South Bend News-Times, Volume 36, Number 124, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 4 May 1919 — Page 26

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MOTORIST PROBLEM SOLVED FOR NEWS-TIMES READERS By WM a STEWART, JR.

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Three A" Favor Making Sur vey of Main Roads and Building For Permanence.

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WASHINGTON', p. r, "Tra"c rnplnr-s will l

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mnts If th normo. s .-tr.! mtrn?ivo nd.s of trnf!'; :ir' tu 1 n; t." fays Gorc ' ". Ii'Iil. i Inirnnn of the pood roads board of th- American Automobile ;isor j.ttion. "Hit.'hway truJttc Is alrrndy at a point where it overshadow railro.-id traffic and has given ri.-; not only to the engineering jrob!ms of Inr highways durably but to tr.ifiio problems -which call for wil-r hiirhways on main routes and involve consideration of fuch traffic questions as co-onllnatlntf parallel road3, providing detours, ornnonilrally locating: roads with refer r:cto tonnage and pas?enrer rquirements, routing traffic, sum postinsr highways and the conduct of construction and repair work to interfere as little U3 possible with the flow of traffic The federal highway commission when it is t-st.iMishe! can do more to brine: order out of confusion In the handling of ih-.-' frreat traffic problems than any other conceivable agency. Is Ileal Iroblcni. 'To emphasize the manitul.- of

trafHo wo should bear In mind that

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Motor I ' :r rtnient I l ave an Oi l with o electric f-tem. vhn ignition switch is c1om-'1 the ai:;rnet'-r shows about '1') discharge, -j,1 r.l r nminir. Is thi-5 correct. AI-o .n easo pner:itor toj'pod c hi r sintr would it riot discharge battery? What i-! the proper rhirin ra,o, lights o:f and on? Thanning

you for any information, I remain, F. K. In any n.- hot fry will disehar1 if rer;e;;itor stops peneratin cur- , t lift il'itiriii n f it 'is" cr t- i

i as you .suppose. i our ltrniuon s st'i i'i ,!o-s jvr draw '' ; amperes vh n ! rur.r.lnir, hut more tit ;ir!y or .

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' 1 ampere. The hiph reading you pet witii ntipe at rest is due to the low I res stanee of the ystein and the fact ' that th interrupter points make 1 ood contact. When running the in

terrupter points touch for so short a tiriK that very little current is Usel.

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I head in the direction of rotation, I fastening the wires in the firing ort der. The next one to lire goes next j to No. 1 wire, the next one to fire ' coos next to that, and fo on. It i would be well to disconnect No. 1 ' wire at spark plug and set it less , than a quarter inch from the head ; of plug to ten for fpark. Cloe i switch and advance Fpark lever

Probably some adjustment of con-! "uick,-v- This fhou,d ive a srark r.Min rrwa thor r.crt Viovo'at NO. 1 PlUg. If the distributor I?

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been overlooked and left looe. Nothing but a reinspection of the Iarts can determine this.

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larger A lazy young fellow named Tree

Once started to chop down a tree. On the third or fourth stroke The axe-handle broke. "Oh boy, but I'm lucky." sId he.

Motor Department I have an Overland Toli. 1017 model. I'lease tell

Motor Department. Are

fly-wheels used with 12-cylinder eneines or with four cylinder engines-, L. G. The more cylinders we have the less fly-wheel is needed, so that flywheels on right and 12-cylinder engines are smaller than those on four and six cylinder engines. On engines of one to four cylinders there are dead periods when no

draws les.s than ; power Is being developed. The fly

wheel carries the crankshaft over ) land's pre-war these places. Engines with more i over 60Q tons. cylinders have no such periods ns I the power strokes develop. The ;

fly-wheel tones down the strong j part of the power stroke and speeds 1 up the weak parts, thus giving a

much smoother turning effect on the drive shaft and rear wheels.

The world's annual production of mercury is about 4.000 metric tons, of which Spain contributes about 1,4no tons, Italy nearly 1,000 tons. Austria-Hungary, S00 tons, and the United States about 730 tons. Eng-

consumption was

GUPSSAYS EXPER

Care in Spring May Result in Saving of Dollars During Year.

