The Coconino sun., 1919-09-05
THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT

When putting the car in commission for the year and every month during the running season the hub caps should be thoroughly cleaned out, all the grease and verdigris removed, after which the caps should be packed with fresh grease. It is also well to clean out the hub and bearings, wash ing them thoroughly with gasoline, so that dirt and grit will be dislodged. When this has been done the moving parts should be put back into place, and the car can be driven without fear of improperly fabricated axles.
 A convenient arrangement for talk ing up slack in drop light cords is .o put the cord on two pulleys placed at convenient locations. The cord should be fastened at two places to pieces of heavy twine-clothes line will do--and then weight is hung on each end of the line; the cord as sus- pended from these lines will be just long enough to hold the lamp off the floor.
 It is sometimes difficult to find a really satisfactory agent for cleaning the contact points of ignition appara- tus or the surface of commutator on a starting motor or a lighting dynamo. There is something known as "cuttlefish paper" which is finer than the finest quality of sandpaper and which is very we'll adapted to this operation. Cuttlefish paper is not regularly carried by hardware stores, but it may be obtained from dental supply houses.
 The car owner who does his own repair work sometimes finds it neces- sary to "blue" small bright objects, such as screws. This may be done by placing them on a piece of sheet iron and holding them over fire until they assume the desired color.
 Sometimes an inner tube receives puncture big enough to allow the tire to become refexed after brief interval but not visible to the naked eve. When this happens in the gar age the bucket of water tells the tale at once, but on the road about the only way of locating the leak is to infate the tube and hold successive portions of it close down to the dust along the surface of the road. When the puncture is brought into this posi- tion the outpuff of air will ruffle the dust and indicate the position of the leak.
 Now is good time to go over the rims to see that the various parts are not rusted together. Give them fresh coat of aluminium or rim paint before replacing. If this is not done, rains will rust them together so that a demountable rim will become a fix ture on the wheel. .-
 Tn motors with detachable cylinder heads great care should be taken to see that the gasket used to pack the joint does not project into the com bustion chamber. When this occurs the gasket is likely to become incan- descent, causing knocks and even back firing in the carburetor.
 It is possible to make a very satis- factory electric light bulb replacer by fastening four stiff wires on the end of broom handle in such away that they form sort of hand, which slips over the bulb without injuring it. There should be enough spring in the wires to enable the operator to turn the. bulb in either direction in the socket.
 Tn inserting the tubes in giant pneumatic tires as used on trucks to- day, it is particularly necessary to see that the flap is evenly distributed around the circumference of the tire. It may seem to be too short at first glance, but after it has been smoothed down firmly it will lie so that its base is in line with the base of the beads of the tire.