South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-06
AUTOMOBILE NEWS
MOTORIST PROBLEM SOLVED
FOR NEWS TIMES READERS
By VIM. II. STEWART, JR.


best workmen 1 have found any
where. Please answer these ques-
tions in the motor department as
soon as you can. c. p.
The clutch of a Lozier 1914 model
may be frightened by adjusting the
helical springs so the discs will be
held firmly compressed. Slippase is
due sometimes 10 the accumulation
of gummed oil between the discs.
This gummed oil may be washed
out with kerosene. The contact
points Of the circuit breaker. If
they do not make a clean break.
may be the cause of the engine fall
ing TO respond when cranKed by
hand The general causes which
usually result in the need OF chang
ing the point of advance of spark
timer are either weakened magnets
OF the magnetic or the control lever
linkage having slipped from its orig
inal adjustment. Likewise a poor
grade of gasoline will make start
ing more difficult, especially when
motor is cold.
Motoring Department. The News
Times: After overhauIing my Ford
car / am having trouble with the
motor backhring in the carburetor.
The garage man said it was due TO
a lean mixture, so, after having the
carburetor adjusted with no i'm
provement, l have purchased a new
carburetor. but still have the same
trouble. Your advice will be great
ly appreciated. c. L. II.
The causes which may bring
about backhring in the carburetor
other than a defective adjustment.
are faulty valve closing, which per-
mits the fame to reach the carbu-
rotor. or the short circuiting of one
of the primary wires, which causes
the firing Of one .of the cylinders
on a wrong stroke. 1t may be well
to examine the low tension wires.
and watch whether the valves close
before making any further adjust
ment of the carburetor
Motoring Department, The News
Times: Will you kindly answer the
following question in your next is
sue? What is the best oil for a
Ford car, that Of paraffin base or
asphaltic base? Why?
y SUBSCRIBER.
Crude oils may be divided into
three families. Those OF paraain,
asphaltic and cyclo-napthene base.
There is no sharp line OF separation
between these groups, since most
crude oils found in all fields may
contain mixtures in variable per-
centages of hydro arbons belonging
to two or more families. The refined
product must be the answer, as it
depends upon the removal of inn
pur1ues. such as sulphur, oxygen.
nitrogen and metallic salts, etc, that
we judge the quality Of lubricatins
oil. 1t would seem best to pur-
chase a good oil from the most rep
utable dealer in your district.
Motoring Department. The News
Times: The valve action of my
Buick car has become sluggish, the
valves sticking. with the result that
the motor does not respond quickly
or run as we'll as when new. Kind
ly advise how 1 may overcome this
trouble. ]. c.
The defective valve action is due
either to carbon lodging in the valve
guides or from warning due to heat.
If the fault is carbon, the applica-
ton Of q mixture of kerosene and
ammonia poured into the engine
while the engine is hot will loosen
the deposit and improve the con-
dition of the engine, but if the
valves have warped it may necessi-
tate the fitting of new valves.