Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-27
THE AUTooUIz

Answers to Last Weeks Questions.
! High tension current induced
in the secondary circuit Of an igni-
ton coil requires voltage of about
$4,000 volts to cross an air gap or
one-fourth of an inch.
"A common cause of leakage
in a carburetor which has had
considerable usage is a loaded float,
A hole in hollow float, so small
that the eye cannot perceive it will
admit gasoline, weighing it so /,
cannot rise to the proper level to
close off the admittance of fuel
through the inlet needle valve. An
other cause is this inlet valve, the
end of which becomes worn out of
round, not seating properly and
allowing a small flow of gasoline
when the flow should be shut off
entirely. A sticking float or valve
will also permit leaking.
"a good solution to protect
both interior and exterior of tire
casing is made as follows: To one
quart of cold patch cement add a
quart of gasoline and about five
pounds of whitening material
mixed. Stir well and keep covered
when not in use. Apply to the
tire with brush. The above will
make gallon of solution.
4.-The differential of full float
ing axles is removed by withdraw
ing both axle shafts, which trans
NIT the drive from the main shaft
to the rear wheels, and removing
in some cases the coverplate at the
rear of the housing. 1t may also
be withdrawn from the front Of
the housing with the main shaft,
The rear wheels or housing of axle
and differential do not have to be
disturbed.
5.-The unit used in measuring
the capacity of a storage battery
is ampere hour. or current to the
amount of one ampere flowing for
the period of an hour. Volume or
flow of current from a battery is
measured in amperes. To decide
the proper size Of battery for the
car, decide the voltage of the
lamps in use. the amount of cur
rent the battery will have to de-
liver. Consider the kind of lamps
whether carbon or tungsten, and
how many of these will he used at
the same time. Total amperes can
be found by adding the totals of
the number and kind of lamps,
their voltage and current required
for each. Using six volt tungsten
lamps, two lamps of twelve candle
power each for headlights, two
side lights and a tail light are
equal to thirty candle power or
five amperes. At this rate of dis
charge, sly volt battery for start
ing and lighting, IA SIS inches by
rs inches and 10 as inches hlgh
will deliver current continuously
for 2S hours and As minutes VITA
out being charged.
6.-Difficult shifting into low
speed when the car is at the curb
with engine running would be
caused by the dry plate clutch
having worn fabric on the clutch
brake or wrong adjustment of
clutch or brake. To make easy
shifting. renew the brake fabric,
or adjust the brake forward so
that spinning of the released clutch
member will cease when pedal is
depressed. Spinning OF the main
transmission shaft continues as
long as the released clutch turns.
To determine the correct size
of gear for the front wheel drive
style of speedometer, the number
of teeth in the large gear should
be twice the number of inches in
the diameter of the tire. If larger
tires are used. change the speed
ometer gear to get correct mileage.
S.-One cause of hpming in the
transmission may be misalign-
ment of engine. clutch and trans
mission. A strain. and consequent
-ly hum will result II transmits
sion is not in a straight line with
driving shaft or true with Gluten