Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-28
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OWNER ECONOMIC IN TIME AND MONEY
ADOPTING SHORT WORK
(By special permission from Motor
Life)

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In all walks Of life and in all bust
nesses anything which can lead to a
lessening Of trouble and a reduction
OF expenses is always welcome. Never
was this fact more emphasized than iu
the motoring world There are count
less ways in which the private owner
OF a motor car may reduce his ppkeep
expenses, and many Of them lie il the
small details OF his gaTbge work. Se'
eral OF these short cuts are illustrate
on this page, and the motorist will
find them In every instance not merely
o short cut In expenses bat oDe Ia
time, worry and arduops weTx
Illustration No. shows a simple
way Of putting back wires which have
been removed from magnetic In re.
placing them there is always a posi-
billy OF tine being wasted By the fact
that the high tension wires must be at
tached to their proper terminals, and
so must the low tension. or course,
wires and the terminals may be mum
bored, but q far simpler way Is to link
the wires lightly together with q
string and progress from left to right
as shown. Probably a low tension
wire viii be first. and then there will
be the set Of high tension wires and
then another low tension. a,,
As useful and as simple as the fore
going Is the motor stethoscope pic
rured In No. 2. II consists OF q simple
telephone receiver, to one end OF
which il attached q long iron rod
which touches the motor at one end,
the other being soldered TO the dia'
pIIragm. The yibrations pass through
the motor mp along the rod to the re.
ceiying diaphragm and thus TO the ear
drum. ss---ysss.e., -:.r .,.ses- ,~.. s--~
which annoys and puzzles many anna;
teur motorists IL the removal Of piston
rings. That this may be easily done
10 shown by No. 3, where the rings are
being easily removed by. the use of
emery cloth or any other strong fa5-
re. As shown in the drawing, two
pieces Of cloth are used, one being
slipped under the edge Of each ring,
and then they are folded over ana
used to expand the. ring Just enough
80 that they may be removed. With
equal celebrity and ease the rings may
be replaced, as Is shown in No. 4, by
the use Of old alarm clock springs.
each about five inches long.
Adjusting Piston Rings ..:t,-z IS
Another objection that noyices have
Al dealing with piston rings IL that In
tapping them they are ikeiys4O pusa
the piston TOO. Tar into the cylinder,
causing Il to stick or break ring. or
both. This diftieuity may be over.
come By clanping the ring betWeea
two wood discs slightly less in dia.
meter than the cylinder. Illustration
No. shows how the rings are arrang-
ed between the Liscs, rod being slip
ped through and The nuts at each end
tightened. Fer the tapping process q
handle on one end Of TIE rod Is nsed.
During winter motor driving with q
Ian robe Is always troublesome, be
cause It gets mixed up with the.
nedals. In Figure Nc. s We show how
fhir difficulty may be overcome by.
rnsfing 8 stiff wirc guard to hold the
r,be away from the feet and the ped
- Ordinary SIG inch wire viii do
and Il IL bent as shown ana mas an
eve In each end Of It through Wnlcn
4 bolt passes to fasten to the noor.
a screw driver Is customar1ly usea
Tor short circuiting the spark Plug
but far more easy method can DO
emnloved BY the use Of q chain ap.
paratrs. shown in Figure No. z. Any
sort 81 4 chain may be used, and tnsu-
lnfion "a effected by fastening II to q
wooden handle.
Illustration No. s shows that whea]
an axle crush rod interferes with 2
isck the difficulty may be overcome
very neatly by using the U-shaped
nernbef shown. This consists OF a.
'nIece 81 sE.inch flat stock, bent in the
manner Illustrated, and II is placed
between the head Of the jack and the
axle.
Te Wash the Car 8 u e
Careful and thorough car wasnns
requires that the light be good. which
means, OF course, that the illuminate
iug arrangement must be adjustable
Illustrated herewith in Figure Nc. 3
n method which has been found sue.
cersful. The electric bulbs are placed
81 wooden bar about ten feet long
md eight inchcs wide, which Is paint
Sd white TO act as reflector. The
bar Is supported on two arms, which
are fastened 20 the ceiling beams with
s single carriage bolt through arm and
beam, making q hinge. The lights can
be- let down when In use and pulled
out OF the way when not required.
Compression troubles spell anathemaI
10 the novice, but II need not be so it
he employs compression tester,
which Is really necessary for actually
determining the condition of valves
and pistons as regards their tightness.
a cheap but satisfactory one may b.
made BY combining tire gauge with
4 spark plug shell. Figure No. 10
shows how the gauge may be fastened
20 the shell by pouring in babbitt or
lead, or special reducing nipple may
be used. The gauge, OF course, isl
placed In the spark plug hole when G
cylinder is to be tested. A weak cy.
Under can be readily indicated, eyed
IL the normal compression in pounds |
il not known, by the fact that 1t win
register less than the others. The use
~ fl5ta dov3ro 1o vary irnnnrfanf and