South Bend News-Times, Volume 35, Number 62, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 3 March 1918 — Page 22

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AUTOMOBILE NEWS

MOTORIST PROBLEM SOLVED FOR NEWS-TIMES READERS

By WM R STEWART, JR. IVrf3nt FfvATfcrt Autocaobfla 6chool of N'cw York.

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Motoring Iep't. The New .-Times: I hao a 1 r 1 ino'lo1 Ford and

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lKtle experimentin? along . thesj lines should cure the '.rouble.

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gear and cannot i i wouij nkf, a mtle information in

the valve timing of the racing car motor. I no

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( ry I ut to un in tins r-'-itioii from tiw to ten minute-:.

until it K' ts warin d i;.. Th' n can tight decrees after dead center and I it n foot i r.tkf ar,J tcp it until the inlet -valve open? four degrees

after dead center. In other words both valves are slightly open du--

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.ft-r it w.irr:, up it is lit troun'.e !' r . 1 1 1 k . I f v had ru-w brake, reix- and Iow I v- I drains an J l'Iat s i j L in ar but still sticks w h ri old. J. K. T. Try ti-inir a thinner 3 linder oil. If this fails to cure the trouble bant:' tl.o adjustments of the ! nikc 'lnd planetary. Apparently r," of thni I set up too tightly. A

utes after top center and inlet opens top center. Kindly give me some light on the

suwjwt til next iotut. Motors running at high speed must be operated with as little resistance as possible. For this reason it Is usually the practice to open the exhaus. valve before the piston has reached lower center, thereby reducing the pressure of the gases to be exhausted by the upward movement of the piston on the exhaust stroke. This applies to the timing of the valves during other parts of the cycle so that greater efficiency will result. When the engine Is running at high speed it is possible to employ the suction created by the discharge of the exhaust gases to draw upon the inl?t manifold and increase the speed of the incoming fresh fuel to the cylinders.

ing an interval of four degrees. Would there be- a tendency to puh back the fresh gas in the intake manifold? If this were so the piston would not only have to overrorne the gas. but also the tendency to blow back. The Maxwell racing motor timing is even more severe. Kxhaust c!oscs 13 degrees 4ä min-

AEROPLANE DESIGN

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Planned to Reduce Waste in Construction and Use of Gasoline.

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A Seven-Passenger Six That You Can Afford

WE ARE NOT THINKING of the price for that isn't the primary consideration in the selection of a car. WHEN WE SAY, "Here is a seven-passenger Six that you can afford we are thinking of the same item that you, an experienced motorist, are considering NAMELY UPKEEP. That is the first thing to consider in the selection of an automobile. ASK ANY REG SIX OWNER to tell you of the upkeep cost of his Six and the longer he uas owned and the farther he has driven his Reo, the better will his answer sound. HE WILL TELL YOU that, having compared notes with friends who own and drive other makes of cars fours as well as sixesof the same passenger capacity, he has never found one that compared with his Reo Six in low cost of upkeep. AND HE'LL TELL YOU, too, that he has yet to find even a five-passenger car four or six the operation, repairs, replacements and general upkeep cost of which proved as low as his Reo SLx except one the five-passenger Reo. NATURALLY a five-passenger car ought to be cheaper to maintain than one of seven passenger capacity but most are not, when you look up the figures. REO DEALERS TELL US that their records or the past three years show that Reo Sir. owueis on the average have paid less than eight dollars, per car per year for replacement parti. . JUST READ THAT AGAIN with thousands of Reo Sixes running in all parts of the country, over all kinds of roads and handled by all kinds of skilled and unskilled drivers; most of them owner driven and owner cared for (or neglected) ' THE AVERAGE COST per car, per year, for replacement parts was less than eight dollars! FRANKLY WE DONT believe that record can be equalled by any other sevenpassenger car on earth. AND WE MAY ADD that the records on the five-passerrger Reo show less than seven dollars per car. THE SAME QUALITY the same sound engineering; the same ripe erpcritnee ; the same attention to little details, arn! the same construction, inspection and testing of every car enter into the making of all Reo models. COST OF UPKEEP is always uppermost in the minds of Reo engineers, when designing and when specifying matcriah and since the same desire is uppermost in the minds of the most experienced buyers we meet on a common ground. REO EFFICIENCY sets the price lower Reo cuality guarantees low upkeep. REO MOTOR SALES CO. 407 S. Michigan St. Bell Phone 2675 Reo Motor Car Comp?ny, Lansing, Mich. Prtc it f. o. b. Lenting mnJ tht mtmt FmJrml tat matt mddtd. (U5-X-)

