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Dear Barney Oldfeld: 7.
 Can you tell me how to remedy my motor tronblef When apply the foot brake my car starts to slow down, but before it comes to a stop the brake starts to chatter and stops the car with a jerk instead of q gradual stop. The brake bands are only week old. l have tried to. remedy the trouble by tightening the Adjusting nut on the brake band. but to no avail had this trouble before l applied new bands.
 B. H.
 Chattering is. a trouble common to the car but it can be reduced or re- moved only by using proper grade of brake Hing and proper engine oil. Dear Barney Oldfeld:
 I want you to tell me what to do with my tin lizzie. When l come to a bill I can only go up a few yards on high then my car acts as though 1t would choke. It doesn't matter if 1 give it all the gas, it doesn't pull one bit harder.
 The garage man told me the car was set too slow so he overhauled it and set the time gears one point ahead. He also took up the bearings and has the car so tight that I can't start it with the starter. c. W.
 The repairman you have is not al good one. In the first place the tim ing set so far ahead iS wrong, the bear ings are far too tight. Take the car to service station (authorized), the next time you need repairs. The lack of power in your engine may be due to poor valve seating, calling for nothing more than regrinding of valves, a poor timer, bad timer setting or poor can buretor adjustment. The camshaft on Ford should never be reset for ordinary work. Be sure that the cylin- der head is on tight and have the serw- ice station test the compression so as to determine if the piston rings are holding we'll. e Dear Barney oldRsld:
 I would be much obliged if you would answer the following questions for me
 l. How is membership in the A. A. A. obtained?
 2. Do you use certain size tire in an A. A. A. race?
 3. How do the judges of the A, A. A. determine the cars piston displace- ment?
 4. Is the displacement 122 cubic inches this year?
 5. How many cylinders do the Du- rant cars have? G. How large is the bore?
 z. What is the stroke?
 8. Can you furnish me with any in- formation regarding racing in the A. A. A.; i. e., wire and wise wheels, wind resistance and the distance to toe in the front wheels, etc? W. W. s.
 l. Join an affiliated club. Write A. A. A., 5O1 Fifth avenue, New York city, for the club nearest to you.
 2. Any size you wish.
 3. By measuring the bore and stroke.
 4. Yes. For all important races.
 5. The racers have eight in a row.
 6. Bore and stroke 211-32x3 1-2 inches.
 Wire wheels are generally used and are preferred to disc. What do you wish to know about wind resistance?
 8. Toe-in of wheels depends on wheel diameter, steering layout, etc. Gener- ally 1-2 toe-in is used. E T Dear Barney oldaelde
 My car will not scale any ordinary hill. Just as soon as I give it more gas it knocks under the hood, chokes, and will stall unless 1 put it in second gear. T. P. l..
 The trouble Is undoubtedly due to bad compression losses and these may be due to piston rings that fit badly, to cylinders that are not true. If the en- zine carbonizes quickly and the plugs are vet you have what we call an oil bumper (bad ring it or bad cylinders.) My Dear Sir:
 My car has been well cared for and used possibly 12 months. The engine has always been quick to overheat. Can you tell me the cause and remedy for this? Only the best oil is used and always plenty of water. J. M. P.
 Generally the overheating is caused by wrong timer setting 80 that you run with spark that is too late. The spirk timing can quickly be checked by any service station. See that the fan belt is not slipping, that the radia- tor is free and not full of sediment in, the lower tank, and that the carburetor mixture is not too rich.
 Dear Barney Oldfield:
 l have a touring with oversize tires on the rear wheels. 1 don't like two sizes of tires on my car and would like to know if it would steer hard with oversize tires in front. Or have any other bad effect. F. D.
 By all means use the 31x4 in front also. It will not steer hard and with oversize tires all around you can re- duce the tire pressure and get easier riding. There will be no bad effects from the change, only good ones. Dear Barney Old6eld:
 I am truck driver and do most of l my own repairs. Can you, tell me where can get 6 book on light re- pairs and how to locate trouble in the average car? x. E. H.
 I suggest Dykes Automobile EncycIo- pedia, published by the Dyke Publish ing company, St. Louis, Mo- also Pages books, published by the H. Henley Publishing comnanv NAw Vork