x SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 192%. GASOLINE IS DANGEROUS, YET fr! av me Se wo WHENIT IS HANDLED WITH CARE |inother at the rear end of this shaft. i | There are two general methods of making these universal points, the | The Vapor is Highly Explosive --Many a Car Has [oes these untversal most gen- Been Burnéd Through Tossing of a Match Near or Under Machine. Everyone knows how powerful S3s0line is and how dangerous, but few know how safe it is and how properly to handle and Gasoline, as we all know, is de- tived from crude petroleum by a Process of distillation. Other proa- Uets are kerosene, lubricating oils and greases, and parafin, all used about an automirbile, It hag no color of fts own. It bolls at a tem- perature from 130 to 150 degrees, de- pending on the grade. It is compos- 8d of two such dissimilar elementa #8 hydrogen and carbon. The lat- ter is familiar to us in the form of oharcoal and hydrogen is a gas, one of the constituents of water, It isa , ¥emarkable fact that two such ele- ' ®ments as hydrogen and carbon should combitie and form a substance with pone of the characteristics of ether of them, Should Stop Engine. The dangerous nature of gasoline is well known, so that it will not be Recessgy %o emphasize the following detalls of care while filling tanks; Stop the engine, so that the flame from, the exhaust will ngt set fire to Vapor; put out all open-flame ta, such as kerosene or acetylene; t epilling, as the vapor may be ignited as soon as the en. is started. We formerly advised the use of a chamois strainer, but the friction of gasoline agaist a cham. ois skin causes a static spark which will 8&t 'fire to the vapor. The Gov- Gasoline should be stored in an underground tank since it is always Barns UNIVERSAL JOINTS IMPORTANT ON CAR Should Be 'Lubricated Fre=- quently to Prevent Wear and Breakage. Automobiles, as everyone knows, are driveg by power, irre from the engine to the.rear drive wheels, in some form or other. In most of the modern cars the engine is fasten- ed to the frame of the automobile with the transmission fastened direct. ly to the engine. The rear axle, through which the axie drive shafts extend, is fag'ened to the main frame of the car by means of springs in order to make the car ride easy, This means that the distance between the odol eight feet underground and iquires occasional attention, but no. | Seve it. [Tecord Whara sa Underground tank (1) cation, 80 there is a slight | has exploded, although we have had' some terrific fires over them, Small quantities of gasoline shourd be kept in a ddo0l, well-ventilated place, preferably out of doors. The can should not be airtight, but should allow some vapor to escape in order to avoid dangerbus pres- gure. As this vapor is exceedingly dangerous it must be carried off as !fast as formed by thorough ventila- tion. If allowed to accumulate it sinks to the flor, as it is very heawy and only needs the flame to give g disastrous explosion. On the other hand, gasoline is extremely safe when properly hand. lad. An electric spark or a naked flame is required to set it on fire, The real reason for the "Nb Smok- ing" signs in garages and wherever gasoline is handled jis to prevent striking matches, Many a car has been burned by having a lighted match tossed under it or near it. The heavy vaper from the gasoline, perfectly invisible, creeps along the ground, where it lies waiting such an accident, Contrary to popular opinion, a full tank is far safer than one which has just been emptied. In the lat. ter case the vapor is mixed with air in explosive proportions, whereas the full tank has so saturated the air in the top that #t cannot explode. When any soldering has fo be done on a gasoline tank be sure that it is near- ly full and then you can work on the leak with perfect safety. rear axle and the frame is constantly changing when the car is being drives Over uneven roads. If 'we had a rigid shaft to carry or transmi' the power from the trars- \mission to the rear axle, the shaft would have to bend with every up and down motion of the car or change of distance between the axle and th¢ frame, which would be a mechanical impossibility, For this reason it is necessary to put some kind of flexible connection between the shaft which drives the wheels and the transmis sion, in order to allow for the action of the springs. In most cars, this flexible connec tion or universal joint, as it is usually called, is placed a the forward end of this driving shaft, just at the rear of the transmisgion. In comparative I from becoming nolsy or wearing ou.. rs esas it Sourpletoly on | The newer type of flexible joint re | i , joften neglected. This neglect is sure eral use, consists ofslid ing or movw- ing mechanical parts, which must be lubricated periodically in order to keep them from wearing, and thus | amount of labor connected with tne | care of either type. | As these joints are placed directly | under the centre of the car where | they are hard to reach, they are | to cause serious trouble before the car Is very old. They are usually, in the case of the type which