Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 259, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1918 — MORE ABOUT YOUR FORD. [ARTICLE]

MORE ABOUT YOUR FORD.

There are only two kinds of ignition troubles on a Ford, “magneto troubles” and “minor ignition troubles.” Posititive the mag is generating at a good voltage the average driver can locate the other ignition troubles with comparative ease. He has a start. But no amount of tinkering with coil, timer, plug or wires can overcome the magneto inefficiency caused by weak magneto. The Ford magneto has much in its favor. It is a simple, low voltage generator with sixteen cycles to every revolution of the crank shaft, generating sufficient current for a hot spark on the quarter turn and giving light that doesn’t flicker to the eye at 1000 flywheel r. p. m.

Since it generates at low tension the problem of iusnlation is not so complex as with the high tension type. But—heat arid vibration weaken permanent magnetos, and all rapidly revolving mechanisms are subject to a certain amount of deterioration. Ford motors vibrate, the clutch bands chatter, the magnets run in a bath of hot oil and worn mam bearings widen the clearance of the armature and field. While this deterioration is certain, it is so gradual that -it is seldom realized before it reaches an acute stage, unless the owner installs a meter to show thhe condition of his magneto at all times. If you want to know the condition of your mag relative to when it was new you can have a meter put on your dash or we will test them free at any time. When they need it we guarantee to make them strong as new by a new method of magnetizinz. Come any day. KIRK BROS. Distributors of Vesta Batteries.