SATU... i. AUGUST 20, 1921 > In the Auto . PLAIN MECHANICAL SUGGESTIONS |. FOR OWNERS WHO CARE FOR CARS World | Do You Know Your Auto Has a Universal Joint? Sas "=Hint is Given For Testing of Distributor 3 : and Coil. You will avoid much trouble if you lpokover the fous following de- tails before taking out a car: gaso- line, water, oil, and air in the tires. Then try out your brakes as'soon as you get outside. Most troubles lie among these and beginners are es- beclally apt to oveglook them. Do not neglect the universal joint, "Out of aight, out of mind" is the usual motto, but the result is to let this part run dry, which means loss of power, wear, and sometimes a broken jaint. If you have a fabric Joint this advice does not apply, but it is extremely important with all other kinds, If your engine has overhead valves do not neglect the rocker arms, If thee are not"viled every day they will run dry and wear. This makes them noisy, besides cutting down the efficiency of .the engine, If your engine refuses to run and you suspect the ignition system, g 800d test is to remove the wire from the coll to the distributor, looser- ing the still attached to the coll. Set: the free end near the cylinder, so that a spark can jump, and crank the engine by hand or self-starter. It a good spark jumps the trouble may be in the distributor. If no spark jumps the trouble is in the battery jcircuit, which takes in the switch, toll, resistance unit, and in- terrupter, The trouble is usually a loose commection or dirty inter- rupter points, Are you sure you have located all the grease cups and ofl holes under the car? There are several on the break levers and other connections at the rear which may be suffering from neglect. Your oiling chart is @ good guide, but the best way to find them is to go under the car with an extension lamp os a flash light and locate them. If any of these bearings run dry and seize serious re- sults may follow, .~ " a Mechanical Hints ! Ww! For Wise Autoists A relief cock with a handle that is vertical when the valve is closed is apt to work open if the plug loosens through wear. The best way is to throw out the offending cock and buy a new one with the hole set Property, especially one with a apring to"hold the plug tight in spite of wear. Another method Is to fill the hole in the plug with a piece of brass Wire carefully fitted and to drill 3 new hole in such a position that the valve is closed when the handle is down, A simple but effective way to take off or put on piston rings is to use broken hack-saw blades a little longer than the piston. They work best. with the teeth ground off. Use three, setting one under each end of the ring and one at the middle. The rings can be slid off or on with- out distortion or breakage. It is best to carry a get of four, so that if one is broken there will still be enough to work with. Do not under-infiate and do not iover-inflate your tires. If too soft 'they will heat up too much and wear ,out all the sooner. If they are too hard they make harder riding and require more gasoline consumption, as the soft tire wraps itself around an obstacle, whereas a hard tire does not yield but must be pushed over the obstruction, It is a goad plan to start the en- gine when filling the radiator of a car using a pump system. In some cases there are places which fl with air which Only can be dislodged by running the engine. The system may seem full, but after the engine has started the level will be found too low, Running the engine while fill- ing will do away with this. If a motor is subject to consider able vibration there is danger of the bolts coming loose at the bese. A wrench should be applied ocea- sionally to make sure that everything is right. It this is not attended to almost anything may happen, from oil leakage to & wrecked engine, A frequent and unsuspected loss of power is due to spark plug leak- age. Most plugs leak whes run very hot, and for this m it. will prove an advantage to make an-occasional test at the end of a trip by dropping a little oft around tie packing joints and watching for bubbles. The leak- age ean usually be stopped by taking YD on the packing glands of the plug. When struggling with a balky en- gine do mot overprime. The usual t is to pull out the dash atiaotoe t and to put gasoline in the primihg cups. Many times the mixture Is too rich to fire. Leave the compression cocks open and spin the engine with the starter. This will thin down the mixture and will probably start the engine. -- Rubber Cement. When rubber cement has stood ex- posed to the air, even for a short time, it becomes so does not give good results in appli- cation. Many motorists thin cement with gasoline, but the ordinary grades ot"gasoline contain consider able oil, which has a decidedly ad- verse action on the cement. High {test gasoline or bisulphite of carbon _ 18 best to use for thinning. : Ee ---------------- Keep the eprings tight at the axles. {Thatis where the most spring breaks roceur, When the cooling system begins to overheat it gives sufficient warn- ing by steam coming out of the top | of the radiator or at the overflow | pipe. This should not be disregard- | ed, as' the engine will soon begin to knock, burn up the lubricating oil, lose power and may end by stopping with a seized piston. If Juek is with you no further harm may follow, but such things as bent connecting rods and crankshafts and broken pistons and cylinders are not unknown. The driver who watches for the first symptoms of overheating and gov- erns himself accordingly is the one who gets most out of his engine in the end. Popping back in the carburetor is a serious trouble as it may set fire to the car, but it also means a loss of power in the engine. Look for the cause among the following: Lean mixture (carburetor out of adjust- ment or a leaky inlet manifold), leaky 'inlet valve® valve tappet- ad- justment set too close, short-circuit in the distributor or on the fgnition 'Wires. {production of alcohol finds its prin- cipal Draw off a few drops of oil occa- sionally from the oil base and catch it on the palm. 