"It is generally recognized that today's auotmoblle is an all-ycar-'round vehicle. Rut whether a car lias been stored for the winter or kept in use, it is good practice to have it gone over in the spring to put it in shape for the year's work," says II. 1'. Cortright, of the Oldsmobile &alos Co. "One of the points so small that it is frequently overlooked is the matter of grease cups. After a hard season's waork, especially during cold weather, the passages from the

I -rreare cups to the surfaces requir

ing the lubricant often Pvt clogged up with hardene 1 ria?-. or bits of dirt. "When this happens the surfaces in question get no lubrication and consequently wear rap::ly. Annoying and persistert sqiu-aks and ratt'f.s are the inevitable r suits." "The condition (.in be frequently recognized by ti;e extrusion of the grease from under the cap of the grease cup when screwing it down. Hard turning of the cap is another indication of a clogged up passage. The safest plm B to take no chances. When the car is being overhauled all irrcaso cups should be removed, cleaned and thoroughly inspected to see that they axe in proper operating condition. Aftr that a good cleaning of the grea-so passages with a piece of soft wire will generally insure the effective operation of your grease cups." "And finally, vhen you have gone to 5:0 much trouble to make the urease cups work properly don't fail to use them freely and often. Too much lubrication never hurt any automobile. Re liberal with tho grease it will Kive you money."

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Motor Department. I always get

me what caus. s a. vapor to riso from j ;i knock on a hill, but It stops If I

oh breather pipe after only a few

miles of travel. Radiator has been well cleaned with sal soda and flushed with engine running for fifteen minutes, cleaned our crankcase with kerosene and reliiled with good (Mobile Arctic) oil. I use Miracle oil with my gas. Is there any objection to this? Tlip engine has great power notwithstanding. IS. II. This is due to some of the kereosene remaining in the crankcas and vaporizing with the heat. It should disappear very soon. If vou feed oil

probably 7& per cent of the se n i in with the gasolene you will soon million motor vehicles which will be I carbonize the engine. This trick is a

registered this year will bo confined to not over 20 per cent of the highway mileage In addition to city Rtreets. This would mean about 12 vehicles to the mile, or about one to every 4 SO feet. To show how easily traffic may become congested on a narrow road, take for illustration the Baltimore-Washington road and assume that a motor truck posses a given point at a speed of 15 miles an hour at IT. second Intervals. As tho truck would travel 22 feet a eecond there would bo one truck for every o.",o feet and It would only take 62 S trucks to tho fill up the whole rpaeo between Raltia.oro and Washington. Any fairly long train of trucks would therefore congest all passenger travel to a cegre) where the situation would become acute. We do not havo to loolc far Into the future to see Just such conditions nnd we must realize that only by wide roads or parallel roads can such situations be met- Just where and how much the ro.id FhouM be widened, where the parallel roads should b. built, where the heavy type of construction should b located, where detours should b provided aro problems which call fur traffic sureys. "Traffic surveys would take into account th tonnag and passenger traftlo originating in zones along the roads and at local and ultimate termini, the vehicles already in use and tho probable development the existing highway f irilitics including parallels and would provide for building, maintenance and management according to u plan in which tho engineer and trail'.c probb m would be co-ordinated. "The American AutomohiV r.so. elation will urg wider nuN an. fTectiv traffic engineering and w;H work tirelessly for ttos, things as essential features of maia routed in national and state highway .-terns."

SCHUBERT EXPLAINS t . NEW PROCESS OF RETREADING TIRES

More thnn passing in.teror i-: Poing manifested in the "Rrl-Kure Retrding" machines which are in operation at Schubert's Tire s-Vri. e hop. 212 K. Jefferson b'.vd. According to Mr. Schubert the new process makes it possi'. le to add many more miles to used tirs. 'The averago car user does not realize what mileage can stiil be secured from his tire that has already gone tho minimum mileage and In many cases tht:re is junked beoa it 1; i worn thin on the tread." siid Mr. Schubert. "Ry our new proc. all rubber s taken off the tread. The tire is then cement. , nit up. Tlir e coats of pure rubber c ;.u nt are given the tire. Th'-n follows one thicknisj of cushion s:--ck .ind break r strip. The cas:ng is r.evt built up with pure Id ick sro-i.il tread gum which ronstitut s the top or tread and g:es the tire ;ts wearing qualify. The tire is then put in the "RriKure Tre-hr" mouhK A sand bag if inserted and pitied 1:". the mould. The clamps art scrwed down and the tire is pressed into one complete unit und r ; ,'n pounds of pressure which is t one r.trate d on the tread or wearing r-uiface of the tire, rrtssure is the s-a n I of t-uc-cesj in retreading."