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Motoring Dep't, The News-Times: I will be very grateful if you will be kind enough to explain an easy method of starting a "Ford" in cold weather. S. H. Of all the different method?, piobably the legist troublesome is j block both front wheels, behind is well as in front of each wheel, reltase hand brake, then jack up one rear wheel and spin motor with sas choke closed and spark retarded. Let motor run for several minutes, open switch, apply hand brake after rear wheel has stopped turning, remove jack and again start motor while warm.

Motoring Dep't, The News-Times: I would be greatly obliged, if you would assist me in locating a noi.se v.hich developed in my car, a Cadillac "8," when running at a epeed of about 2Z miles per hour, or when crossing a rough stretch of road; The sound Is like the ringing of a bell, and I have been unable to locate it, or has the repair man in the garage where I store the car. W. del,. From a past experience quite similar to the one you describe, which defied detection for awhile, ir may be that the floor board vibrates and strikes the bell covering at the lower end of the gear shifting lever, and the sound is distinctly that of a small bell ringing.

Motoring Dep't, The News-Times: On a recent trip with my 1916 Kheel, I experienced a peculiar trouble for the first time and am anxious to know the cause. Within a distance of 2Z miles the car stopped three times and after standing fcr a few minutes each time I was able to start it again and run for a few miles and again come to a stop as if I had run out of gas. W. S. If the fuel feed Is a vacuum system, the trouble may have been caused by the trainers in the vacuum tank becoming clogged and at times not allowing the gas to pass. Likewise a clogged fuel pipe would cause the same trouble.

Motoring Dep't, The 'ews-Times: Or my car. a 1913 model, I have been greatly troubled lately with grinding gears, even though I throw my clutch out every time that I want to change gears, there is a clashing and grinding noise. Kindly tell me where my trouble i. S. It. The trouble most likely is a spinning clujeh. The clutch keeps on spinning after you disengage it from the fly wheol. You can easily remedy this by applying a clutch brake. Something that the clutch will rub against when you disengage it. Perhaps you can overcome the trouble by giving the clutch pedal more throw.

Helpful Hint. Lubricating oils should be free from carbon and have sufficient tody to cushion the blows applied to the crankshaft and offer a cylinder wall surface ate- near frictionless as possible, in order to insure the power and durability of an engine. Good oils will more than repay their cost by reducing repair b:!ls.

"When statisticians- point to a yearly national waste of $J00,U'j0,G00 in gasoline and tires atone." jays A. iz Spielberg, 1'ranklin dealer, "it is not stran-c that automobile desisn should come in for its share of attention, to as to reduce this waste and conserve our war requirements. In this connection. Director Manning of the United States bureau of mints, recently came out 'with "the statement urg-

! in? more efficient ensinea as the

foremost step. Now, more than ter before, engineers ae recognizing many other elements that make an engine consume less gasoline and that extend a car's tire mileage. Aeroplane design. which has shown such rapid strides since the war," Mr. .pkUerg cltts, "is being reflected in the construction of automobile engines. While valves in the head, always recognized as an influence in greater efficiency, have been incorporated in motors in an off-and-on way since the beginning of the industry, it took the success of this construction in war service to give it the place it deseres. "Moset motorists have observed the closer study of the proper method of cooling, because in the past the limits imposed by water have led to waste of power through over-cooling. Water-cooled engines are lighting this waste through a thermostat attachment, while the inherent ability of air-cooled engines to operate at about 1T0 degrees higher temperature removes the limitation without mechanical attachments. "Little refinements, like automatic spark control, light reciprocating parts, seven-oearing crank shafts, dash control of the carburetor needle valve, all have a part in making gasoline go farther. "The progress towards greater efficiency is reflected in the development of light-weight construction. It is no uncommon thing to hear of otie thousand pounds of superllous weight being renioxed through refined design. The success of the five-passen;er Franklin weighing 2'2b0 pounds is often mentioned as an indication of the possibilities along this line. It ued to be regarded as impossible to make an enclosed car to weigh less than .1500 pounds, but scientific light weirht as worked out in the Franklin r.ow produces a sedan and a Mmousine weighing only 2610 pounds. "This weight reduction is all a matter of the use of light-weight materials, such as aluminum and heat-treated steels; the elimination of superflous mechanism. like torque tubes and reach rods and frame cross members and braking apparatus; and even the casting aside of the entire w ater-coolinS system, with its radiator, purnps, piping, and the water itself. "And it has been my experience," Mr. Spielberg continued. "that when the subject of unspruns weight was mentioned only a short time ago. nobody knew what was being talked about. But now, with maximum tire mileage taking on added consequence. engineers are seeing to it that axles, wheels. anJ all under-construction are as light as possible, so that tires may be relieved of unnecessary pounding. In fact, it has been established that one pound of weight above the springs is equivalent in destructive-' ness to 10 pounds of weight above the springs. "The search for efficiency has also developed the easy-rolling car. Inefficient bearings have been cast aside., and any complication of :nechanism or dead 'weight that acts

