Evening star., 1921-11-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
FOR THE AUT1ONOBIILSTS 4

further while clutch ia engaging than
necessary on level road to avoid STALL
ing of the engine when it begins to
take hold. With the throttle open
enough the clutch can be engaged
quite quickly with no danger Of stop
ping the engine, and in this way the
driver can overcome tendency Of the
car to slow down. Gravity always
must be considered, and it is far
more important factor when nego-
tiating a hill than when driving on
well paved and level highways.
6. The cause of storage battery
overheating may be charging too rap
idly or not enough solution. Results
temperatures should be below ITO
degrees.
Z. Spark occurring at sparkplugs at
the wrong time, resulting in backfir
ing or inability to start the engine.
is caused by wrong timing of mag
neto or distributor. or distributor
wires leading to sparkplugs not being
placed correctly. Each terminal OF
the distributor must he connected to
a certain cylinder. The terminals are
sometimes numbered according to the
cylinder they are intended to fire, and
must be SO wired. If not numbered
the proper firing order must be Ascer-
plugs are made. Loud knocking in
dicates wrong connections. providing
the engine will run at all. and it will
occur at any speed. Remedy the trou-
Bile when knock Is first heard to pre-
vent possible breaking OF connecting
rods. The wrong timing Of an engine
usually occurs when timing gears are
removed for overhauling and are not
replaced properly in relation to posi-
ton of distributor and timer points
and the position Of pistons
:. Not all makes of cars can be
storage battery is removed. There
are some which can be run, but care
must be taken that lights do not re-
ceiVe too much current Greater en-
CINE speed would in this case cause
the generator to create too much cur
rent. burning out the lights With
some makes Of cars the engine will
run without the storage battery. but.
current must be provided for ignition
from dry cells and not from the gen.
orator. The best plan to follow if
you would run your car without the
battery is to get individual instruc-
tions from the maker OF your car.
| 9. Among the various methods for
replacing one-piece lining on a cone
clutch perhaps the easiest Is to force
the lining on the cone as far as it
will go and then insert a round file
pcl"eNh i'hih6 oAu>lCHS duu luTu TIE
file thus turning on the lining. A
hand brace can be used in turning the
file.
10. The average magnetic generates
two sparks during one revolution OF
its armature. Or the four cylinder en-
gine the magnetic would be driven at
the same speed as the engine, crank
shaft. On a six-cylinder engine the
magnetic drive would be three revo-
lutions to two Of the crankshaftt.
This Weeks Questions.
!. How will the keeping of an en-
gine in good running order and not
driving the car too slowly aid in keep.
Ing storage battery charged?
.. Are there any advantages in a
balanced crankshaft?
g. Which adjustment of car
buretor should be altered first, the air
or gasoline adjustment. when the
mixture passing to the engine is not
correct?
!. What is meant by the term
floating" a storage battery on a
line?
,. When the starting motor cranks
an engine too slowly. what is the
trouble?
G. How are road grades deter
mined?
7. Which tires are the more apt
to skid. solid rubber tires or the
pneumatic?
8. What is the cause Of the vapor
or smoke which is discharged from