useful one on two cycle engines, as the mixture goes first to the crankcase, where the oil remains. In your

case the oil is drawn in on top of the j - i t-1 - iViir- ia t Via lief nl'iro f

i l l ' f : l , o ii' ii i VIII- ii. v V should be allowed to enter. Motor Department I have a 101T. model Overland SH. How is the besf way to reet the priming cups. They leak around the bottom and also around spark plug-, where the big tap screws into engine head. One of my drive wheels wears the tread off of one side of tire. I thought it was on account of certain turns. How do I remedy these troubles? P. R. They should be tightened up until they stop leaking. If thread is damaged a little shellac and graphite mlt;ht be used, but it waould be better to have a machinist cut the threads a little deeper. Your rear axlo may be sprung, throwing the rear wheel out of true. Measured from felloe to felloe, the rear wheels should bo perfectly parallel. If they are out very much they will require special treatment in order to straighten them. Motor Department My engine has suddenly developed a bad case of weak power and It looks as if the eauso was a weak spark. The hydrometer test shows l.r.00, but the spark at the plugs does not seem as strong as formerlv. When I remove

j the top of distributor and crank the j engine with the starter there is heavy ; .-p j rking . t th interrupter points. 1 : car.ed them with fine sandpaper ; until thev wer. bright ami smooth.

' but cot tli- same heavy spark as be- i

; fore. What do you think is the ! cause of trr's trouble? T. T,. ! I'mle-ubtedly a punctured eor.den- ! -er. as ou hav" tried everything o:-;e. This is enrr.ive to replace, j but there is nothing else to be done. Heavy sparking at circuit-breaker , points is usually due to dirt, but if . points are clenn and still give execsue sparking a burned out condense r i indicated. Meter Department My engine when running sems to skip except when on a pul1. o- when speeding up. It u!l run :0! "iuM for :i while, and then whn 1 u-ive it a little more - throttle " .11 cotnmence to skip I again. R has a RaytleM carburetor. It I irive it a little more gas it seems to ni ike it raNs still more. If I give

it a cleaner mixture r makes it j

? acktire at carburetor. Snark seems to be in good shape. I. I. Trouble is e identlv ;r, the mix-

retard the spark lever. Is this anything serious? Please give mo the remedy If there Is one? J. R. Thi3 Is known as "spark knock" and is th result of advancing the spark too far. The gas is exploded before dead center and the explosion pressing downward meets the piston coming up. This makes a knock. It does not occur on a level road becausa the engine ia running faster and has time to pas3 over dea-l center. But the car slows down on a hill and this causes the knock. The rule for spark advance is to keep the point where a knock occurs. T.ifotor Department. Please tell me why I get a muffler explosion when I retard the spark all the

way. Tne noise is louder If I open the throttle part way at the same j time. Please tell me how to cor- ! rect this. C. L. j The circuit breaker Is set a little too late on its shaft. It may be ' coming loose, in which case the en- j trine will stop and an experienced man will have to be called In to re- j set it. The noise is caused by the 1 gas Igniting almost Rt the end of j the power stroke j :st about aa the

exhaust valve opens. Naturally this noise is made louder by feeding moro gai. . Motor Department. Recently

several wires came off my dlstribu- j tor and I put them back as best I j could, but the engine fires back at I the carburetor, In the muffler and j kicks back in fact does everything except run forward. Please tell me ' how to put these wires back in the j proper places. T. K. ! Find firing order by cranking en- j gine slowly by hand. Retard spark, i

Set No. 1 cylinder slightly past firing dead center. Now remove distributor head and note where distributor arm points. This carrier the current to the spark plug wire? and No. 1 spark plug wire should be fastened to the contact nearest the

f.re. The inlet mar.ifold rv.v leak or the air valve not clo e properl. A t icee ..f lint mav have raqght in

the spr.iv iio:v.!e. Run egin-"1 ar.d j in;crt arour-.d the io;f.' of the inb t manifold If oil s sueUe 1 in j thir : bak and bolts must bei ,;.v..,.. ,,- LT!ket replaced. If,

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and re-vRu and the trouble will pro'.abbv have disappeared. Motor Department Ple-ip help

:! remove carburetor ; t carefully. Replace j

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'Because, first th y he c,n y. and then on the other."

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, ' , ! . . r . and had engine ;. n ::!.: overhauled Differentia! an! urivttsi! in good shapn. but i.r-o. k i- lo'-det when running down

b.i'.l or iRic.g. A valve lifter pin is'

Ti.rV.t and soraefims sticks. Timr irs and camshaft appear to !'. in prfct condition.. II. S. - ,. right, allowing valve r- niai"! up. wauld be a cat:e (f k- rk. will r.ot happen if v.-inr can t t: -Ii it down again. Tbere may re too much space l.e-'.wt-cn ale l.fters and valve s-tems.

