FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1923. Vulcanite Roofing Let us show you the new Doubletite Shingle. Vulcanite Doubletite Shingles build a double tight roof. We can also supply the Vulcanite Four- in-One Slab Shingle and Asphalt Roll Roof- ing. ALLAN LUMBER CO. VICTORIA STREET. "Phone 1042. HAVE DINNER DOWNTOWN Take it easy this Summer. Have your Dinner with us. Good things well served. Prices reasonable. THE VICTORIA CAFE JEWLY LEE, Mgr. Telephone 763. ® Experiments Are Costly. In any line of business experiments are always costly. Why dabble in work that you have not been proper- ly trained for? It takes skill and experience to produce efficient me- chanical results. Don't pay experi- mental bills. Pay us for expert ma- chine shop results. "Bishop Machine Shop KING AND QUEEN STREETS Building Blocks, Bricks and Sand MANUFACTURER OF HIGH GRADE CONCRETE BLOCKS, CE- MENT BRICKS, LINTELS, SILLS, BASE COURSE, PIER CAPS, ETC. DEALER IN BEST QUALITY OF BUILDING AND PLASTERING SAND, AND GRAVEL, DELIVERED ON SHORT NOTICE. R. J. McCLELLAND CORNER ONTARIO AND WILLIAM STREETS DAINTY PASTRY Cream Puffs, Chocolate Eclairs, Charlotte : Russe, Fresh Made Daily F. C. HAMBROOK : CATERING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES 115 BROCK STREET - - - . PHONE 1925w. The... Gaol heey . Ph REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE BROKERS. GROCERY STORE-- . We offer for sale a good corner grocery business in an excellent Tocation. The only reason for ling is that the owner is not in good health. Stock about $800. This is worth investigation for any ome interested. SHOE REPAIRING-- We also have a good shoe repairing business in a village not far from the city. This business has been established a great many years and has alw Owner wants to retire. | 'Suede and Satin Slippers in many original The British Whig Publishing Co. Ltd. has a Department specially equipped to execute all classes of OB PRINTING First-class service and fair prices. 306-8-10 KING STREET, KINGSTON, Unt. PHONE 243, ADVANCE STYLES FOR FALL WEAR Made in the most popular Fall colors, 'Ladies' Log Cabin Suede Oxfords. Ladies' Oakwood Brown Bfogue Oxfords Ladies' Fog Grey Suede Brogue Oxfords. Ford Timer Defects Don't Look For Good Results From A Worn Out Timer WHEN YOUR FORD ENGINE gets to "dropping stitches," espe- cially when at high speed or when the spark lever is in a particular position or if one of the coil vibrators takes to buzzing continuously, at times, look to the timer and its wires. Take the cover off the timer and carefully wipe all dirt off the track over which the roller of the revolving part runs, oiling it with a half-and-half mixture of engine ofl and kerosene. This will give the roller and the four steel segruents a better contact, unless, through lack of ofl and long usage, the fibfe and steel track has worn uneven. If it has, the roller will jump and skip over some of the segments, without touching them, thus preventing some of the plugs from getting current, particularly when the engine is running fast. A badly worn timer had better be replaced and the new one can be preserved for a long time if it is froquently oiled. Try the individual timer wires with the fingers. If any one of them seems to have a Hmp- place in it, the copper con- ductor has probably frayed or entirely broken within its insulation and is giving trouble by making only uncertain and occasional con- nections. The frequent bending of these wires, when the timer is rotated by the spark lever, causes them occasionally to give out. Note whether the Individual wires have rubbed against the pan or some other metal part enough to wear through the covering or whether they are so oil-soaked as to destroy the insulation, for.if they have there is likelihood of the current short-circuiting, in which cate 'certain cylinders may miss or fire out of time. If any of these defects are noted, a new timer cable had better be substituted, care being taken to connect it so that, at both ends, each wire of a cer- tain color attaches where the wire of that same color was formerly attached. Always be sure that the four thumb nuts at the timer are screwed down tightly on their respective wire ends and that the timer wire binding nuts at the coil box are secure. CLUTCH-OPERATED TRAFFIC |be even less dependable than with SIGNAL the customary arrangement. Tr INEFFECTIVE EMERGENCY BRAKES R. E. M. writes: The emergency brake of my 1920 car has never worked well enough so I could depend upon It, and I always put low gear in, when I leave the car standing. Just now the local Police are making everyone have P. W. asks: Would ft be feasl- | both their brakes tested. What had ble to connect my rear traffic sig- nal, so as to indicate "stop," when the clutch pedal is pushed instead of when the foot brake pedal is operated? I don't like the idea of showing the "stop" sign every time I check the speed