South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-22
HELPFUL HINTS.

Remember that chains are
. needed in summer as we'll as in
= winter. A heavy rain will soon
. make the streets and roads
&" dangerous. Some people only
&" carry one chain, on the right
: rear wheel. away from the curb.
: Two are better both on the
. rear wheels, but it is best 70
. use four and have one in re-
. serve.
. Every ignition wire should
A." have a terminal soldered at
. each end. This insures a firm
. contact and prevents wires
: breaking of and so gradually
shortening. III terminal breaks
-" OF be very careful in fastening
wire. as single strand of wire
touching another metal part
may ground the current, thus
preventing ignition system from
working. or even running the
storage battery.
An emergency trick for oil
ing a spring is TO go over it with
A." kerosene, wiping off the dirt as
you do so. and guiding the ker-
Osene down the sides so it will
run in between the leaves. Wipe
off the surplus. Pour oil over
them. guiding il down the sides
the same way. 1t is led in by
kerosene and oils the leaves
very effectually. Now rock the
car or jOunce the running
board and your springs will be
fairly we'll oiled. The best way
to oil a spring. however, is to
remove il and take il apart,
scra ping or filing off all rust
and covering both sides with
graphite. grease or oil. This is
troublesome, but is the best i'm
the end.
When coasting down a long
hill. change from one brake to
the other to allow them to cool.
. Unfortunately this does not cool
the brake drums. So use the
motor as a brake and go down
very steep hills against COM
preston. Leave the gears i'm
the high speed. or. If you find
d" that too fast, the second or first
speed. Stop the ignition and
il. will cool your motor at the
same time.
Occasionally the interrupter
. becomes loose, and it is inn
portant that the beginner
: should learn TO set il. This
troU BILE is shown by the fact
that the engine will not start
when cranked, but gives only
one or two explosions. Where
an engine has been running
properly, and the above trou-
BILE SUDDENLY develops inspect the
interrupter Immediately.
Are your head lights in prop
er focus? If not you are not
= getting the best use from them.
Some light up the sides of the
road more than the center and
some light the road too far
ahead. Point your car direct
3" " at a white wall 80 or 40 feet
3" away and adjust the bulb of one
= lamp so that there is no black
" spot in center of light. Then
. adjust the other lamp to light
up the sides of the road
A cause of overheating that is
. frequently overlooked is a slip
ping fan belt. 1t must run at
" the speed intended by the de-
signer or it will not properly
cool the water. If you can take
hold of the blades of the fan
and spin ii the belt is too loose.
A very good arrangement is
. where the tension of the belt is
taken up automatically by
spring.
. Always cross railroad tracks
i'm second speed. You will, of
course. run over them slowly to
4" avoid damage TO the tires, but
= the motor is easily stalled when
throttIed down on high speed.
Cross them i'm second speed and
you will be more safe.
4 dust cover for the entire
car is necessary. especially if
the car is TO be laid up for
= the winter. 1t should come
down TO the floor. covering
4" every part of the car complete
ly. 1t keeps out dust and dirt.
which are exceedingly difficult
10 remove if allowed to remain
q" any length of time.
Sometimes a driver says his
magnetic always misses when il
rains A magnetic may be short
circuited by rain getting into it,
but do not condemn the mag
neto before looking elsewhere.
Distributor and spark-plug ter
minals are not covered with in
sulatiGn, and so may leak cur
rent. Short circuits may de-
velop in secondary wires. Spark
plug cores may be cracked. If
no faults can be discovered out
side OF the magnetic. put
leather cover over il and end
your troubles.