Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-06

q. | have a 1917 Ford, and have
been using kerosene at the end OF
each trip, while engine is hot by
taking spark plugs out and squirting
into each cylinder enough to saturate
the whole surface within which seems
to keep it perfectly clean of carbon.
When small part of the kerosene
is dropped in the spark-plug hole it
merely strikes the valves.
l have been told that kerosene will
get into the Transmission oil if | use
u large quantity as stated above.
II. A. B.
A. BY using too much kerosene
you run the danger of having IL get
into the crank case, and as the same
oil is used in the transmission as is
used in the crank case. il will also
affcct the oil in the transmission. If
you drain out and replace the oil
about every 500 miles as you should,
l would suggest using about half of
small coffee sup full of kerosene
for each cylinder. about once week.
i have used the kerosene, as stated,
for some years, and have never been
troubled with a burned bearing or
scored cylinder. and so do not hcSi-
tate to recommend il, even tho there
Is danger of some getting into the
crank case.
G. Kindly explain how you would
hook up a generator and coil and am
meter in a double-wire method.
w. b.
A. You would run wire from the
generator. negative pole, to the bat
tcry negative pole; then a wire from
the positive pOlc of generator to am
meter and from ammctcr to positive
pole of the battery. BY trying the
ammctcr, to see If il reads discharge
when current is running from the
battery thru il, you can determine the
proper terminals to use on IL.
This assumes that the cut-Out and
regulator are built into the generator
If they are separate you should have
wiring diagram TO determine the
proper wiring.
The coil. distributor and ignition
switch would be wired up indcpcn-
dent of the generator. A sample wir-
ing would be TO go from battery to
switch, switch to coil, coil to inter-
ruptcr. and from the interruptcr back
to the battery. This order can he
changed. IL only being necessary. TO
have the units in a series.
@ There are a number of small
holes in my top so that the water
leaks thru. Is there any filler for
these holes, or any way to stop the
leaking? What causes these holes?
A. NJ. L.
A. I know of no way I'm which to
stop the leaking of a top. The small
holes have most likely been burned
in by sparks from Il cigarct or pipe:
@. My fan slips. The belt is of
canvas. Can it be shortened by cut
ting and using some belt fasteners,
like q leather belt? II. ]. A.
A. doubt that joining the belt
and cutting. as you suggest, Will work
out well. Why not tighten the belt
hy movin the fan away from the
driving pulley. Practically all cars
have "a means for doing this. II your
fan Is held on an arm. you will find
by IOOscning a clamping screw that
you can swing the fan and its arm so
as to tighten the belt.
@. To settle an argument, please
advise what should be done when the
differential of car having full
floating axle breaks. Can the car be
towed without removing the differ
entail? b. G. E.
entail?
A. If the driving axles are taken
out. which will be fut a few minutes
work the car can be tOwed. as II
will then be about the same as
wagon. The diffcrcntial need not bc
removed.
@. Please tell me how to put in dry
batteries for starting on a Ford car.
J. A.
A. Use six dry cells. coupled in
series. Connect one wire from the bat
terry to any handy metal part of the
engine or Transmission and the other
wire to the "battcry" bending post on
the coil box. This post will be va
cant, no wire being connected to ii.
This is all that IL is necessary to do.
@. ! have 1914 % car.
When ] let in my clutch there Is an
awful knock, which only comes when
starting and when I give the car gas.
What can this be and what can / do?
J. +. S.
A. Something is badly worn so
that there is considerable play. Most
likely the bushings and pins of the
universal joints. Replacing is the
@. My 1915 @ car runs we'll |
up to about twenty miles, but If / try |
to go over this II back-fires in the |
carburetor. have enriched my high |
speed adjustment on the carburetor,