Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-03
CARELESS MIsHANDLNG
STUNTS"

once in a while: Starting the car
with the emergency brake partly on.
This is hard on the brake Innings and
makes one wonder where the en-
gine's power has gone. Thinking
that the engine has stalled and try
ing to use the starter, when the en-
gine really is running, but its noise
is drowned by other sounds. Doing
this too often will probably make
necessary a replacement of the
starter drive and the fywheel gear.
Before assuming that the engine Is
dead, touch the accelerator and listen
for the result or watch the ammeter
needle. Throwing the gears into
reverse position before tho car stops
moving ahead or vice-versa- This
amounts to trying to mesh two gears
turning in opposite directions and
little consideration will show what its
consequences arc likely to be.
Neglecting to throw the clutch out
when meshing the low gears at start
ing Or in making gear changes.
Persistence in this practice chips off
the teeth and makes new gears nee
eAary. Undue haste or becoming
ratified is the usual occasion for
abusing the gears. Forgetting to
"unchokc" the carburetor, after the
engine has become warm. This spoils
the engine oil, and wastes fuel at a
fearful rate Keeping the radiator
front covered too long, so that the
anti-freeze solution boils violently.
Even denatured alcohol is too ex-
pensive, in these dry times, to make
this practice permissible. Leaving
the ignition OF lighting switches on
when the car is to be left unused for
long time. If this mistake is made
when garaging car at night, 1t Is
likely that the battery will require a
visit TO the reehargins station next
morning.
Oar Won't Climb Hills
B. J. E vrites: Ny car runs we'll
on the level, but has no power on
hills. The engine has just been over
hauled, new piston-riugs and wrist
pins having been installed, bearings
taken up and the ignition system
gone over. What is the cause of this
low hiIl-climbing abilityf
Answer: Very likely one or more
of these defects: Faulty compress
sion, due to poor ring fitting or to
the rings not having worn in; e1ccs-
sive stiffness of the mechanical
parts, oceasioned by overnight bear
ings or crudeness of the ring fit, caus
ing great mechanical friction or,
something wrong with carburation,
which prevents you from obtaining
powerful fuel mixture at low
speeds. This may be faulty carburc-
tor adjustment or some defect in the
fuel feed. If all the cylinders do not
have good, springy compression or II !
the engine turns hard, with the plugs |
taken out, your loss of climbing pow
or is readily accounted for. There Is
always possibility of incorrect
ignition and valve timing, after an
ovorhauling. Your brakes do not /
drag, do theyf
Excessive Crank Case Dilution
o. A. writes: Gasoline leaks into
the crsnk-case of my engine TO such |
An extent that tho oil is always full
of it and / am really afraid to run |
the car, for fear of fabrication trou-
bic. A year ago, had tho cylinders
recround and new rings fitted. What |
do you advise doingl
Answer: Badly fitting pistons
alone can hardly account for such an
extreme case of oil dIlution as this. |
Are you sure that your vacuum feed
tank is not out of order. Sometimes,
because of defective action Of its
suction valve, raw gasoline is allow
cd to enter the manifold, as long rs
the engine is running, and this, OF
course, thins the oil very rapidly.
You better have your vacuum sys-
tom thoroughly tested out. If all the
gzsol;ne which gets into the oil CONES
from tho mixture normally supplied
by tho carburetor, it would seem that
you must be using very low grade
fuel, that the mixture must he OK
tremely ovorrich that the engine
must be overcooled and that the pia
tons must be very loose indeed. We
should expect you to experience very
serious overlooking troubles, with pis.
tons in any such condition and that
your power would be very low.
Spark Intensifier Questions
J.. b. asks: Is the use of spark
intensifiers, in connection with the
spark-plugs, injurious to the coils or
any other part of the equipment7 l.
it of assistance in starting a cold en-
ginof
Answer: 1t is not injurious to the
coils, as each coil is fitted with
safety spark gop to protect 1t from