requires lubrication, packed with a Hght cup grease when they leave the factory, and they should be refilled at least cnee every 1,000 miles. This refilling in most cases, must to dona by means of a grease gun, and while it is what we might call a rather dirty: job, it requires only a few minutes' time and will save this part from wearing out and becoming noisy. Improper lubrication also will ' cause this to wear so that it ds easily troken when an excessive load is put on the engine, such as in trying to pull from a mud hole or in starting a steep hill It the universal joints become worn 30 that they are noisy, it is wise to have them checked over by an ex- lerienced man in onder to see vhether they are able to break. The breaking of a universal Joint not only preventa the' car from running, but caudes the driving shaft % whirl around while the car je coming to a stop and damages the machine in tther ways aside from the breaking of the joint itself. > -------- Neglecting the Spare Wheel, Thanks to the excellent workman- ship and substantial nature of the average small car, says The Light Car and Cyeclecar, tire troubles in the first few thousand m'des are exeep- tional, and very often one notices that on a car which has actually covered this mileage the spare whee! has not been used at all, It ts not realized that it would be far better to put this wheel on, say. at the end of 500 miles, and change fy @ Announcing New Ford Prices Effective October, 19th, 1922 PRICE F.0.B. 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Bighteen of water in the base of 'he well which may have penetrated the bead- | ing and rotted the canvas within. | AUTOMOBILES ARE SAVING [ THE RURAL SCHOOLS strument never registers when the thousand rural achools are furnishing transportation mileage covered when for pupils to and from their homes. | wheels is out of alignment. Through the motor bus the dated rural school is made poasible | Extra Tire Mileage. The tires of an automobile often 80 a further distance than the score shown on the speedometer. The In- 209-305 Queen Street FROSTS MOTOR CAR REPAINTING The 8ame Superfine Lasting Finish . The Best Is the Cheapest--The Lustre Lasts PHONE 353¢ U. 8. wear is backed, skidding, or the extra one of the : and. the number of consolidations is going forward at the rate of about! 1,000 per year. There are stili 180,- 0600 one-room &chodls which should | be consolidated. Since a consolidat- ed school combines several adjacen school districts into one school it means a larger and better equipped school house, 8ince in the one-room rural school one teacher teaches all grades from the kindergartem to the eightl grade, while in the consol Gat- od school each 'eacher instructs but | two or three grades, this means fewer and more highly qualified teachers and better teaching, We are now fully equipped to take care of your Auto Repair neéds---Firgt Class Mechanics to do your work, and all work guaranteed. AUTO TOPS RECOVERED and REPAIRED R. H. JONES 300 PRINCESS STREET A Phone 152, --@-- CAR OWNERS Car Washing, any type Gasoline and Oils for Sale, ATTENTION Distilled water alwess on hand. STANDARD AUTO SERVICE PHONE 645. QUEEN STREET (Behind Standard Office) Dopse BroTHERS BUSINESS SEDAN Fo wceptional interest has been aroused by the arrangement of the interior. Ra] Valve Tapping, When one is travelling, and time fs not to be wasted in such tedious and exacting work as taking up extra clearance between a push rod and a valve stemt, there is a simple way to stop an annoying valve tap. The tap- | pet with the exira clearance should first be located by turning over the engine slowly by band and feeling each push rod when it is at i*a lowest Position (when the valve is closed). Having found the guilty tappet, in- tert @ thin plece of paper between the end of the rod and the valve stem. As the paper is continually under When the rear seat fixtures are back in pressure it will not slip out, and it 13 not Mkaly to wear out for quite s place, the interior is complete and attrac- tive in appearance. Its convertibility is not number of miles. If the clearance is apparent to the eye, ° ~~" 7|very excessive, a piece of & visiting card will do the trick. tourists and everyone who occasion, at The Rays of Head times, to carry bulky articles luggage, When a car is used for aight driy- will sily iate the t utility of ing, head lamps should be properly this focused, Place the car in front of The Price 48 $1,015 Delivered. white wall, so that the lamps taco MARCUS OBERNDORFFER the object at & distance of 20 feet, , 124-126 Clarence 8t., Kingston. The entire rear compartment seat, seat cushions, back cushions, seat foot rest, carpet and all--can be re- moved from the car in a few moments, The front seat is then tilted forward, giving a gross clearance of twenty-twa inches through the rear : In this way, a space of sixty-four cubic feet in the rear compartment is made available for loading. : and try the effet of cha: the adjusting screw back and fo une til the best effect is obta Had You realized that you could get an Overland fully equipped, at this low price?