The Harrison times., 1920-03-06
POINTS
FOR CAR OWNER
AutomobiIiSt, by Careful Obser-
walton Of His Machine, Can
Save Garage Bills.
REPAIRS ARE EASILY MADE
Many Small Irregularities Can Result
in Serious BreakdoWns if Not
Watched-Some Instructive
Little Odds and Ends.

Following are a number Of useful
points that all good motorists will 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 50 that the float
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, if the
float is stuck in a high position the
flow of fuel will be greatly lessened
or even stopped.
Use for Old FiIcs.
Occasionally it becomes necessary
for the man who oper' tes his own car
to file a piece Of cast iron that has
been subjected to friction and has ac-
uuired a CLASSY sUrface Of "skin." The
best way to ga. through this skin is
to use the Edges Of an old file, as
using a COED 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 first in a 10 per
cent solution Of acetic acid, which is
an infallible solvent of grease and
carbon deposits The plugs should
then be washed off with gasoline and
finally dried by rubbing them with
cloth.
BIung Metal.
The car owner who does his own
repair work sometimes finds it's neces-
sarv to "blue" small bright objects,
such as screws. This may be done by
placing them on piece of sheet iron
and holding them over fire until they
assume the desired color,
Cleaning Contact Points.
It is sometimes difficult to find n
really satisfactory agent for cleaning
the contact points Of ignition APP
paratus or the surface Of a COM
mutator on a starting motor or Il
lighting dynamo, There is something
known rs "cuttleGSh paper which is
finer than the finest quality of sand
paper and which is very well adapted
to this operation, Cutuohsh paper IS
not regularly carried by hardware
stores. but it may be obtained from
dental supply houses,
interior Wire Break
on rare occasions it happens that a
wire breaks inside It's insulation, Civ
inc 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
tIon, etc, when all the time this IN.
terror wire break is the cause. In the
event Of nm obscure ignition trouble
remember this
Leaking Tube.
Sometimes an inner tube receives
n puncmre bls enough TO allow the
fire TO become debated after a brief
interval, but not visible TO the naked
eve. when this happens in the garage
the bucket of water tells the tale Mt
once, but on the road about the only
way OF locating the leak Is TO Initiate
the tube and hold successive portions
Of II close down to The dust along
the surface Of the rood When the
pnncture is brought into this position
the output Of air viii ru0le the dust
and indicate the position Of the leak.
The varnIsh Oh the new car fire.