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highly unpopular."

To determine the presence of solid impurities in the oil, kerosene should be added to half a glass of oil until the oil is thin. The mixture is then passed through filter paper or ordinary white blotting paper, and after all the oil has parsed through the paper is washed with kerosene: the residue on the paper, if any. wnll show if the oil has any impurities.

Demand Only Cars That Require But Slight Attention

Oil nut not resinify. To test, pour some oil in a shallowdish and leave in a warm room about a week. There must not be the slightest crust at the end of that time. Another test is made by mixing with the oil fumes of nitric acid; if the oil is pure a thick mas will form In a few hours; If not it will remain thin.

Acids are very injurious In lubricating oil. since in time they attack the machine parts lubricated. To test for acids, copper oxide or copper ash is added to the oil in a glass vessel. Acid-free oil retains its original color, while if it contains acid it becomes greenish or hluiedi. Oil containing acid if dropped on a sheet of copper or f rass and left for a week will leave a green spot on the metal.

Lulricating oil may be filtered through containers of Fuller'i earth o remove free carbon, which may be at large in It.

! The temper of the crowds at the ; New York Automobile show proved . conclusively that the motor public j is turning to tried and proved cars, j New cars and thosr- wiich have I yet to demonstrate their service ! value in actual use will lind buyers j less willing to experiment than they

: have beep in the past.

L'ven ii a car were not all that

it should be when it came from the j factory tn times past it was always i possible i3 work it into a fairly satisfactory performer because in prac- ! tically every locality there was to ' be foun 1 some wizard of a mei chanic w ho could put the car into

shape. Jut buyers realize that thfy cannot now depend ,jipon gettir.-j such expert service attention as has been available in the past. The best automobile mechanics in th?

country have been taken by the

government to apply their skill in the aero;Iane and truck motors of the army. The orvice efficiency of the motor car dealers and repairmen in all parts cf the country has been seriously affected. Huyers seemed to have 'sen.-ed this situation even before the automobile trade itself had seen its import. Many said that they wai?J cars this year which they knew from the experience of others required practically no service attention With such a thought in the public

MOTOR TRUCKS

ASSIST RAILROADS

Extent of Possibilities are Pointed in Magazine Dealing With Problem.

"Though there are in use in this

country today about 4 00,000 motor trucks, this number will appear paltry within a few years." This is the conclusion drawn from a copyrighted review of the possibilities

