Arizona republican., 1920-03-07
PRACTICAL PARAGRAPH
 Iavu Ciarnp

It is possible to make a very conVen | tent parallel jaw clamp from couple | of pieces of 3-16x1 inch strap iron and | a long belt. The separate jaws are | made by bending them roughly in the 1 form of a written and then drilling a hole through the upper part. The bolt is slipped through these holes and may be frightened or loosened as de- sired.
 Ford Ignition Lock An ingenious motorist has discoV- cred a simple way of cutting out one cylinder of his Ford engine and the reby hampering the operations of a end Of the coil box. Into this he trusts well tempered wire with one end beveled. This wire rests against the bottom of the coil box and holds the first coil away from it's connevtion at the base. It is possible to modify this device somewhat so that all the cyl finders will be thrown out.
 Convenient Tongs
 It is possible to make pair of tongs that are convenient for removing nuts. etc, from the mud pan by flattening the ends of two pieces of No. wire each 30 inches long, Five inches from the end a hole is drilled through eacn wire and through these holes bolt 1t thrust and fitted with a nut. This lnc lODSS, WHICH VIII DS found invaluable for picking small ob jects out of the mud pan or from around the motor etc.
 Removing Ford Bushings
 The Ford owner often lacks proper tools for removing the drive shaft front pushing of the car from the drive shaft housing. Under these conditions the work may be done by using blow torch and shooting the flame into the
 hsa1. .faft begins to melt. when the housing should be jared against a piece of wood with the pushing end of the housing down and the melting bush ing will not run out.
 Valve Grinder
 Some valves have two holes on top instead of the conventional screw slot It iss easy to make valve grinding tool for use with this type of part by shaping the end of an-o old file to fit into two two holes.
 Oeflating Tubes
 A cotter pin is useful on occasion to help in deflating an inner tube that has been punctured by a nail or in such a way that it still holds air The cotter it compressed with pliers and the end is pushed through the tube wall. after which it is allowed to spring open. This opens up a large enough hole to permit the air to pass out quickly.
 Main Drive Gear Bushinq
 The main drive gear pushing of the Chevrolet is difficult to remove unless the operator knows just how to. work. The proper method is to start one inch pipe tap into the pushing, fasten- Ing the tap in wise and driving the gear off with punch and hammer.
 Driving Out Bolts
 Bolts are very often spoiled in driy Ing them out from the parts in which they are imbeddeu If they do not start readily the temptation is to use a hammer on them, with the result that the ends of the threads are freuuentIv blurred over. A stick of hard wood or still better vulcanized fibre used between the hammer and the bolt end will prevent damage of this kind When neither is ayaila ble the nut may in some cases be run flush with inc end of the bolt or even a little beyond 1t and blow carefully placed upon it so as not to hurt the threads. will probably start the bolt.
 Replacing Valve Sprinqs
 An easy way of replacing valve springs consists Of compressing eac, spring in vice until it is short enough to go. easily into place and allowing 4l., t-< I