The Times:
Please let me know what harm u
will do u you throw the gears into
| neutral without -disensaEing the
clutch. I know you cannot mesh
them without throwing out the clutch.
as that makes them grind. hut what
possible harm can " do IL you throw
them out OF mesh with the clutch en-
gagged. \. L.. V.
The reason for disengasing tho
clutch IL TO take. the strain off the
gears. while driving the whole pow
er OF the motor Is carried by one gear
tooth at n time. n the gears are
only partly meshed, as they would he
when going into a speed or when
leaving II. the strain comes on the
edge OF the tooth instead Of Its whole
length. This will weaken the teeth
and, II persisted In. viii some day
cause them to strip. go always dis
engage clutch while shifting gears.
Motoring Department. The Times
How can one distinguish one car from
another, Some OF my friends can
recognize . few OF tho makes. but not
all IL there any distinguishing mark
the manufaottGer uses so that hts
car can he recognised NJ. L. q.
Look at the hub caps. Some are
a ia A.. k..s Ill
stamped with the name of the manu-
faeturor. Then note the outlines OF
the radiator. hood, dash. and body.
BY constant observation In this man
ner you will soon be as well able to
Identify cars as any ono else.
Motoring Department, Tho Times
I would like TO know how To connect
a Bosch high tension magnetic No.
ORA. Bosch magnetic and coil have
connections numbered. II. Il. y.
Bolt magnetic to engine bed, leaving
coupling free. Set piston OF No. !
cylinder on upper dead center Just
about 10 start the power stroke. Place
piece OF tissue paper between jaws OF
circuit breaker on end OF armaturc
and revolve In direction shown by
arrow until paper ioosens, Remove
distributor cover and see II distribu,
ter brush In In contact with lower
left segment. II not, turn armature
until Il IL. Set armature so that
paper just loosens In circuit breaker |
and lock TO drive SHAFT. Fasten coil
on dash and connect No. 1 terminal to |
battery circuit breaker. No. = TO mag |
neto circuit breaker. No. 3 TO high |
tension brush on magnetic, No. 10
distributor, No. o TO negative OF bat |
terry. No. q to any convenient ground |
on engine. The positive terminal OF |
battery should be grounded also. |
Connect high tension wires according |
10 nring order. beginning with dis
tributer point In contact. IL this Is |
not clear to you, set each cylinder at |
beginning OF power stroke and con, |
meet spark plug TO distributor termi' |
nal corresponding TO position OF dis
tributer brush.
Motoring Department. The Times
would be appreciated. Ny engine win
not run. and ] think IL In for lack OF
gasolene. There Is gasolene In the car
buretor, for II overnows at the top
isns in tSs Cylinder 10 Test P the sn
tion. but have no RELIEF valves. Please
tell me what TO do TO locate the trou-
BILE. r. N. X.
Remove spark plugs and prime cyl
inders. IL engine runs and stops the
carburetor IL at fault. IL there Is no
drip at bottom, on printing. but gaso.
lene overfows at top, the spray noz'
zie Is clogged. Close adjusting valve
all the way and note how many turns
IL takes so IL may be replaced prop
erly. Then remove adjusting valve
and run a wire through nozzle TO
clear out dirt. Drain OF gasolene to
get rid OF all sediment. Replace ad-
justing valve, screwing II down all
the way Then open up TO point at
which II stood before.