'If it is thinner than usual it means that gasoline is con- densing in the crank case, damaging the ofl and consequently the bear- ings. This increases the friction and reduces the power of the engine. If the oil is thin, change it immediate- ly. It it is simply black it does not matter so much, but it should always be changed every 1,000 miles. If a joint in the gasoline line per- sists in leaking, rub a little soap in the threads. This is not soluble in gasoline and so makes a tight joint, Red or white lead could be used, but they make a permanent cement removing. Soap it better, as it does not prevent the joint from being taken apart, AA EEE EE EEE RYT) * » + NOISY RIMS DUE $e TO DRY WEATHER -- ¢ Many motorists have been + bothered more by squeaking ® rims and nolsy wheels this # summer than ever before. On 4 this account, local garages have + % sold a considerable quantity of # # deviets which are designed to/% # overcome the noise of rim ® squeaks. The reason given for * + the excessive noise is the dry ¢ ® weather. For several weeks + + there was no evidence of mois- + * ture with the result that wood- + en wheels had an opportun'ty ¢ + to become thoroughly dried. <* » = x J CPP 0%0 400000000 be depp ALCOHOL TO OUST GASOLINE SHORTLY? Its Practicability as Motor Fuel Demonstrated---Cheaper Methods. Alcohol, banned from booze, may play a big part in future in com- merce, To put {* more plainly, there seems to be a distinct tendency. among automotive engineers to be- lieve that alcohol is destined to be- come an important source of motor fue] supply. There is no fundamen- tal reason why alcohol shall mot be used as motor fuel. Even with our present cars comparatively slight ad- Justments make it possible. Unim- portaft changes in design would make the conventions] gasoline en- gine an alcohol burner. One com- pany, a large producer of alcohol, has already placed on the market a fuel embodying alcohol as a base, in conjunction wit. petroleum products. This fuel is being enthusiastically used in communities where it is read- ily obtainable and the sales consume all that can be produced. Quantity production seems to be the only drawback to general use of this com- bination 'fuel, : There is not much doubt that the eighteenth amendment of the United States constitute, nominally ending the use of alcohol as a beverage, has been the means of bringing promin- ently to the fore the possibilities of utilizing alcohol as a motor fuel. When alcohol could be sold at any- where from a dollar up per quart as @ beverage there was not great in- ducement to cheapen the processes ot production to produce a motor fuel. Now the case is different. A larg: m gone. The manufac- turers must find other flelds to con- sume their product, Naturally they turn to automotive vehicles, There is mo reason why they should not find 4s remunerative an outlet as the one they have lost. Once assured of this' they tan go on to o the methods and increase output of aleohbl until the supply {s sufficient to drive every motor vehicle in the coun Almost everything that ETOWs can be made to produce alco- hol, and the output n be limited only: by the demand.--Motor, -- A woman's idea of "scare head- lines" are those that begin to show on her face after she passes thirty. Some girls idea of being poverty POOT is not to' be able to wear silk stockings to the factory every day. which would damage the joint when) first, prudence at last. ? of difference is insulation." In ordinary battefies the plates are merely separated by thin pieces of wood. The Yo Xam + with crack, warp or necessary, and frequently battery. ang ' ' In the Willard Threaded Rubber Battery the plates are insulated. Between each pair of plates is a Willard Threaded Rubber Insulator-- each one pierced with 196,000 tiny threads. The rubber insulates; the threads allow free circula- tion of battery solution. All the insulating value and wearing quality of the rubber is retained. Threaded Rubber Insulation lasts the life of the plates--no expense for reinsulation. Be sure you get it. Look for the Thread-Rubber Trade-Mark stamped. in red on one side of the battery case. WILLARD STORAGE BarTERY CO. OF CANADA im "Factory and Office, 100 Sterling Road Toronto, Ont. Go to your nearest dealer for Willard Service pig new lard Threaded Rubber Battery: ONTARIO = | Balleville, Quinte Batt. Serv. Sta. Kingston, I. Lesses > . Picton, Prince Edward Batt. Serv. illard of Canada 'Genius always gives its best at A foolish man thinks all are friend- ly who meet him with smiles. cape even the breath of suspicion. Nr tna us WILLARD 'SERVICE . © STATION = «1 ~=-Fhis-is-the time of the year (NAT Your BATTERY nce o lot of attention. Do not hesitate to stop at the Willard Sta- tion and we will gladly look your outfit over without charge, also starting and lighting systems. ; : Enquire about new pricés for WILLARD BATTERIES, 5 I LESSES ~~ ° 19 BROCK STREET. PHONE 1340, | . XE NEW PRICES ON BRISCOE CARS, "4.34 Special Touring ............ $4680 4-34 Standard Touring . .. . . ... ., $1550 4.34 Roadster ......,..........${550 Prices f.0.b. Brockville and su bject to Sales Tax This is a relluction of about 13% on this new model Briscoe, which is larger, more powerful, m ore handsome and more | in design than the former model, or indeed than aay other car ot equal price on the market to-day, : ) Li - _ ANGLIN BROS. Bay St. MR. ROBERT W. ANGLIN, MANAGER Doctors can take life easy and es- i Cylinders ground and fitted with oversize Pistons and Rings. Piston Pins if necessary. 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