The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-09-18
WILLETT BROS. NOW HAVE
FINE. MODERN BUILDING

Bros. garage is now completed, CIV
ing the firm a floor space of 22,680
square feet and storage room for
$50 cars. The building is one of the
largest of its kind in eastern Wash
ington and is thoroughly modern and
uptodate in every respect. Willett
Bros. invite anyone who cares to do
so to visit the garage and make
trip through it. A public opening
will be announced soon.
The lower floor contains the gen.
eral offices, a stock room, the main
storage room and repair shop. At
the door is an electric arrangement
for pumping any one of five different
oils from the basement simply by
closing an air valve and touching the
proper button. Outside the door are
pipes and tanks for gasoline, the
pumping again being done by cleo
tricity.
The second floor contains a large
storage room 60x120 feet. 1t is here
that the company stores its new cars
and tractors. The "dead storage" is
also here, that is, the storage of
customers cars for the winter The
cars are brought up here by means
of large elevator 10x18. The bal
cony 60x18 is used as a second
stock room. The floor contains also
a ladies' rest room. "Often families
come in with car and the repairs
take a long time. The women have
no place to go with the children un-
less we provide one, explained r.
V. Willett. A private office and a
bookkeeping room complete the floor
But the most interesting place of
all is, of course, the repair shop. 1t
is here that things are happening.
The room seems full of cars and of
machinery and workmen. AS soon as
a machine is driven in for succor, a
card is made out in triplicate.. One
is attached to the car. The others
are left in the office. Every job is
numbered Every new part furnish
ed and every minute of workman's
time that go into this job must be
recorded upon these cards. When
the car finally leaves the shop, one
card containing complete record
goes to the owner and one is filed in
the office for reference.
To novice, the machines used fo,
testing and repairing are fearful and
wonderful. First there is an over
head trolley for transferring the
motor from the car to the burning-in
machine. Then there is the burning
in machine itself, designed to burn in
the bearings instead of laboriously
fitting them by hand, as in the old
days. By means of this machine it
is now possible to do in 20 minutes
What formerly required ~ days of
hand labor. Transmission bearings
are all put in by means of an Arbor
press.
The coil testing machine enables
the repair man to adjust perfectly
the four coils of the Ford car. 1t is
possible. also to test the magnetic
and the spark plugs.
A drill press for reboring and
polishing the cylinders, and a ma
chine for rebabbiting motor blocks
and caps are other pieces of appa-
ratus.
The machine for testing and
Strengthening the cam shaft and
crank shaft can show deviations to
$1,000 of an inch. Another machine
makes it possible to recharge from
one to 16 magnets. A 200-tOn tire
press operated by a 20-horsepower
motor will remove heavy tire from
a truck as easily and smoothly as
one would draw off his glove.
r. V. Willett spent six weeks at
the Ford factory in February and
March taking special course which
covered every part Of the Ford ma
chimes. The repairing at the Willett
garage is done according to the
measurements and directions taught
at the factory. Mr.. Willett expects
presently to install radiator de-
partment and rear axle and diff
ferential department.
A "shop clinic" will be held Sep
tember "a, 25 in the Willett garage
by five men from the factory for the
benefit of the employees, of whom
there are IA. During these days
there will also be tractor demon
stration by the Ford men.
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