The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-02-22

In descending hill when the car 10
in high what is the safest way to
slaeken the speed should the car be
going too fast?
If the hill is not too long and too
steep, release the clutch and apply the
brakes-not vigorously enough to slide
the wheels, but just enough to retard
| the speed of the car. In unusual cases,
where very long, steep descent is en-
countered, leave the clutch IN and shut
off the ignition. The motor will then
| help to brake. Do not use the brakes
with the clutch engaged unless you
find it absolutely necessary.
In shifting gears from low to second
and from second to high what should
! be the approximate speed the car
should travel, as whom tho gears are
shifted in most cases they seem to
grind?
The grinding OF the gears is prOba-
bly, not due to the speed at which you
make the change from one gear TO an
| other, but rather that you do not have
| the proper relation between the mo
tor speed and drive shaft speed. When
| shifting from low to second, speed up
| the car TO about five miles per hour,
remove the foot from the accelerator
and make the change quickly. Then
speed UP to eight or ten miles per
hour and change into high. removing
| the foot from the acceierator alsoSiil
this operation. The thing to remenl.
| Der is that the motor and drive shaft
| should be turning at very near the
same speed when the change is made
! to high gear to avoid grinding Of the
gears, and the only way these rela-
| tons can be gained Is to let the motor
idle down when progressing from one
| gear to another.
My engine runs nicely in the shop,
| but as soon as take il out the cylin-
ders start to misfire and have no pow
err; then when I release the clutch the
engine starts to pick up one, two and
three cylinders, and in a few seconds,
when the fourth starts to hit, IL races
! terribly. There is also a continuous
| drip from the bottom Of the carburetor
when standing still. What is the mat
! ter?
1t Is difficult to say where your trou-
/ bic is, but there are many possibilities.
The wiring may be in poor condition
and the insulation rotted, so that short
| circuits are developed, or the timing
| may not be correct. There may be bad
leaks around the valve stems or at the
| points where the intake manifold is
attached to the cylinders. There is
also the likelihood that your magnetic
and carburetOr are not in good c0ndl-
/ ton. Make certain that the magnetic
gives a good spark at each plug, that
all parts are in adjustment, all cOnneC-
lions tight, all insulation good and the
switch free from loose parts and short
circuits. The fact that the CarburetOr
dripS shows that the float chamber Is
ho0tling, due TO dirt under the needle
line logged float or bent float arm. The
first can be cleaned out. the second
means that the valve must be ground
by rotating it on its seat after apply
. ing some fine valve grinding paste and
! the third by drying the float in an oven
and then shellacking 1t. The leak In
the carbuetOr wOuId prevent good
adjustment from being obtained, and
: it is possible that all the trouble lies
right here. The flooding of the car
buretor causes the collection of liquid
fuel in the manifold, so that when the
throttle is opened Il rich mixture is
formed and the motor misses.
! The fact that the motor races when
I it does run on all four cylinders would
Indicate that the clutch was slipping.
due either to too much oil or worn
! facing. In. the former case an appli.
! cation Of fullers earth should be made,
and in the latter new facing must be
! applied.
q, Can you tell me how tc take dents
out of tenders?
| The tenders must he removed from
! the car. Shape one side of a block of
wood TO conform as closely as possible
| with the curve of the fender. The
fender should be laid OH a bench and
the dents pounded out with the block
! Of wood and mallet or hammer.
Will you please tell mo the method Of
finding the positive and negative poles
Of a storage battery which have nc
marking on thsm?
! The easiest method to determine the
poles of battery when it is very near.
ly run down is to connect short wires
to each Of the terminals and dip the
ends of these wires into sulphuric acid.
! The negative terminal will cause the
acid to bubble.
have q small car of foreign design