Evening star., 1920-02-29


/. The average four-cylinder engine.
averaging fifteen miles per gallon of
gasoline. on each explosion in a cylin-
fifth Of a teaspoonful or slightly more
than half a drop of gasoline.
.. The following sized tires are
usually used for different car weights:
Tire size 2sx2ls is used on a single
rear wheel weight of 22o pounds and
pounds. A 2sx3 tire is used for rear
wheel weight of $50 pounds. and front
wheel weight of 425 pounds A 30x3
tire is used for a rear wheel weight
Of ss5 pounds and a front wheel
weight of $50 pounds. A 32x3 tire for
45o-pound front wheel weight A
ss1S1s tire for rear wheel weight of
425 pounds and front wheel weight of
500. A 3ox3,. tire for $50 rear
weight and $50 front weight.
8. The precautions to prevent chat
are to keep the tire fully inflated at
all times: also to sprinkle talcum or
soapstone freely inside the casing
A. A clutch brake is an automatic
device which functions when the
clutch pedal is depressed 1t makes
gear shifting easier. as it prevents
the countershaft transmission gears
from turning.
8. New oil should be applied to the
transmission and diferential gears
after about every 1000 miles of driv-
ing. Remove or drain out all old oil
and flush the casing with kerosene.
then refill with good transmission oil
This refers only to an entire change
OF oil. Additional oil should be ap-
Piled whenever necessary.
3. Never use an ammeter to test a
storage battery. Connectin an am
meter across the terminals OF a stor
age battery is the same as short-cir-
cutting the battery and will result in
burnt out or fuses in the line.
Z. The first thing to do if your car
u stolen is TO notify the police and
then your insurance company and any
automobile organiza alton to which YOU
may belong. Give full details regard
ing the theft and a complete descrip-
non or the car. together with engine,
chassis and body numbers.
IL. ., hlsn speed passenger cars usu-
a'iy are built on a ratio of one horse
| power to each fifty pounds OF weight,
and on slower cars it may run as high
! as one horsepower to seventy-five
pounds weight With fast delivery
trucks the ratio is a horsepower to
only require a horsepower up to $50
pounds.
9. Nebraska and Iowa have the
greatest number of cars per capita
ABOUT one car 10 every six and one
half persons.
10. All tire makers caution against
driving in the car tracks. The reason
is that undue friction is caused on a
narrow strip Of the tire and continued
track driving will weaken this part
The tire thus weakened. the side
walls will also have tendency to
| give way. In wet weather rubber cuts
moro easily, and thus tires are quite
liable to be cut by track switches and
! cross-overs.
NEW QUESTIONS
l. Who is credited with having built
| the irst motor propelled vehicle
! which actually ran?
2. Does your car ever act like this
and do you know what is the matter?
! 1t runs all right in low when not
| pulling too hard, but when pulling
hard in any gear or idling in hig IN
| some cylinders miss fire and then the
t. engine goes dead.
! 3. Can standard size inner tube
/ be used with an oversize casing?
4. Do you know what to.do in case
! Of fire? =
8. What is good method: of clean
| ing mica.
S. Are there any extensive road
building and repairing plans under
| development in the United States for
| ,his year"
| {. From what source did the limou :