Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-22

To tell If there Is loss Of compress
sion III one cylinder. open all the
compression cocks but one and feel
the compression in the cylinder hav-
ing the closed compression cock.
rlcaSc notice tina; there is no one
place through which the compression
can leak from ali four cylinders. the
places q! leakage being separate Tor
each cylinder. For this reason should
your cnGin" bc running we'll and then
eliminate loss OF compression as 4
possible cause. when, however. the
trouble is one Of missing, lack OF
mower and sometimes failure to start,
the cause may he the loss OF com
preston.
q l have 1911 t--) car. and
have Il stOraE. battery for the lights.
but no generator and must take the
battery 10 have II charged outside.
This is not very satisfactory. be
cause ! never know when II Is going
10 run out, and ii must bc charged
very often OF late. have seen
chauffcns in our garage put some
liquid. acid guess, IL their batteries.
VIII putting an acid IN the battery
help, and what Kind Any inform ma
ticn VIII ohliGc. y. Il. q.
\. once a week YOU should pour
into your battery some distilled tnot
hltcrcd water until the plates arc
Just covered. Never put acid in
storage battery. Let the battery man
do this. l would suggest that yoa
So bout a dozen dry cells and con,
rect in,S, IN multiple series. ard
then v.th a two-way switch couple
them UP to the lights. so that when
your battery runs out YOU can switch
10 them.
G. just bought & second hand chr.
and am learning TO drive II. Please
give me any hints you can SO tina.
will become IA good driver. II. /. s.
A. Learn to make the car travel
slowly; TO shift from high 10 scc3nd
or ;C~ whom going up or down NIL
or on the level; 10 start the car on
a E,ll: TO turn corners slowly. Eli
tho battery with distilled water aho.t
once week. &c, an instruction
study it carefully. Ee careful of
your fabrication. Use your morn
freely, especially when going around
hidden turns in the country. w atch
get mad at the other fellow. That
which made him stop suddenly may
nov he in from; Of YOU Rcmrmn.r
600 miles. YOU are a dangerous MAJ.
BEFORE chat YOU Will be careful: AZ
900 miles you will be ovcr-'"nh,
don't. after That you Will have had
"Nnrricncc. When in doubt he on
the safe side.
q. The lights on my car tFordl
do not always burn, they 20 out, get
low. and then get bright again
connections are all tight. Please suE-
gcst what might bc the cause of this.
y. Il. q.
\. Clean all the meta l--cSpeciail
the spring holding the glass III place
It may hc that the current is DOT
Wire Is sronnded in this light. Your
wires may he on *GaHcn or ""f"
O. What isN tho best way to toll
when tho storage battery is properly
charged?
a. Guy "a hydrometer and syringe,
when YOU want Ia test your battery.
with a syringe draw some OF the So
luton out OF tn" battery and put the
,loats. when tho top or the solu-
tion is at The 700 mark or lower
Crumbcrl mark, the battery should hc
rcchnrpch. At 1850 the battery is ful-
~ charged
@ VIII YOU please toll INC how 10
take the side play out Of my front
some tim. ago | saw this Instruction
given, but forgot how to do II.
T. J. J.
: JACK IN ne wheels, pa, a
%; the steering kuuckic through
which The Sing bolt passes, and the
fork in tho axle, So as 10 take out the
play here. Now take hold OF the
wheel on top and bottom and sec IL
tho play j. ir The bearings. II ii is.
-radually tighten the ocariu; mn,
until this play disappears. II tho
play Is not in the bearings. then il
viii hc in the steering mechanism
parts and the remedy is TO replace
the cl'vis pins and bushinEs.
q am SoirG 10 refine my clutch.
Would II he advisable To use raybcs-
ios Instead OF the leather,
j :! McA
!. would use the same Kind of ma
tcrial ~ tho manufacturer of tho
car orig ually put into it