Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-03
THE EXPERTS SAY.

Practically every. motorist has oc-
CASTOR to lift the storage battery out
of his ear now and then. Usually he
must employ both hands to do this
and even then it is difficult because
the handles are too narrow to permit
a firm grasp. A handy device for re-
moving a battery from car is made
by fastening harness snap by means
-of copper rfvets to each end of a
leather strap, an inch wide and
slightly longer than the battery.
When snapped to the handles, the
strap forsns convenient litter.
Y A rapid and economical way to re-
pair a blowout on the road is to
lace up the tear with ordinary wire
belt lacing. To make a good repair
job in fifteen or twenty minutes, cut
away the loose rubber around the
blowout Soayous can extend the lac
ing an inch or SO beyond each end of
the break. Then with hat pin or
sharp, small mai punch a number of
holes~along the edges of the cut, be-
ing careful to- make them equidistant
and not too close together or too near
the sides of the opening. Next. lace
up the cut with the wire lacing,
using only one strand to each hole
and keeping the tension of the wire
strands as uniform as possible. A
double row of wire lacing, one over
the other, will be much stronger than
the single row. You must be sure
to place a piece, of canvas, cardboard
or leather inside the casing, over the
laced part, to prevent injury to the
inner tube by chatting which would
otherwise occur.
The wire lacing employed should
ffcient tensile strength COMMUNICATIVE.
the necessary, resistance to torsion
and fiexon.. For an old shoe such a
repair will prove. very satisfactory
without going to the expense of vul-
canization. Where the blowout shoe
mind permanent repair by vulcani-
cation at the earliest opportunity and
avoid doing anything, which will in
terfere with this operation.
Some newly manufactured cars are
not fitted with, muffier cut-out.
Motorists whose cars lack this equip
ment and who find 1t essential in
keeping their engine running smooth
ly, can easily make and install a
cut-out If for any reason they cannot
buy a suitable one.
"A t-SHdped vent must be cut into
the exhaust pipe just in front of the
drivers seat and the edges smoothed
off withpa file. Apiece of strap iron
Is inches long and inch wide of
good weight is then bent to form the
rocker arm carrying the pad. The
pad is made from a piece of heavy
sheet iron or steel inches long by
inches wide, with the corners cut
out Y Inch and the edges turned UP
to fold over on pad of non -inflam-
mahle gasket material Rocker arm
and pad are then bent to fit snugly
into the vent in the exhaust pipe and
bolted together. A hose clamp serves
to- support the, rear end of the rock err
arm and stirrup of strap-iron con-
trolls the valve. A spring attached to
the under-side of the floor supports
the. cut-out, which is closed except
when the upper end of the stirrup-
or its projection through the floor
beside the drivers, seat--is depressed.
A catch may be fitted to the floor be-
side the projecting shaft to hold the
cut-out open.
. When car will not hold the road
even alta moderate speed and requires
constant Juggling to- the steering
wheel to keep 1t travelling in q
straight line, 1t is generally due to
looseness in the steering gear. To
REMEDY this the front wheels should
be lacked up and tested for loose
bearings by taking hold of the upper