Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 79, Hammond, Lake County, 20 September 1920 — Page 6

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J Paz Six THE TIMES' AUTOMOBILE SECTION Monday, September 20, 1920

Auto Quiz

Answers to tst Week's Question. 1. To test a magneto armature contct a test wire from a six volt storage battery with the primary lead, located opposite the drive end of th? armature. V. ith another test wire touch the armature core an instance. The armature is pood if a spark Jumps the secondary f.ap and if another occurs at the point it contact. This test is similar to the tction which takes place when the magneto is In operation immediately upon contact of the two battery wires the current flows through the primary winding ar.d condenser and is then induced into the secondary winding. 2. The flywheel of a four cylinder engine is required to do more work and is usually heavier than that if a six or right because there are certain periods in cycle of the four during which very little pressure is exerted on the crankshaft by the pistons. An explosion occurs every half revolution, and during the lapse between power strokes the flywheel must carry over the shaft. In u six. as in engines of more cylinders explosions overlap an explosion or power occurs before a former has been completed therefore a lighter flywheel is just as effective. 3. A V type engine cf eight or twelve cyUnders may have one or two camshafts, but one only being the more popular. A single shaft may have an individual cam for each valve or may have each cam operating two valves. Both kinds are in use. ' 4. The condenser of an Induction coil cr magneto armature consists of two fets of sheets of some soft electrical conductor such as tinfoil, each sheet being insulated, usually by mica insuUtion. These sheets are all connected to each other, one set alternating with th"e other. and are shunted across the interrupter of the magneto or coil by con. r.ertion with the primary winding cpn-

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ductor and ground. The condenser's object is to consume extra current created when interrupter points separate. It makes a quicker spark and does away with arching at the points. 5. A good paint that will prevent rusting of exterior of engine Is a light colored paint composed of six ounces of linseed Oil. a half pound white lead in oil, one half ounco lamp black and about two ounces of turpentine. 6. The sparkplug should always be placed nearest to the inlet valve. This is the proper location as It will be enveloped in the fresh charge as it is drawn into the cylinder, m readily igniting it. and as burned gas and oil would foul the plug were it placed near the exhaust valve. 7. The automatic spark control Is a centrifugal governor located at the top of the timer shaft, which increases the speed of the timer contacts as the speed of the engine increases. The weights of the governor move outward on increased peed. causing the shaft on which the timer is mounted to turn farther to the advance position, or toward that direction in which the governor rotates. 8. The piston In an engine which is operating at SOC revolutions per minute, and which h?.s a stroke of four inches, would travel at the rate of 333 1-3 feet per minute. The result Is obtained by adding the downward and upward strokes of a piston in inches, multiplying this sum by the number of revolutions per minute of the crankshaft and dividing this result by twelve to get the answer in feet per minute. 9. To remove a tight fitting stud, the simplest way without damaging the threads is to screw two nuts on the stud, lock them together by turning one nut against the other, and placing a wrench on the lower nut turn out the stud. 10. A good way to find a leak In a radiator, possibly the easiest if the leaJt is very small, is to drain the radiator, cover the filler cap and inlet, and plug the outlet, leaving just enough space so that the hose of an air pump may be inserted. Immerse the entire radiator in water and pump air into it. A leak will force bubbles to the surface of the water. This Week's Questions. 1. "What is the voltage of the high tension or secondary current induced in

an Ignition coil? 2. What is a common cause of lcakign in a carburetor which has had considerable usage? 3. What is a good solution which may bo used to prufuct the interior as well as the exterior of a tiro casing? 4. How is the differential on full floating rear axles removed from the tar? 5. What Is the unit used in measuring the capacity of a storage battery? How is the proper size of battery for a car determined? 6. What dry plate clutch trouble would cause difficult shifting into low speed when the car is standing and engine running? 7. How can you deterhilne the size of speedometer gear necessary to gjve corect mileage, with thu various sized tires? &. What may cause a humming noise in the transmission? 9. What is the average valve setting for an automcbile engine? 10. Why is current output regulation necessary in a generator?