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published in the current i.ssue of Sinclair's magazine. "Transportation is one of the greatest needs of modern civilization, and the need is constantly growing. For this there are two explanations. The rate of consumption advances with the scale of living, and as individual effort becorrtes more and more specialized, there is a corresponding increase in the number of exchanges necessary before each individual can consume what he desires. When each family produced most of its own food and clothing, there was little barter and iale and scarcely any need for transportation facilities, but today the food a man eats may have been assembled from a dozen states and from foreign countries, and the clothing he wears miy have been manufactured in a half dozen cities, from goods produced thousands of miles from the factory and over widely scattered areas. Fven the direct producer has become so specialized that he must buy the majority of the things he consumes. "As this specializing process continues, transportation becomes an ever more vital factor in everyday life. This may be illustrated by comparing the volume of freight carried by American railways with the population at different dates. In 19 00. for instance, there were approximately 583,000,000 tons of freight carried an average distance of about 243 miles, making a total movement of more than 1 41,500,000,000 ton miles, or approximately 1,883 ton mile3 for each man, woman and child in the United States. Ten years later this had been increased to 2,751 ton miles per capita, and the increase since then apparently has been more rapid. "Railroads have reached a stage In their development when they cannot adequately satisfy the freight transportation requirements of the country. Their service's must be supplemented by that of the motor truck. The introductionof the truck as a freight carrier has already been accomplished. The extent of its employment is the chief thing left to be determined. It was estimated recently that motor trucks hauled a total of 1,200,000,000 tons of goods in 1917 performing in that year a transportation service of about 6,000.000,000, ton miles. While this is only about one and one-half percent of the transportation service of the railways, it nevertheless, is an Important beginning and is suggestive of great possibilities. "Railroads make their chief profits from long hauls. When a cargo of freight is consigned for delivery within a short distance from the shipping point, the charge for transporting Is a relatively small part of the total freight rate, because the railroad must be compensated for loading and unloading. The time required for making deliveries is frequently excessive, through no fault of the railroad, and the short haul consignment in consequence becomes unsatisfactory to the consignor, the consignee and to the railroad, as it may interfere with and delay through freight. It is in relieving the railroad of short haul business that the motor truck will find one of its most fruitful fields of ' usefulness. "There is still much difference of opinion as to the distance over which a motor truck can be profitably operated as a freight carrier. The answer to this question must depend upon several factors, one of the most important of which is that of the condition of the roads over which the truck is operated. This suggests a phase of the motor truck development which will be farreaching. As the need for this newmethod of transportation is felt by the people, there will be more insistent demand for the improvement and extension of our highway

system, and as tne roans are improved and new ones built, the necessity for still further Improvement and extension will become more and more apparent. "Most of the efforts that have ben made to employ motor trucks as carriers of freight have been on a comparatively small scale. At this writing it Is difficult to conjecture whether the utilization of the motor truck will be stimulated by the activities of the postal department, or whether private interests will hold back In order to learn just how comprehensive may be the plans of the administration for the extension of the parcel post system. In the long run the effect will doubtless be stimulating. As parcel post routes are established, road? will necessarily be improved and the possibility of making motor deliveries will become so apparent that private capital will be attracted to the new field." mind it was natural that Hudson super-six sales in New York this year should show an increase and reflect the confidence the motor buying public has shown for it. The result. of the New York show whe". Hudson sales increase! 50 per cert indicate that sals thi ear for the Hudson super-six will as usual kail those of any tine car. They point to the fact that the buyers will exercise their own opinion and judgment as to what Is the bet car for thfm to own. Apparently the public is considering manufacture reputation more than ever.

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CLOSED CAR Dodge Brothers' reputation might well rest on this convertible sedan. It deserves its great popularity because it itfves rreat value. It-will pay ou to i-it n and examine this -:ir.

The gasoline consumption is unusually low. The tire mileage is unusually high.

Sod in or Coupe, $1350; Winter Touring Car or Roadster, $1050. Touring Car, Roadster or Commercial Oar, $SS5. (All prices f. o. b. Detroit)

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CADILLAC MOTOR SALES CO. 313-317 S. Lafayette Blvd. Bell 1287; Home 5609 Gen. Mgr., GUS H. GRIEGER associate di:ali:us: Indiana Auto Sales Co., FIkliart, Ind.: Auto Sales Co.. Plymouth, Ind.; K. Ia Iaraniort Hamlet, Ind.; Axel K. Lindgreii, IlHrtc Ind.; Wolf SfMfee Station, Michigan City, Ind. i

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1-Ton with stake or express body and bow top $1295.

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There is a Republic that exactly suits the needs oi" your business from Vt('n to 5-ton, at prices ranging from SS95 to S4500. All capacities for every purpose. Republic construction and Republic-Forbensen Internal gear drive are demonstrating unusual efficiency, dependability and economy, wherever motor trucking is used. , We furnish all kinds of bodies. Get Republic Stamina, built into the truck you buy and our service behind it.

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