The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-03-30
USEFUL POINTS
FOR CAR owner
Automobilist, by Careful 0bser-
walton Of His Machine, Can
Save Garage Bills.
REPAIRS ARE EASILY MADE
Many Small Irregularities Can Rssuh
In Serious Breakdowns u No<
Watched-Some Instructive
Little Odds and Ends.

Following are q number Of useful
points that all good motorists viii be
glad to learn:
When the engine, after being start
ed. runs for a minute or two and then
stops, the first place to look for trou-
BILE Is in the gasoline feed line. A
partial stoppage In the pipe will les
sen the flow of fuel so that the hoat
chamber fills slowly. On being started
the motor at once consumes this gaso-
line and then has to wait for more.
There is another possible cause OF this
trouble, and that Is the float Of the
carburetor sticking. OF course. II the
float Is stuck in a high position the
flow Of fuel will be greatly lessened
or even stopped.
Use for Old Files.
Occasionally 1t becomes necessary
for the man who operates his own car
to file a piece of cast iron that has
been subjected to friction and has &C.
quired a CLASSY surface Of "skin." The
best way to get through this skin 10
to use the edges Of an old file, as
using a good file ON such surfaces Will
spoil it.
To Clean Spark Plugs.
An excellent method Of cleaning
spark plugs, or in fact any mica SUR
face, is to wash them drst In 10 per
cent solution Of acetic acid, which ID
an infalNb,c solvent Of grease and
carbon deposits. The plugs should
then be washed of with gasoline and
finally dried by rubbing them with .
cloth.
BluIne Metal.
The car owner who does his own
repair work sometimes finds it's neces-
sary to "blue" small bright objects.
such as screws. This may be done BY
placing them on . piece Of sheet iron
and holding them over a fre until they
assume the desired color.
Cleaning Contact Points.
It IL sometimes difncult to nnd .
really satisfactory agent for cleaning
the contact points Of ignition ap.
paratus or the surface Of q COM
mutator on a starting motor or 4
lighting dynamo. There IL something
known az "cuttlefish paper" which II
finer than the finest quality Of sand
paper and which Is very we'll adapted
to this operation. Cuttleish paper Il
not regularly carried BY hardware
stores, but 1t may be obtained from
dental supply houses.
interior Wire Break.
On rare occasions It happens that
wire breaks inside its insulation. CIV
ing no exterior sign of the trouble
The car owner thinks the ignition sys
tenn has gone bad, changes spark plugs
sends the magnetic to the service sta
ton. ETC., when all the time this In
terrier wire break Is the cause. In tn
event Of an obscure ignition troubi
remember this.
Leaking Tube.
Sometimes an inner tube receive
puncture big enough to allow tn
tire to become debated after . brie
interval, but not visible to the make
eye. When this happens In the garas
the bucket Of water tells the tale q
once. but on the road about the onl
way of locating the leak is to in1at
the tube and hold successive portion
of it close down to the dust alon
the surface Of the road. Whso q
puncture Il brought into this posltie
the output Of air will RUNE The dul
and indicate the position Of the lsal
The vagnish 90 the new car a
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