SQUEAKS

who, at the present time is selling Jackson autos, has the following to re. port as recent Jackson fans: R. I. Weil, Hammond; Silas Ileffiett, Hammond. We read jrmewhere that a bundant crops will make for better times. Well auto salea are pickink up fast and people are buying cars Jut as though they needed them. Automobiles may be a luxury, but you can't miakje a one-legged .nan think that way about it. At any rate the following recent buyer reported by Ed Bohling would be willing to wager a sum that the automobile ain't no luxury: M. Itothschild. Hammond, Cadillac sedan; Jack Guzik. Burnham. Cadillac sedan; Harry Wanner, Hammond. Cadillac touring; James Anton, Indiana Harbor Dodsce sedan; Bake-Rlte bakerq. Dodge truck; Frank Iteselle, Burnham. Dodge sedan; Fv-te Porcora. Indiana Harbor. Dod? touring; M. J. Kleriger. Dodge touring; Joe Ursjkew. Dodge touring; G. Cesaretti. Dodge touring; Joe Revai. Dodge touring.

Some folk: are wondering when the city administration is going to resurface Conkey avenue, but then there are some other avenues also that need attention, and in lew of this, no one is losing hit) patience.

MANY TRUCKS HOLL ON AIR

A conspicuous development In the truck industry is the general adoption of Pneumatic Tires. "I have been using a 2-ton Indiana Truck equipped with Croodyear Cord Tires for 2 months successfully, hauling lumber through a section of heavy sand. I am confident I could make no progress without these pneumatic Truck Tires,' says E. S. Hickman, Howard. Georgia. Definite advantages accrue from the use of big pneumatics on motor trucks. East Chicago Garage & Sales Co or East Chicago, local distributors of Indiana Trucks, says that trucks will do more hauling at less cost when equipped with pneumatics, than when equipped with solid tires. The cushioning

to plow through mud. sand, soft roads and saves times from tie-ups.

effect of the pneumatics, cot only protects the loads of perishable or fragile merchandise, but also protects the me

chanism of the truck, appreciably re- Brazil Wants Immigrants.

duces the cost of upkeep, and greatly ErazII la encouraging Immigration la lengthens its life. j the hope of opening up uninhabited Pneumatic Tires with larcer surface tprrltnrv nnd of Rnnrtwin mnr i.k

J gives greater traction, allowing them for prowlnsr Industries.

Mat Liudwig. the life insurance man. has the fever to go west in an automobile and it now looks as though he will not be satisfied until he sees the sun siting behind the Pacific tori- j zon. j m m m Chas. Lauer, of the Lauer Battery service, ain't kickin atall since he is now conveniently located in his new building on South Hohman atreet. While Charles is not deaf and dumb, he believes in making signs, for his place is plastered with Presto-olite sign boards. a Now since we have a good cemented street connecting East Chicago and Hammond a fellow can get over to E. C. In about 2:57. provided Lute is in another part of the city. And provided further the I. H. B. S. railroad isn't switching cars over the crossing at 150th and Calumet avenue. feillie Stromberger, the man who ."howed John D. how to make oil. and

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a better one. That accounts ;j for the superior distinctive- - less of work turned cut at the Auto Customs Shop ART SN0DGRASS, Prop, ij 302 EAST STATE STREET Phone 3450 Hammond

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$2265 ( Delivered SEMI-SPORT CAR $2785 Delivered SPORT CAR $3025 1 Delivered i The Jackson Six is a smart fi car, indeed, and it wins the admiration of smart people. Asids from the fact that the Jackson is a creation of supreme beauty, it has all the powers of 5j performance possessed by cars in the five thousand dollar class, li There is nothing in the realms f of ecstacy that can produce more inexpressible joy than the owner- 1 ship of a Jackson Six. fj No better evidence rf its true worth can be produced than the j fact that Hammond's best business men have come into pos f session of this car bearing the fl Jackson insignia. If Let us tell you more ; let's get acquainted we want to familiarize you with this much talked i of car. 1

I Jackson Auto Sales 1 692 HOHMAN STREET I PHONE HAMMOND 146 j

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IF YOU COULD SEE with what precision and care the engine of the National Sextet is finished in every part, you would wonder no longer how a thing of steel could be so sensitive to every touch of the throtde.