IIKLPITIi HINTS. Kemember to touch the points of the interrupter occasionally, as they become pitted from constant use. A so-called "emery board." used for manicuring, may be used, as it has sandpaper on both sides. This clears away the oxide and assures good ignition for several hundred miles. Also keep careful watch on your distributor. In case of a leak in the high tension wires a spark will jump and you can see it. Rut the spark may be jumping inside and you not know anything about it. So remove the cover occasionally and wipe out the dust. Ry this means trouble is avoided long before it can occur. In case the spring squeaks It will not be necessary to remove it in order to oil. Jack up frame to take weight of car off spring, remove the clips that hold spring leaves together and pry leaves apart with screwdriver or cob! chisel. vlraphite grease should then be spread over each leaf, using a table knife or thin piece cf metal. There is a tool on the market which spreads the leaves without requirinsr that the car be jacked up. Keep careful track cf your tire mileage and you can then face the tire adjuster with a clean cut story that will insure you best treatment. Note when tire was put on and the speedometer reading. Also note when tire was removed and the reading. Keep careful record o! mileage in each case and you may be fratihed to rind a tire running way beyond its guarantee. One of the best ways to save gasoline on the road is to keep the spark well advanced. Some experiments with new drivers show that carelessness in this respect reduced the miueage of a car 2 Z to CO percent.

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and sixty-six thousand pounds was the w. ight of freight transport d l four trucks In the three months of Packard's IMS truck operating; of ficiency test. It would have required C20 railway freight cars of on.ooO pounds capacity each to carry th tonnage. If all this material coudd be piled on four ton trucks, placed 20 feet apart, the line of trucks would extend more than miles The four trucks that made thi" record are three three-ton and one four-ton Packard owned bv the

Reynolds Tobacco company oflcbrks Winston-Salem. N. C- The pgures j c usi

factory at I- f o:t i- tb of more . ireful '"ding grows older. ' res of

J carrying 1' " p r cent n. j this month b.-.n th- v or.e hundred i These- spb udid impro.-:

what coop ration lv. -' er. shipping cie: k i; will do.

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Most Beautiful Big-car Offering' of tKe Season, and the Price is Only $1795 j HE new Chandler touring model is here. We have waited for it. Old Chandler X owners have waited for it. It's here now and we are all proud and happy. The Chandler of the past has had splendid bodies, but the new Chandler touring car even surpasses its immediate fore-runner in beauty of line, in bigness, in comfort of its cushioning, in the nicety of its customrlike workmanship and in its lustrous finish. The new Chandler Touring is a big car. Its high hood and radiator, its broad cowl, its wide and deep doors give it distinctive appearance.

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, it rides liKe a dream

Nothing has been cut out to permit the dellyery of this fine biß tourinö car nt the Chandler price. Indeed, many little details Of nicety are added. The back curtain window is beveled plate glass. The clear-vision side curtains fit snugly and open with the doors. There are detachable rear quarterbow curtains. There are outside door handles.

Features which have been standard Chandler qualities in the past are continued. The cushions are upholstered in genuine hand-buiied plaited leather. The front compartment floor boards aro covered with heavy gray linoleum, aluminum-bound. The two comfortable auxiliary chairs fold away, entirely concealed, when not in use.

Carrying this Handsome Body Is tlie Famous Chandler Chassis

You will choose the new Chandler touring for its bigness and its comfort and its handsome dignity. But you will choose it, too, for its mechanical excellence. Fifty thousand Chandler owners know, better than we can tell you, what a good car the Chandler is. The famous Chandler motor and the 6turdy excellence of the whole chassis make the Chandler notable among fine cars.

The Chandler continues for 1919 all its distinguished mechanical features; solid cast aluminum motor base extending from frame to frame, silent chain drive for the auxiliary motor shafts, annular ball bearings, Bosch Magneto ignition and many other features of design and equipment characteristic of the highest-class motor c:u construction.

SIX SPLENDID BODY TYPES Touring Car, $1795 . Four-Passenfer Roadster, S179S Foun Passenger Dispatch Car, SIS 75 Convertihls Sedan, $2495 CorvtrtibU Coufie. $2395 Limousins, $3095 Alt Frist ClrvUmd INDIANA MOTOR SALES COMPANY Salesroom 307 E. Jefferson Blvd. Bell 2030. Service Station, by Chandler Expert, at 522 S. Michigan St., Rear. Home 8392. CHANDLER MOTOR CAR COMPANY, CLEVELAND, O.

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