Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

,"Psrsh'. 1917. BY Fred. G. Guerrlichl
nave a Ford. 1915 several months
aIo an ear OF the crann caae broke. AiIp"-
..ns,u me I'm Snsims to arop an men or 30 ran
. ," ana a, once had un-gruIn- grum
MAD engine out ny no so-caiied expert
tord macninists ana nyseif several times,
the noise Disappeared power Increased
i Ti"nI ,,I., lev Gays aso had TO re-.
L"uha naDhii IN front universa! ball cap
rTun noise on Every revoiu;ion n"S Sam n b4 .H
anu had loss Of POKER. knew something
Mas out o. line to produce sucn bind and
noise, so tore engine and put Ia new
,rsns,ntssion brake drum assembly and
IN the shaft but bind AMI noise are az bad
cup ana T. 20 BAD %ne 10 p TIin.n h Of 'l
n.Eh or Jus, statiinI into high that have
p can a"% Ss IL seS or two
trans 'nission dt!yinE plate assembly. a.
rank shall. and i n -Hsis only s IN rear ." 1
main bearing ar bearings all wear good
a. The locating OF trouble such as yours
Is not ON! diNicuIi wIei. one can TIE
ne fact, ho"e.er. ,hat t..c universal hear
~" 1870 saT"s" .n o. na sai.S me u1 nos
ns oub pay is IN nd, H. pr nsss nm, me
s".her inan IA ironI Of it. i,.cAus. o, 'y the
very actAon OF the universal and the con-
much effect on II. bu, ben, propeller or
the eu0 snlv wgsf DSt as
me copsruction Of the drive shaft. drive
{ -nat tune anu radius rods IL such that the
,uI4"n cropping Of the engine would make
.msen the ensine ard rear aHIe would DC
shortened. These parts have little strength
believe that you Win IND one Of shese
n.'nbsrs bent You might try this test 70
universal! or behind Remove the spark
e crank a. he e,nase SiTnn5 ns and
!, is IN ,d you ~, nov no. ,ss The biHI TN trouble
he me-
while In high IL you now feel the bad
bent triple gear pins would cause The .,,iss
You mention, but feel rather. certain that
II Is pinned 10 The universal. is to blame =
marx My Wien Sss VIII moi run Vel on RETARDED
tns'I is,l knGG is ~, but Il It5ard ,hs spark
mix,ure Is r,cfe enough, 10 smell bad and
>et II pops In the carbureter for about 4
no, pull VIII; or viii moi pick up QUICK
~ [ ,i1i re-, Is good Ny storage BAY.
Of ,!,nr. ,pu, In a new storage bstt bate Y
"7 My i'm hh rh,. x sHye no to S Surn ay
tm""Eh my hrGhis Will II is 1915 g
No car wnl pull we'll on retarded
SPARK. fossib,. ne uue to carOo.I.
=" me A Tss'nk Sr wT1s, pm nen,a
'''e ..e..".S se"ttous!S "nt.. starting and
.e"s."e "nen tnc engine colo. Dul give
,ou oe'tvi running when The enAine /.
"".n.' =. your enss.r w-rins UP n.t
...i'r' 500 are uo!a. well most cars.
.'-"t 1".t your v.eti r!C truubie Is uuv Ia
- uA'.s.y. ".thouSm YOU may nave put
t..y na',ri: IA neoGr-vuy. Ine negative
.eri'!i..-. Z. 1t sn"uIu oe connected ~ ,ne
n."Amd a"G tne positive to the motor-s gen
vT"toi. i"ur trouble may be the wlIin.
Also the "s Srut RSe5 a;
.iul hs naking contact ana need TO he
wee station OF the lighting system or car
."ok your electric system over. As To the
iEn's possibly The the H;, n resistance a,
mas s er may Sg' Or 3. sSSq
%
as Ny shoGa Every e ime 'fS no. feed
- ;S rhoI II ehOkes up then catches on.
changed carburetor anu have had carbon re,
m .1,e I The fnSins , Will run standing In
when thrown In speed When gas is turned
'Hfe'0r Is e"D''ed' when In neutral. n
A. II your adjustments of the carburetor
fac, that the engine speeds up when the
gas in the tank IL turned on that the level
II the n"at in your carbureior liz Of corS IL
may i,e gas soaked. while II T.! metal II may
!ioat mechanism may stick or the level
may not he property adjusted. II you mean
a new cnrburetor then 1t may be that A the
nozzlss an air ports sif. OF the new are in.
the matter Up Win Inc a %pn4 AK
@. ! have been Informed that gum Ca nj.
phor s shaMsd INT" the Eas tank VIII cut out
this experiment would IKE to have your
advice a,, -oo have four. cyiinder 1917 q
veloping and wish 10 get rid of it with
out :, na nd f., the engine taken down. un-
without taking Inc apart. Do You con"
slider this better than scrap!nG out the car
4. cannot how experimenting with
the Sampn nM can , q" any harm Provided 4,
will prove worth while. however as for some