The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-02-03

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have installed q, printing device on
my car, but it does not make starting
any easier. The primer consists Of q
small can on the dash, with hollow
wire leading TO q tap at a.fork of the
manifold. II the manifold 7or motor il
cold one cannot get the Proper mixture
to start. The primer does not give the
results I sxpeeted--in fact, il is no bet
ter than when did not have It. Would
batteries help starting in cold wealth,
er? How can batteries be wired to
form a dual aystern? ..,er,
Perhaps your hard starting trouble Is
not due so much to poor initial mix
ture as it is to insufficiently hot sparks.
Perhaps the mageto magnets are weak
or one or two connections not tight. ff
you drop little gasoline into the inlet
manifold and then crank the motor suf.
fcfently TO draw the charge into the
cylinders it win explode provided there
is a good spark You should remember
also that overpriming may cause hard
starting. Do not allow too much gaso-
line TO run into the manifold "a thin
bleful of gasoline is sufficient for each
cylinder. s'':. MIX
Batteries would help. and you can
install a battery system by grounding
one end of the battery and attaching
the other to the blank side OF the.
switch or the one opposite the present.
magnetic side. Use a six volt storage
battery. or you can use FIVE to eight
dry cells. A,.s-. - nt% aseta5
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viii you please explain the meaning
of synehronized ignition? '72. S&tll.s.s
Synchronized ignition is that In
which the spark occurs at the same
point in the cycle in every cylinder
WIN you please define alternating and
direct current, cantiiever strings, open
circuit? 1,.t...,E.nP -. y.m
Il An alternating current is one which
at certain definite intervals changes
its direction and value. ~. .bIAt'.
A direct current is one which flows.
in one direction only. Direct current
is that given BY storage batteries. dry
cells, etc. A canttlever spring appears
like a. semielliptic spring. reversed.
The central portion or, the spring ~
mounted ON a trunnion, and one end is
fastened, rfgidly, to the rear axle hous-
ing, while the other end Is ,shacsled !, /,
An open circuit, refers to, All electric
ity carrying conductor which is broken
at some point so that 1t does not form
a complete path for the current II n
wire is broken the circuit is open. be-
cause the current has no path; When
a lighting switch is thrown to OF posi-.
ton the circuit is opened, no current
can flow, and hence the lights go out.
Can you, give the cause Of. a piston
stiokins2 ".a. "tl
Lack of fabrication or operating the
motor without water is a common
cause. n.y.
What is the meaning of chrome .vana-
dunn, phosphor bronze, tow carbon
steel? --' d a. ,'' .'''>+ F't'@''. '''' 60
Chrome-vanadium steel is steel which
has been alloyed with q certain. per-
centage OF vanadium. an element metal,
and also a certain amount OF chromi.
um another metal. ....t., hrg :a3luiu
Phosphor bronze is an. alloy contain
ing copper, tin. lead and small per-
centage of phosphorus. j. -".iJm
Low carbon steel is that which has
q small carbon content, usually be-
tween 90 to 3 per cent. 't 49, -
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In timing valves is il not, a fact that
when the valves for piston. No. are
timed right all the valves will be timed
right where only one cam shaft 10 used,
as in an L head motor9-at - E
Yes, provided the valve stappets are
adjusted properly for all valves. The
cams automatically take the proper po,
sition If the cams OF the first cylinder
are correctly placed. e. ~ w.
What would be the best way to,
Ienothen the drive shaft fromuthel gear
box in increasing the wheel base Of a.
car by three feet? B6 n9aw HH,
If you intend TO carry the rear axle
back a distance OF three feet the best
method of lengthening the drive shaft
would be to cut 1t somewhere in its
length and drive piece Of seamless
steel tubing over each end of the shaft
a distance OF six inches or more. The
tubing can then be brazed or welded
TO the shaft and a good connection
made between the two. ltmust be
remembered that in lengthening the
wheel base of-a car it throws the entire
steering layout out OF arrangement.
and as a result Of this you win find
tendency or the car TO skid, The CEN
ter lines Of the hubs Of the two front
wheels must intersect the line OF the
rear axle produced at common point.
and this win not occnr ifyou carry the
rear axle back from its FIRST position. "
Can you tell me how to Increase the
life Of lamp bulbs?
Owing to the heat and vibration to
which the incandescent lamps In the
headlights are exposed the delicate al
aments sometimes haye a tendency to
droop downward. n this Is not cor
rected In time the fiamept viii be
short clrcuited aud the lamp rulned, !