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Motoring Department. The News
Tines-What is considered best
practice in grinding valves? Should
they be ground once in so often or
should they be let alone until they
leak compression? What is meant
by the stuffing box? J. X. T.
Valves should not be neglected
much more than !. 500 miles without
grinding. BY that time they will be
found TO be somewhat pitted, which
will not be very hard TO remove
The longer they run the more diff
cult il will be TO grind them proper
ly The stuffing box is a box sur
rounding the shaft of a water or oil
pump. IL is filed with packing and
the cover or gland screwed down to
prevent leakage. When il begins to
leak turn down just enough to stop
the leak. When the packing is all
Used up 1t must be repacked. Use
asbestos-graphite packing or roll up
some cotton waste and grease and
use that.
Motoring Department, The News
Times-Why do spark plug points
have to be closer together for mag
neto ignition than for battery? Is
battery ignition stronger or is II for
some other reason? c. d. L.
The magnetic gives a much hotter
spark at high speed than the bat
terry. but at very low speeds cannot
give a spark which will jump much
OF a gap. In order to enable the en-
zine TO run at low speed the gap
must be set small. The battery gives
the same intensity of spark at all
speeds and so can have a larger
spark gap.
Motoring Department, The News
Times read your motoring de-
partment and find you to give good
information. Now. 1 have an over
land car. model 60 T, which has
been running every year since 1912
through all kinds of weather with
very few repairs, but il is in poor
running condition now. ] have no
trouble in starting the motor, but it
misses when you race the engine.
When 1 encounter a hill il some
times pulls steady. but after l have
gained level ground again it starts
missing The carburetor leaks very
badly so I cut it off at the tank, and
when l adjust It. it runs all right for
a while, but starts to miss again. The I
valve filters are loose and can be |
shaken up and down one-sixteenth !
of an inch. 1 use a Splitdorf mag |
neto and want TO know how TO time |
same and valves. 7 hope you can
inform me how this can be rem |
edied. /. Nj. 3.
Drip at carburetor should be
stopped. 1t is due to heavy float or
worn valve. Dry out float and re-
shellac il, or grind valve with rough |
and oil. This should stop the mis-
firing. Valve lifters are probably |
worn out and should be replaced by
new ones Place piece of tissue !
paper between breaker points of
magnet, set No. l cylinder at dead !
center just beginning power stroke, !
and fasten magnetic arrnature to |
drive shaft. Note where distributor
arm sets and wire that contact to !
No. 1 cylinder. Continue according
TO firing order. To set the valves, |
place piece of paper between valve
filters and valve stems of No. |
cylinder. Set fly wheel so that No. |
piston is about II degrees from top
center on the down stroke Set ex-
haust valve just closed, and inlet !
valve just about to open and mesh !
the timing gears. The pieces OF
paper will tell you when the valves
are open or closed. When the paper
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