South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-04


you for any information, / remain.
f. r.
Tn any case battery will discharge
if generator stops generating cur
rent. but the danger is not as great
as you suppose. Your ignition sys-
tenn does not draw 90 amperes when
running. but more nearly or s.
When speeded up IL draws less than
/ ampere. The high reading you get
with engine at rest is due 10 the low
resistance of the system and the fact
that the interrupter points make
good contact When running the in
terrupter points touch for so short
"a time that very little current is
used.
Motor Department. have an Ov-
erland 75B. 1917 model Please tell
me what causes a vapor TO rise from
oil breather pipe after only a few
miles Of travel. Radiator has been
we'll cleaned with sal soda and flush
ed with engine running for fifteen
minutes, cleaned our crankcase with
kerosene and rehlled with good mo
bile Arctic oil I use Miracle oil
with my gas. Is there any objection
to this2 The engine has great pow
er Notwithstanding. 5. II.
This is due to some of the kereo-
sene remaining in the crankcase and
vaporizing with the heat. II should
disappear very soon. If you feed oil
in with the gasolene you will soon
carbonize the engine. This trick is a
useful one on two cycle engines. as
the mixture goes first 10 the crank
case, where the oil remains. In your
case the oil is drawn in on top Of the
piston. which is the last place it
should be allowed 10 enter.
Motor Department. have a 1915
model Overland SO. How is the bes,
way 10 reset the printing cups They
/ leak around the bottom and also
around spark plugs. where the big
/ tap screws into engine head. One
Of my drive wheels wears the tread
/ off Of one side Of tire. I thought
il was on account Of certain turns.
How do I remedy these troubles?
?. 3.
They should be frightened up until
they stop leaking. If thread is dam
aged a little shellac and graphite
might be used. but 1t would be bet
ter 10 have a machinist cut the
/ threads a little deeper. Your rear
axle may be sprung, throwing the
rear wheel out OF true. Measured
/ from felloe 10 felloe, the rear wheels
should be perfectly parallel. If they
I are out very much they will require
| special treatment in order TO
! straighten them.
Motor Department - Ny engine
has suddenly developed a bad case
OF weak power and It looks as II the
! cause was a weak spark. The ny
/ drometer test shows 1900, but the
I spark at the plugs does not seem as
strong as formerly. When ] remove
/ the top of distributor and crank the
engine with the starter there is heavy
sparkling IT the interrupter points.
/ cleaned them with fine sandpaper
until they were bright and smooth,
hut got the same heavy spark as be
4 fore. What do YOU think is the
z cause OF this trouble? T. l..
/ Undoubtedly a punctured conden-
. ser. as YOU have tried everything
. else. This is expensive to replace.
but there is nothing else 10 be done.
/ Heavy sparkling at circuit breaker
, points is usually due 20 dirt. but if
. points are clean and still give excess
f sive sparkling a burned out cOnden-
ser IS indicated.
Motor Department - Ny engine
when running seems 20 skip except
when on a pun or when speeding up.
II will run an right for a while. and
then when 7 give it little more
throttle viii commence TO skip
again II has a Raydeld carburetor.
/ II 7 give it little more gas it seems
to make il miss still more II give
il a cleaner mixture 10 makes il
n backfre at carburetor. Spark seems
20 be I'm good shape T.. +.
Trouble is evidently I'm tho mix
turc. The inlet manifold may leak
or the air valve not close properly.
A piece Of lint may have caught in
the spray nozzle. Run engine and
inject oil around the Joints OF the
inlet manifold If oil is sucked in
there IS a leak and bolts must Toe
tiEhte0e5 or gasket replaced. II
no leak S. found remove carburetor
and overhaul it carefully. Replace
and readiust and the trouble will
probably have disappeared.
Motor tment-Please help
mo 20 locate a knock in my Ford
About two weeks ago my crank
shaft broke. which also broke CYL
inder block. Put in new parts. in
.clsdtu- nsst0rs. and had engine
D.. thoroughly overhauled DiNerentia'
and universal in good shape. but
/ knock is loudest when running down
hin or idunc a valve litter pin is
ticht and sometimes sticks. Tim
4 ing gears and camshaft appear q
he in perfect condition II. :.
Valve guide tighr. allowing valve
10 remain up. would be a cause OF
knock This viii not happen II
. s1ring can push it down again
There may be too much space be