Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-14
THE MOTOR CAR
REPAIR SHOP
,,-u. THAT You Can DO In your
own Garage to Better
Your Car

~ "a, hit her up on a nse stre'''
~ road. but it's In the mua "o
s,a sand stretches Whe'o
-,,,ns ability Is brought 10 u
,ow, To veteran tourists 'ho
no. on this page are old stun pu' %
-, are thousands who VIII use Wv
..,or,inental highways this year
sa viii be glad at some po'n' !"
,hc,r trip to know about 'he"' -,
rake. for instance some o' VI,
,.r andy stretches In the wes'e5ft
.,a,o. Many make the tires
oo,nr through these with Although
dumped to full capacity tire max
-. are constantly dres pumped to
ers TO keep opations. there are
,aLer's speSis really benencial 10
,irnsa vheFer f1at tires. or course
rmn on yhe tires little to run thiS
a, nunut IL is better than gettlhG
- in the sand. The illustration
aoyS how IA fully-inflated ure
/, buriea itself In the sand. whereas
when but partially inflated the ure
acts in much the same manner as
snowshoe-it slides over the top
Tires ON Sand.
When YOU know there is Ions
stretch OF sand ahead, get out ana
let down the tire pressure To about
twenty or thirty pounds. Then
drive slowly. As soon as you get on
hard roads again, the tires must be
pumped full again. Should you ac-
sp oh n
stretch, YOU might be able to pull
out by letting some OF the air out, II
YOU failed to do so before. Where
the stretches are not very long. It
may suffice to deflatc the rear tires
only.
when the car IL driven over long
sandy stretches the rear axle, in,
variably sets up a disagreeable chat
tor. caused by tho rear wheels slip
ming alternately. that is. first one
themEthe other gets traction and the
result is the car twists and the gears
in the axle set up dismal grind. \
cure is offered In the fitting Of
hardwood blocks between the frame
and springs. making tho latter inn
perative. II also prevents the axle
from coming up, thus letting the
riding In spots, but you get trac-
tion anyway. so the careful tourist
will prepare two hardwood blocks,
the width of the frame and held In
place by two metal strips bolted on
by one bolt. The strips should swing
rather hard on this bolt and be In "A
horizontal position when the blocks
are put in place, Then they are
turned upward to bear against the
frame and keep the block from
working out.
You remember on hills when the
speed lever is placed In low or sec
ond and the switch thrown off, the
car Is easily controlled by the re-
sultant braking effort OF the engine.
But do you know that this can be
made twice as effective by opening
the priming cups? Try II on some
steep hill. The reason lis that the
engine has to work on both suction
and compression strokes. But this
ohly necessary on mountain
roads, where the grades are steep
ana Ions For motorists intending
10 DO much mountain driving II
would be well TO construct some sort
OF a device whereby the prlmin
~ cups could be opened from the dash
Such a device Is shown In one of
the illustrations II consists Of a
long piece of flat bar stock. driIled
at intervals for attaching 10 tbe
handles OF the cups The handles
are given n quarter twist, II this 4.
necessary. and hole drilled for a
small bolt The latter is sllpned
through the handle. with a washer
under tho head and two nuts hold u
firmly to the actuating bar. A knob
or handle should be attached to the
end protruding through the dash ION
the driver
When you come to n mud hole. the
best way to go through II is to shift
TO low gear This keeps the ear
moving until the driver feels he can
safely shift to second. Il is a mis-.
take TO rush through a mud hole on
highg only to get stuck In the middle
and find a shift TO lower gear neces-
hary. Starting the bad stretch on
low permits OF better acceleratIon
as 1t utilt1es the momentum OF the
car. In addition It Is far easier nm
the gears.
Another point In regard to mud .
holes- Many make the mistake pf
blocking the rear wheel or wheels
Cross"lse' as shown In the accom-.
panylng illustration This af,o,d
finest Kind OF skidway 10 tbs
In Every tourist has cynsri
~. tho unpleasant sensation v,bo,,
on r,ns. rear starts swinging around
th., uuuy roads. II is easy TO see
a. crosswise blocking viii oaT',
n.aVate matters IN sucb cnso. MY MI
sho,S or whatever else is ha,
wb..,uI Always be put undar ~
edo Iengthwise with tho o,,..,. e
This srsiie Giie higher tHAn the insido
tho mIsSIs, tIHIs to keep the car towara
q -FOUR Chains Wise
ais, mains am. will help in such ,u.,
10 tbs sometimes these nra a.xm at,Ses
result. var wheels only 10. p,!eu
wheel, are secured IL tba Ter 80,
tlm.. are fitted also :, e front
ditch alo,,, ,asfy to climb out ~
well plasS 'he side OF a road o'
tho ro,I. o,Ted and IN such casss pretty
the fror, are muddy. the cbs,nere rnere
Gus fro,, Mheels prevent A dam On
mistsk. wheel skid. II ia na,sr
both from, AIRY a set Of chains 20
you start o., and rear wheels whor ,or
Itisa on long tour "hen
bor of ZOO plan always IN o.
The boz O1us and ends on ,ha a
than I I,self need not he hs car
be ksn, Inches ana 4, ~ eser
ENp' old nuts - III ~ should |