South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-05
MOTORIST PROBLEM SOLVED
FOR NEWS TIMES READERS
By VIM H STEWART, JR
RressAcss ssews<s Autooaobns School Of New YorH

the box TO the four cylinders and TO
the end bearings. There is no way
TO tell how much oil IS passing
through the pipes. How do you ad-
just the oil to have IL right? Y. V.
There is usually a sight feed for
each plunger, but not always. Yours
is q case of guess and trial. At the
bottom of the crank case you will
find some oil cocks. Open them and
let out all the oil which will run out
If none runs out shake the car
slightly. as the oil may De just level
with the tops of these stanjpipes.
They do not drain all the OIL but
only bring il down TO the right level
After you have run the engine one
one hour open these valves again
and see if oil runs out. Adjust the
feed so that there will be Just a lit
tie too much oil at the end of each
days run. Always open these valves
at the end OF the day and drain out
the surplus.
Motor Department:-wh atten-
ton does a leather lined clutch
need? K. p.
A leather lined cone clutch should
be kept in condition by the appli-
cation of little neatsfoot oil to the
leather once a month. The clutch
must be thrown out to apply this
and then it must be held out all
night, so that the oil may be alb
sorbed by the leather and not
squeezed out by the spring. Ii there
fc he ha711 %
clutch see that it is kept filled and
turn it down one turn every day. If
there is no cup the clutch bearing is
oiled from the gear-set, so that the
only care there is 10 keep the oil up
to the level of the shaft. Engage
the clutch gently so as not TO strip
the leather or wreck the gears, uni
versal joint, etc. If the clutch COM
mences to take hold suddenly, in
stead of starting the car smoothly, il
shows that the clutch leather is dry
ing out and needs neatsfoot oil.
Motor Department. - On level
roads my engine seems to run nice
ly, but il will not make much speed.
ON climbing a hill il seems to give
out. but when / stop for few min
utes it will pull very we'll for a short
distance, when il requires the same
rest TO make It pull. 1 cannot make
speed anywhere, though I open the
throttle wide, and when / do IL
seems TO choke and l lose all the
speed / have. The carburetor is
new and the valves are all right. lit
is hard to start when it has been
standing over night. 1t seems like
the engine will not or cannot draw
the gasoline from the carburetor.
What do you advise me TO do?
T. z.
II would seem that the carburetor
or the low speed adjustment is set
too lean. If YOU have a vacuum
system it may not be working prop
erly. You may disconnect the fuel
pipe to see if the gasoline runs
through ii freely and clean the
screen at the carburetor, if there is
one. Then try opening the spray
nozzle slightly, but if no improve
menU is evident have an expert look
over the system. For troubles in the
vacuum system look up the service
station where repairs will be made
without charge. 1t is always diff
cult to start an engine when cold
/ Try printing the cylinders with gaso-
/ line.
/ Motor Observation-Disclosures my
\ car is going down a steep hill I can
hear a grinding or growing some
where. Does this show lack OF
/ grease? Where can 1 look for the
trouble and what should l do to cor
rect it? s q
Take off the cover of the gear
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