Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-06-12
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Dear Barney Oldfield-The battery
of my car does not charge until run
five or six miles. What is the trou-
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| The water in the radiator gets boil
ing hot. Could you tell me the cause
Of it?-W. G. II.
You shouldn't expect battery 20
become charged in five or miles, for
it takes half hour and more, depend
| ing on the state of the battery. Inc
generator starts charging the battery
at about T. miles per hour car speed
Sometimes the generator cutout doesn
work right. 1t is slow and the battery
doesn't get charge until higher speed
is reached.
Read my article on overheating
which appeared recently in these col
umns. Some causes Of overheatng
are: Carbonized cylinders, slipping
fan belt, clogged water system, spark
too late, valve out of adjustment or
mixture too rich.
Dear Barney Oldfield-I can start
my car but when | put it in gear it
will stall the engine | do not think
the trouble is in carburetor as the
car will go backward all right, but
when l try to 60 forward the engine
stops. I have had two garage men
examine my car but they could not
find the cause of the trouble.
My car also backfres lot and it
gets hot.-C. T.
The reason your car goes backwards
is because it takes little power to do
that as compared with going forward.
since the gear reduction is so much
hn ar
a combination of things that tend to
cut down the power output Of the en-
CINE Certainly two things are wrong.
the valves are not timed right and the
mixture is wrong In addition to
checking up valve timing and carbure
tor adjustment, see that the spark is
properly timed. These three things
o. K. you don't have any trouble.
Dear Barney Odlfield-I use con-
siderable oil, one quart for every ten
miles. When there are many hills to
climb I only get fourteen miles out Of
one gallon of gasoline | got two bear
ings burned little for want Of oil
It looks to me as if the oil leaks away.
| have lots Of trouble to get started
at times. | have not had the carbure-
tor out for three years. Do you think
it would pay me to have a new car
buretor?
/ would like to know a good light
ing system for my carl. NJ
l should say you have considerable
oil leakage. Some of it leaks out be-
tween the crankcase and oil can. more
of it leaks out through the front and
rear bearings and a lot leaks out into
the combustion chamber because of
badly worn cylinders and pistons. Your
engine needs a careful looking over.
Your magnetic trouble should be
simple to solve. The points must be
clean and even and set about .015
inch. The magnets must be in a good
state Of charge and all connections
clean and tight
Don't change carburetors. A gen
orator battery system is the only thing
that will solve your lighting problem
Dear Barney Oldfield-Will you
please tell me the proper size Of the
tube to use in a 32x4 cord tire l have
32x4 cords on my car and some driv-
ers say | should use an over size tube
33x41l y for 32x4 cord tire.-T. w.
Use a standard size 32x41h tube.
To improve native horses and live
stock Brazil will maintain 20 zootech
mic stations and as many of it's states
An instrument has been recorded for
automatically recording the horsepow-
er actually made available by tractor