Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-03-16

in descending a hill VIXEN the car ID
+ in high what is the safest way to
slacken the speed should the car be
going too fastY
If the hill is not too long and toe
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 when the gears are
shifted in most cases they seem "a
srind7
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 accelerator also IN
this operation. The thing TO remen-
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 it out the cylin-
ders start to misfire and have no pow.
err; then when ! release the clutch tho
engine starts to pick up one, two and
three cylinders, and in few seconds,
when the fourth starts to hit, It races
terribly. There is also a continuous
drip from the bottom Of the carburetor
when standing still. What is tho mat.
ter? a
1t is difficult to say where your trou-
BILE 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 condi-
ton. Make certain that the magnetic
gives 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 carburet0r
drips shows that the float chamber is
flooding, due to dirt under the needle
valve, q leak in the needle valve, gasO-
line logged float or bent float arm. The
first can be cleaned out, the second
meas 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 it. The leak in
the carburetor would prevent q 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 rich mixture is
formed and the motor misses.
The fact that the motor races when
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 fuller's earth should be made.
and in the latter new facing must be
applied.
Can you tell mo how to take dents
out Of fendsrs7
The tenders must be removed from
the car. Shape one side Of block OF
wood to conform as closely as possible
with the curve Of the fender. The
fender should be laid on bench and
the dents pounded out with the block
of wood and mallet or hammer.
Will you please tell mo tho method Of
finding the positive and negative poles
Of a storage battery which have no
marking on them?
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 a small car Of foreign design
which steers very hard. The axle il
sIoped so that the bottom Of the king
bolt 10 behind the top. If placed
wedges under the springs SO as te
make tho axle slope the other way
would il tend to make steering less diff
ficult? In turning corner the wheels
do not tend to come back into norma
position, but try to go as much OH
straight as possible. The wheels are
lined up, so that this is not the trouble
Possibly your hard steering is en-
tirely due to the slope of the axle
Wedging it straight, as you suggest
might remedy the trouble. In some
designs the axle is sloped to facilitate
,teering. Are you sure that the wheels
are properly aligned?
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