South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-23


Motor peuartrr fnr.-I have been d
reader % your columns Tor long .
time and found them very Interest," .
-as- now / am going 90 ask little
FAVOR OF you. 4 bought new stCr-
axe battery last spring 10 IS
-liiee-cell battery. it save hrst
class service until about tars4 So eehs
ago lt seemed 90 rIsn down. Dc waI.d
not l-nt the lights or blow stsv
norm. 30 I took Dc 20 the garage 10
get 10 charged About three days
after I went after lt, and they told .
Ue 10 would not take the charge 500
taey tested 81. one cell tested 1870
bat the other two cells would test
hardly I 900 so I took BE- home and
puf ~ u the car. but it would not
IEal the lights bright. 10 would .
las. burn the wires red Then j
held a screw driver from the post
that i3 grounded 20 the connecting
post just opposite So ard the lights
ere AN right but just as soon as F
would remove it they would 20
down Could you please give me .
little Information OF how -o remedy
this or could you give am estimate
on about how much 80 would cost 90
have 30 repaired W. B.
Evidently one or two Of the cells
or your battery need repairs. The F..
Only tFlNfAN ln To- nave IT. lflNAbN-lt IT.
Ir overhaulod by the service sta +
tion handling your make of battery.
HEe cost cannot be determined until
the battery is opened and the extent 4
OF repairs determined II the Plates
are in good condition, perhaps new
insulation and cleaning VIII remedy
the trouble More than likely YOU
viii find the plates buckled and
more or less dctcriorated. Some
times 10 ls advisable to accept an all
Ipwance on the old battery in ex-
change for a new one. AS stated pre-
NiOusfy, Il is impossib BILE to give YOU
"a close estimate of cost of repairs
until the battery IS opened.
Motor Department-TO settle
controversy please tell as which is
preferable. have the clutch
connected to the foot break or the
emergency brake, so that setting the
brake disengages tho Gluten at the
same time? NOVICE
The better way is TO have the
clutch connected 20 the emergency
brake. This will be found best
| when starting on a hin, as then you
have the foot brake 90 hold the ear
while you let in the clutch.
Motor Department. have
1917 model Ford and have trouble
IN starting same when cold. it Is
in gear and cannot be started until
one Of the rear wheels is lacked mp
and then IL cranks very easily, but
has 20 be run ia this position from
five 20 10 minutes until IL gets warm
ed up. Then 1 can put on foot
brake and stop IL until the rear
wheel can be let down. After IL
warns up Il is no trouble 20 crank.
Have had new brake. reverse and
SLOW speed drums and plates put in
car. but still sticks when cold.
Try using a thinner cylinder oil
II this fails TO cure the trouble
change the adjustments OF the brake
and planetary. Apparently one of
them ia set up too tightly. A little
experimenting along these , lines
should cure the trouble.
Motor Departmental your next
issue please advise me how 90 adj /
just steering gear i'm Hudson Super
Six Mine has about eight or nine
inches play. A T.
The bolts holding the plate AT the
bottom must be lOOscned and the
shims removed. being careful to- re-
move shims of equa thickness on
both sides. The mud pan viii have
10 be removed and possibly the
at lower end of gear. 1t is not
difficult job. but mast be done right.
Motor Department. have a
. 9tG car, am using fairly heavy oil
81 niCh leaks out around push rods
Would small holes drilled through
che bottom near rods let oil flow
down into crank case and so over
come trouble2 ". T.
The small holes, drilled as you
mention. should work we'll Others
have tried this successfully
Motor Departmeut-R Recently my
I'urd engine developed "a squeakiuE
noise while hot. ON removing evil
finder head found so. . cylinder dry
Touring oil I'm helps temporary only.
Ilow can il be stopped permanent
Is and why does one cylinder be-
come dry while others get plenty of
o.1 - T.
The connecting rod Of No. cyl
finder does not dip deeply euou-h
unto the oil. Remove crank case and
f5sten fat piece OF metal So That
g viii extend at least oue-quarter OF
r1 inch lower than the cap and
throw more OH 90 this cylinder
1Tctor Departmeut-Wo Won
answer in your motoring columns
-E- following question N.Y. sIN-cyI-
finder car has been stored away Tor
D. wear To is well creased. and the
crank case rs fun with the same OH
a. when I stored it away What ]
want 90 know is. when / take my
slr out next week can I run it
home a distance OF two miles. with
Hlc same OF, or must ] put new OH
81 at once. as j expected 20 do when
J got homer - r.
-.frr
Sou should drain the case and re-
place with fresh oil as soon as pos
NE.blo Undoubtedly IL has given
SGwber Of miles service.
Motor Department Tho carhlra- 1
sor ON my REQ ear leaks and has.
been doing so for G. dav or two 7
What causes this and what is the
remedy Had the car at GARAGE
Yesterday and they took the car