Evening star., 1926-02-14

gram. which adds: In case of fire
walk, don't run to it"
Briefly, there's a sermon for the car
@wner. To make it clearer, it might
be paraphrased to read:
''1alect the easiest and quickest way
cut of motor troubles before they
come. When they arrive you will
know the way out"
II is quite obvious that q stalled
engine looks less CataClySmic TO the
experienced motoriSt than TO the tyro.
The former may not voluntarily have
chosen the proper exit in such a case,
hut experience has shown it TO him.
BY the same token, the experienced
driver knows that there have been
and undoubtedly viii be disasters
greater than the scratch on the fender
of his new car. Why Simply because
It is inevitable that he has been push
ed through the proper exit III case he
didn't go voluntarily. He knows that
fer|orr can be refinished or new ones
Installed, or. better still, that the
fScra lch that looks like a deep raVine
10 him isn't even visible to the rest
OF the world In other words. there
ere several exits from this particular
form of mental anguish.
Many Go After Trouble
IL 10 IlOG Unusual Ati a. l'toSi S9SAN Z
car owner to enter trouble just fof the
sake of discovering the way out. so
that when he is taken by surprise
some day he will not he panic stricken.
One motorist of this type went so far
as to diSconnect the Choller control
just to see how he would start the
engine so handicapped He braced
stick between the instrument board
and the starter button, thus enabling
him to operate the choke valve at the
Carburetor while the Starter-motOr
cranked the engine. Tie tied a piece
of cord to the stick so that the mo-
ment the engine started he could re-
lease the starter and prevent damage
TO its gears.
The car owner who utilizes an hours
time some Saturday afternoon to eX-
pertinent with various ways and
means of jacking up the wheels is
very apt to find the way out with
very little delay should he find himself
facing the job of changing tire in an
7infavorabie place. Unlike the man
who always exits through the custo-
mary channel, he will find the best
way out.
In most cases. however, it is pos
fdble to become familiar with the
exits without going to the trouble of
starting trouble, for it does not al
ways pay to use the car for labora-
tory. An owner might be able to
Jam the starter gears If he cranked
the car 80 times in succession, but
that would be wasted effort He
would run down the battery, waste a
lot OF gasoline and possibly iniure the
starter in event of an unWelcome
backtire. All he has TO do is TO take
other motorists word for it that
starter gears sometimes stick. The
way out is simple.
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stepped on the starter button, only
TO find that there is no response.
Not feeble attempt of a rundown
battery to power the Startermotor,
but simply the sensation of jamrned
gears. Where the owner is obliged
10 press a starter pedal he will find
that the pedal does not go all the
way down in the customary manner.
All this is simple enough to imagine
particularly If it has happened in the
past and is among the motor men,
cries that are not easily forgotten.
Jars the Starter Loose.
Now for the remedy. Placing the
car in high gear, with the ignition
switch eff he steps out and pro
GeedS to rock the car backward and
forward. This jars the starter gear
loose again. When he steps back into
fhe car he finds it ready to start in
the usual way. He has found the
proper exit. If one can get to it and
knows exactly where it is, a small
exit will do just as well as a large
Une.
A lot of automobile horns these days
Pre refusing to blow. yet the remedy
IS merely a matter of giving the cap
Of the centralized control on the
steering wheel quarter turn to the
right. In busting the wheel. or il
7iddling with the gas and spark levers,
he driver may unscreW the cap just
enough to throw the' horn button off
contact.
Most squeaks in springs are right at
the ends between the master leaf and
The one next to it. Too often car
owners will go to the trouble of having
the springs taken apart or the spring
covers removed just to get at a
trouble that could be reached with
Ear less effort.
Recently a woman started off with
her new car only to have the engine
stall in the most surprising way.
Having had q certain amount of ex-
perience in trouble shooting, however,
she remembered that an engine can
be started by the momentum Of the
car. Being near a hill, and on 4
downgrade, she placed the gears III
high, switched on the ignition again,
pressed out the clutch and started
coasting. Half way down the hill she
let in the clutch and pressed on the
accelerator. The engine started
But she was not entirely out OF
trouble. a little later she was obliged
10 stop the car to avoid a collision.
When she stepped on the accelerator
again there was no response. Nor
was there any when she used the
starter.
EarrEa FaSfIv I7nnnd
A passing motorist was not long in
Ending the simple yet entirely eff
Sective way out He raised the hood
and found that the throttle closed be
yond the idling point when the &C.
celerator was not being used. The
remedy was a matter of adjusting a
set screw so that even when the hand
gasoline control was all the way "off'
the throttle was still open far enough
10 keep the engine running.
Many of the most perplexing trou
bles como to the motoriSt while he is
in process of backing out the garage
Not only are many private garages in
rather cramped quarters. but the
engine, being cold. does not permit
or any fine" driving. The operator
Is taken by surprise when a sluggish
engine suddenly takes the gas and
gives the car an unexpected iurch
Giving the motor a chance to warn,
mp ones exit is better than one ac
companied by a loss of tenders.
II the engine gives trouble In start
sng the safest exit is to be less per.
sistent In the effort. There are very
few cases where owners have sue.
ceeded in starting engines by sticking
10 the starter-motor and cranking
Indefinitely. Something else usually
goes wrong before the engine becomes