El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-18
HELPS FOR
THE MOTORLST.
as Suggested by 4SIotor,7 the
National Magazine OF 9Iotoring9
Avoiding AIknII Dust.

Avoiding AIkaII Dust.
"OCRISTS who have made cross
continent trips, or who have
4 been obliged to traverse west
ern country where the alkaH dust
must be coutended with. have com
planned bitterly that the dust gives
rise to carburetion troubles The
small particles Of dust make their
way into the carbUretOr and clog it SO
that IL is Impossible to get good en-
CINE operation It has occurred often
that engine stoppage was result
and 10 required many patient hours 10
get the parts i'm working order again.
one OF the drivers of a re-ord-brea h
ing rrauscontlnental car avoided an
this trouble by causing the carburetor
TO draw all 0f its air from point
under the cowl where the air IS free
from the alkali dust To do this the
hot air tube OF the clrh-retor was re-
moved and O. longer one substituted.
This latter being carried tlr-ugl the
dash Owners living near sections
do wen 90 use this arrau cement
throughout the year
Changing Gears
Changing gears seem 10 be It-le
understood BY a good many autumo-
bile drivers and few remarks on
the subject may be OF interest TO
those who like TO do as little grind
Ing as possible
To make things clear. start your
motor and remove floor boards. Get
on the drivers seat and throw out
the clutch You can observe the clutch
shaft slow up and come TO a stop
Whether il stops slowly or quickly
VIII depend on the state OF lubrica-
tion Of the bearings and also the
thickness Of the oil in the gear case.
The thicker IL is the more quickly the
clutch will stop. From the foregoing
put in the gear. imme dlately after
throwing ont the clutch. there Will
be a friEhtful grinding so frequently
heard Therefore. the proper method
in starting is TO wait a few seconds I
before engaging in gear so that the
clutch shaft and gears VIII be at rest
or nearly SO
In making shifts upward. a GER
tain interval must elapse after the I
clutch is out before making the shit. I
to allow the gear shafts 10 assume I
their proper relative speeds II you I
have a quickly stopping clutch. the /
intervals should be short a slowly I
stopping clutch. the interval should I
be longer.
Making shifts downward is more I
difficult A great mistake so often 4
made is releasing the accelerator. thus ]
slowing down the motor. In the lower /
gear the motor must so faster than Il ]
lid just before the change. so the OBJ I
viOus thing is to keep the throttle I
open fthe habit Of releasing the ac- 4
'eleratOr. when the clutch is thrown .
lut is hard TO break and q good plan ]
s to open the throttle lever on the /
wheel a little wayl. The slower the I
gear lever is moved. the more mOmen-
um the clutch shaft viii lose There
ore. shift rs quickly as possible. on I
tome cars this method will work well.
On others 10 will not and the best
IRA CtiCe to follow IS what the English
all double clutchinE-that is. the
dutch is just touched TO release tor
iue on transmission. so that gear can
Re thrown out and mOmentarily clutch
s engaged gain, throttle remaining
pen all the time The engine speeds
~ and with IL clutch shaft and gear.
o that when the clutch is again
cuched. the gears are approximately
he prO0er speeds for them TO slip
n noiselessly- All this is done very
uicSly- It is. however. difficult TO
o IL right and requires practice
Crank Shaft End Play.
End play in the crank shaft IS apt
o first be noticed when the car is
hrottled down to around five miles
er hour. when sOCalled buCkiug will
axe place accompanied by knocking I
the play is excessive the knocking
-ll be heard as the speed increases.
his condition may be caused by the I
lain bearing ends becoming flattened I
r worn too much so that the shaft
an move back and forth and as il
oes so II pounds against the bearing
nds still more. In many cars with ]
our-bearing crank shafts the second
earrings from the rear is designed
D take the thrust hence replacement
that bearing is sufficient In three
caring shafts the center or rear
caring usually IS the one which re-
uires replacement. In the four-bear-
~ shafts it IS best 10 simply change
he one bearing instead OF attempt
~ to remove the play by using two
r three bearings with thicker flanEes.
Cone Clutch SIIppaEe.
While fullers earth is the usual
INSTANCE employed to stop cone
Iutch slippage in the absence Of ft.
7lcum powder may prove beneficial.
ften the slippaEe is due to poor pedal
djustment. The pedal n permitted
D touch the floor boards might cause
r When the leather IS dry and shiny
pplication Of neatsfoot oil is the
lost common remedy. There are two
lutch bearings which should be well
1bricated-the thrust bearing at the
ear OF the clutch shaft and the
lrowout collar bearing.
When it comes to escaping the I'M