LAKE COUNTY AUTO SUPPLY H. A. ThieL Prop. N.W. Corner Doada nd Hohman Sts., Hammond. Phone 1741

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Greatest Tire Bargains You Ever Heard Of All Guaranteed 6,000 Miles 30x3 $18.75 $15.50 30x3'2 $23-75 $18.50 32x3'2 ...... $29.95 $22.50 33x4 $40.25 $30.70 34x4'2 $47.95 $30.00 35x5 $67.10 $38.50 A FEW SPECIALS 30x312 $13.50 32x3 $15.00 34x4 $20.50 Some will say. "Surely there is something wrong with these tires, or they wouldn't be advertised at such reductions." Well, we will say to the skeptical, take any one of these tires home and try it out to your entire satisfaction if you discover anything "wrong." come back to me just as quickly as you can and get your money back. That's my method of doing business if it pays me. it will also pay you to see us for tire needs. B. F. M ANIS 575 CALUMET AVENUE (Near Bridge) HAMMOND PHONE 3364 Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Refunded

3Lwei Wmd Prices

"Of all gaso'.ir.e rr.sr.ufuctutcc! in ti.e United States, 67.0 is uie:i by automotive vehlcls." (Oil News, 7-'3-13:u, 42.) "Of all the muter vehie'ea in use ia the Middle West, 65 cf the tot?J recitraiion are faim::owned" (Arthur Cppr Address, 1920). Gcso. line is taking ti;c place cf vir.ishing xna-po7;tr on the farms; end noi only decs it redvee the man-hours required to produce a given amount of food, but it abo rcduue the actujl cost of production, and this despite the advancing price of gasoline. (H. W. Quaintance "Iflccnc of Farm Machinery on Production" Power Wagon Reference Book, 1320, page 561.) Authorities agree that gasoline is a most important factor in the production and d.tribstion of food products. When gasoline is employed universally to increase the efficiency of man -power on the farm, we may look for vastly increased production and a consequent decreet is :h?. cost of producing food. In the eleven Middle West states servd by the Standard Oil Campany (Indiana) more than 100,000 tractors rxe in use, and the number fc increasing rapidly. In the states served by the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) ths number of farmer-owned motor trucks is as follows:

Kansas .... 1,732 Iowa . . . . 2,773 Illinois ... 2.261 Indiana .... 1,545 North Dakota . . . 501 South Dakota . . . 1,708 Michigan .... 1,636 Minnesota ... 1,255 Missouri .... 2,065 Wisconsin ... 1,465 Oklahoma . . . 723 Total . . . 17,667

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S. Department of Agriculture states that only about 75 of total farmer wnrship was reported.)

Th distribution ervic of tfca Standard Oil Company (Indiana) brings petroleum producta quickly and cheaply to the farm when they are most needed. It la the plan cf this Company to make its diatribuu'on lacflitics the most perfect system of its kind in the world. To do this, largely increased equipment is being installed. To supply thia vast network of stations, trucks, tank wagons, etc., the Manufacturing Department ia bending its energies to devise means for producing an ever increasing percentage of gasoline from the crude ci! obtainable, and at thn same time to keep users cf other products of petroleum supplied with their needs. Standard Oil Company ( Indiana) 910 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago 1250

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A Palace On Rubber That's what the Dodge Bros. Four-Door Sedan is. It affords you 365 days a year protection against the elements without; it enables you to enjoy tropical pleasure when the wintery winds are raging. And the important thing is the Dodge is not thought of in terms of price, but rather in terms of value. How often have you heartd the car spoken of and how seldom the price ! In a little over five years more than a half million Dodge cars have been placed in the hands of owners.

Bohling Auto Sales N.E. CORNER POUGLAS AND HOHMAN STS. PHONE HAMMOND 266 MICHIGAN AND GRAPEVINE, INDIANA HARBOR. PHONE 78

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Lauer Battery Service

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Tel. Hammond 3020