Arizona republican., 1920-02-15
PRACTICAL PARAGRAPHS

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 Two common causes of spark plug
 trouble are oil or particles of carbon collecting between the points and soot- ing of the porcelain. The first may
 be remedied by carefully removing the oil or carbon and thus clearing the
 gap If the carbon on the porcelain IS
 hard, do not attempt to scape it off Soak the porcelain in kerosene or liquid carbon remo>sr until the carbon
 is soft enough to wipe off cieanly with cloth.
 1 Points out of adjustment or burned
 away will also cause missing. The
 points should be adjusted to a gap of 1 from 1-32d to 1-6th of inch. de-
 pending upon the ignition system. car
 buretor adjustment and design of motor.
 Taking Up Valve Clearance Where no means of adjusting the | valve vlearance of ap engine is pro- vided, in the case of many of The
 older models particularly, there is a
 simple way of getting the same result. This involves slipping one or more i fibre or metal disks of sufficient thick | the bottom of the valve stem and the push rod, a metal retainer made from
 sheet metal being used to keep them in place.
 Adjust . Warm Motor Adjusting a cold motor seldom | pEONeS SdllSkdClOTy dlteTNdTu Last | ing adjustments must be made under
 the conditions of normal operation.
 which they aim to improve. This be- | ing the case, the motor must run a
 while and warm up 10 the usual run
 ming heat ad adjusting will then make good in action. Lest You Forgot i One of the big rubber companies at . | taches to every shipment of brake lin- | ing card containing some suggestions which are worthy of general circula- tion:
 l. Storage battery inspected every two weeks.
 .2 Greese cups turned up every 1, ,0o0 miles
 3. Springs oiled every week. l 4. Oil and gasoline connections in | spectcd every week.. l 5. Crankcase drained and washed out with kerosene every 800 miles, 1 6. Universal joints packed with
 grease every 1000 miles. | z. Differentia1 and transmissions packed with grease or oil every 1000 1 miles.
 g. Spark plugs cleaned every 1000 miles.
 |. g.. Carbon removed from cylinders 1 twice a year.
 10. Valves ground each 5000 miles | II. New piston rings every eighteen months.
 l F. See that wheels are in line once
 a month.
 | 13. See that the water is circulating every time the car is started. ! fl. Bearings on wheels inspected l once a month.
 15. Gasoline pipe and carburetor
 thoroughly cleaned every month 1 IS. Test brakes and equalize once a month.
 1 Removing Front Wheel Hub Washer | To remove the split steel washer that snaps into a grove in the hub of a | front wheel and holds the thick felt
 washer in place over the inside bear | ing. the most effective method is to make the simple tool. Obtain pair or ! round jawed pliers about five or six inches long. File notch on the inside of each jaw near the end and then
 reduce the diamenter of the jaws until
 they will just slip into the holes in the ends of the split washer. Having
 done this, it is a simple matter to re-
 move the washer. Hook the ends of
 the pliers into the holes. close the
 pliers to contract the washer to draw it out of the groove, and then by run
 ming a crewdriver around under the edge of it, it is easily slipped out. ]
 have used one of those tools for several
 years and find it most effective.