The evening world., 1917-10-20

Auioncbils Ediori
fill the transmission 10 the proper
level. on inspecting the Transmission
1 find 1t practically empty after
travelling 500 miles and the tordue
tube casing also. All the oil from tho
transmission and the grease from the
torque tube flow into the differen-
tial housing, filling this housing 80
that 1t overflows, running through
the rear axel housing on to my brake
bands. Is there not some place in the
torque tube where some barrier can
be put in TO prevent this flowing into
the differential, as 1 also wish 10
have the heavy grease in the torque
casing to be in my dlfferential2 (2)
How Is that when taking a hydro
meter reading of my battery l find the
first cell reads 1875 and the last ll76,
each Of the others having a different
reading7 A READER.
believe your trouble Is caused by
defective jacldng in the rear main
transmission bearing, permitting the
lubricant 20 flow from the transmits
slon to the differontial casing by
means Of the torquC tube. 1t will be
necessary TO replace the lacking, usu-
ally felt washer or TO install one IL
none Is there. In case that you find
this jacking IL in good condition
would suggest that you drill a one
eighth or three sixteenth hole in q piece
of fine mesh wire gauzo This will act
as a relief for the heated, and conse-
quently expanding air in the trans
mission, which has tendency to
force the lubricant out. The gauze
prevents dirt from entering. (2) This
10 due to some defect In the two low
cells. Inasmuch as this is a storage
battery case. usually a mystery 10
the average man, | would advise YOU
To take your battery TO the battery
company's service station and have
them look 1t over.
Automcbis Editor;
Kindly let me know what cal
would use the most gas In a 30-milC
run. A bets B that IL two cars OF the
same make run 80 miles. the cal
making the distance in one hour con.
6umes less gas than the same cal
making the Same distance in tive
hours. IL. d.
b. is right. As a general rule gaso,
hne consumption increases with h'
epeed.
Automobile Editor -
What are tho advantages of tho ro-
tary valve for automobile enginesi
What are the disadvantages OF some
of the leading types, such as this
Mead and Darracqu? CD Do you re
gard a twelve-c ylinder superior TO Q
six or eightH (9 What is the speed
limit TO a S3, 900 or 81, 900 modern carl
90 Have Packards detachable heads
r. Ii.
A rotary valve gives greater free
dom from complications, such as can
shaft, cauis. tappets, springs
etc, and theoretically a
least, no s.,iulng. On tho othel
hand 1t is almost impossible to keel
the valve free from leakage and /
is a rather difficult problem to lubri
cate 1t adequately Various types. in
cluding those you mention, have beer
brought out. but they have not ye
proved satisfactory. (D j prefer Z
six-cyllnder motor. II the pFesen
day skies or tours were built to ruI
at high speed and were geared al
low as the eights and twelves, th'
result In performance would be a
least equal TO that OF tho eight o
twelve, with fuel and oil consump
tion and general cost of up-keep less
I believe that eventually we Will SCI
small. high-speed, low geared. four
D., cylinder motors in almost genera
use. (9 Sixty to seventy miles pc
hour. O Yes.
Automobile Editor:
have "l9l7 Paige" six-cyllndei
seven passenger. In going secon
speed IL begins TO grind. | had tn
gears and parts examined by one o
the best mechanics around here, an
he can't tind the trouble. What d
you think is the trouble and remedy
(1) What kind OF a preservative ca
put ON the body 0f the car in STORM
II In a cold garage to protect the var
nish? NJ :.
This may be- due to loose shaft bear
ings or the bearings housings may b
loose In the case. This would caus
the gear shafts TO get out OF lin
when the Increased load brought o
by the higher speed occurs and woul
. cause the grinding. Another thin
that would cause the noise is badl
blurred tooth ends (2) 1t Is nc
necessary nor desirable to use pre-
servativc. Wash the entire car care
fully removing all mud, SC, and ST
that all Is dry. Cover all bright metz
parts with thin layers OF Vasel,n,
Store car away. covered in a DIR
place.
Automobile Bd,o'.
I am young man OF eighteen an
/ am mechanically Inclined ana al
very curious toward the motors {
automobiles, | am willing to go