Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-14
Que.tlons md Ansners.

c''y naEs i Fra by ;sYri Tsa C. GrsrTsh
from the cylinders However just lately
.f.S unnns hai uhen 0I The s asne xess
warmed UP this trouble disappears to a Ger
started doiaE Ills the snrifte scarceiy mad
any !esponsc 1" The throttle. The cylinder
,Sid that l had good compression. and that
M IN. r na'Het w.re In ;ooi shape Also the
Tsog1 such "a = yours {. TO be stp.e!sd
A Hs sIs sssese @s
the cold man!.o!i, and also not yaporating
to s ana Is 70 be a .ss. 's ssa nail
OF The heating devices with which the car
soin: out. so as to give i, chance 10
M n. ,;hos, i,i7 ,s distance Fun
made noise as IL il mad no Inuiiier on. II
speed Z" the the Or 7Snf % saa
opened. bu, a.. room as the choker WAS
;h ''Gs oss N. h. Buick the
book advises using steam cylinder oil for
@Ssh the i BEST .s s Or eyIia sS t g
4; For some reason your. mixture has
me an has gotten into one OF the spray
iIozzies and so is checking the spray OF the
o; me earbure,or from the manifold. or
manifold from me engine Eng may also be the
reci partial eloETinr OF the feed line;
Z ns @ OF ths n.
no, isa' w; f StfoI
1nx viii ad% hss s' ee ID ~eai Es
.GE results n the year gases Aimssi nny
can De used II must not be too thin how
ever. or i, will flow on, and get on the
9. Kindly publish Of what coll unit of the
IL n,I Is s'ep-up TRANSFORMER and electro.
% A. The Ford coil unit is a step-up trans;
acting as the electro magnet Tor attracting
an, ie s the vibrator spring There is
ng,; Gomaein;ser. to pTeyent areins Is
me wiring is as follows 80" pr in H from from
battery or naEneto TO switch. TO vibrator
timer and then to the ground Secondary
coil 10 plugs, and other end Of cou TO ground
house ana when SOP my car in fro front OF L
often i,nd i, takes all my strength to SCI
gear. am not troubled this way on the
a spythihs to make il easier P'; So mo
e'asa is FSs AND d ssa4 Hs
are not entirely disconnected when the
anu let off the Brakes. y SSn Will nnS ha
x 1ns ngmens The s car starts ,d to coast mat
neutral easily.
seem! 10 a"Ys sea wien fs5 Of 60 late sp
hill It knocks soIne.s and l must shift to
second. / know my COMPRESSION IS good.
car has good power on the leve s. IT, e.
a. The knock Is not a sign OF loss Of
power. but OF preignition. There may be
, ,sIh In the cylinders, or you may not re-
slows down under the load. You hear the
in as ssh be M9. S of play
raS.1 s sssss sSs5 s mile. Th Hs to d4iys
very slowly and find that the car jerks a
speed up What is the trouble? ' 81. 8.
a. Your valves undoubtedly need to be
c. Is a black tire ' better 't Than gray one.
and are the red tubes better than the gray?
Are they worth the difference in prize
A. The color has nothing to do with the
Rubber. good or bad. can be made up in any
eor nave by ru @ use ISIS, Of months
ago an ear Of the crank case broke. allow
ing the engine to drop inch or I
ran about sw9 miles and nd put In new
grum noise at regular intervals ever since.
Have had engine out by two so-called ex:
pert Ford mechanics and myself several
while ago the noise disappeared and power
increased wonderfully. few days ago 1
had to refine transmissic; lands and on
versal ball cap burnt out. Put In n new
cap and the grnm noia" om every revolution
came back and / hat loss "f power. ] knew
something, was out of lire TO produce such
n bind and noise. so tore engine out and put
in new transmission brake drum assembly
and transmission gear shaft thinking noise
| bad as eyer. Bind Is near to bottom of ball
cap and is had when pulling hard in
high just starting into high that have
little power and Irregular engine. II seems