of the car a little, Answer: No doubt the required mechanical and electrical connec- tions could readily be made to bring about this change. If you use your engine as a brake and release the clutch only when you are actually going to stop your car, your signal would give fewer false "stop" indicatipns under your pro- posed arrangement. It would, how- ever, show "stop," momentarily. when you shifted gears, unless the adjustment were so made that you could push the pedal far enough forward for gear changing pur- poses, without closing the electrical contacts. If you are accustomed to throw your clutch out unneces- sarily or to coast with it released. We fear the warnings given would I better do? Several times I have instructed the people at my garage to fix it, but they never have done so. Answer: The emergency brake on cars of this model is properly designed and generally works effect. tvely. We believe yours can be made to do so, when properly ad- Justed. You better take your car to an authorized service station of its manufacturer and stay with it until it is demonstrated to you that this brake not only can lock both rear wheels, but also is free from "drag." when it is reléased. Sow! | | 14@ @ When The Olrcuit Breaker Works It Notiftes Of Electrical Trouble, Which Must Be Rectified At Once + IF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM of your car is not provided by fuses, that burn out when there is a short-circuit on the lighting and hora circuits, there is probably a circuit-breaker Included in the equip ment to furnish equivalent protection against burned out conductors, fires and the discharge of the battery. You may have a circuit-breaker on your car and not realize it, as it is an unobtrusive little affair, usually bidden behind the Instrument board on a heavy short-circuit, and au . The most common. kind operates, tomatically reduces" the Intensity thereof, by rapidly interrupting the unintentional current which is flowing, thus keeping it within comparatively safe limits. In doing this it makes a peculiar vibrating or buzsing sound. If sometime, when you turn on a, light switch, you hear this raucous buzz and the lights don't tome on properly, you will know that the eircult breaker is doing its duty of keeping your wiring from "going up In smoke," and you will throw off the switch immediately. If it was the throwing on of the headlight-switch that siarted the racket, you will at once know that there is a serious ground on this circuit, which is letting a dangerous current pass. Possibly, when you follow the wires along, you will find where the conductor is worn bare a: 80, yop can separate the conductor nd is touching some metal part. If from this grounded part and thus make a temporary repair. If you don't see anything Wrong, you can detach the wire ofione headlight, at the connection-board, and if this permits the other lamp to burn, without starting another "buzz" you can go on "with one eye." deferring repatrs until a more convenient time. On some cars, the horn cirenit and even the ignition circuit are under the protection of the circuit-breaker. Thére is another form of cirouit-breaker which absolutely int the battery, when a short-cirenit or small handle or button, somewhere instrument can be reset and the su short-circuit has been removed. RESETTING MAGNETO M. R. writes: My 19 has run all right unl lately. when it began firing on two cylinders only. I removed and cleaned its high-tension magneto and the en- gine seemed to run well when I first replaced it, but soon the wa- ter started boiling and backfiring commenced. 1 think the ignition Is timed late, but I do not know how to advance it. What can you tell me as to this? Answer 5 sition. The. following procedure should enable you tc retime your ignition. Turn the engine over un- til the piston of No. cylinder is exactly at top stroke and both valves are closed. Turn the mag- neto shaft until the distributor errupts the supply of current from heavy overload occurs. There is a about the cowl-board, by which the PPIy of current resumed, when the which positions the breaker-box of the magneto. rt TRANSMISSION - TROUBLES E. Van H. writes: There is too much lost motion in the drive shaft of my car, and there Is sort of a hum when the engine is hold- ing back on down grades. Also, high gear sometimes slips out, when the engine is pulling hard. Any suggestions you can make will be appreciated. Answer: Replacing worn parts of your universals will probably re- move the greater part of the lost motion. Slipping out of the high Fear clutch may be due to its teeth being badly burred, which might also add to the play in the drive. Other causes of slipping out are: Fallure of the locking plunger to act positively. failure of the direct clutch members to engage fully, caused perhaps by the shifting me- chanism having become bent. Also toe much end play In the clutch shaft. You better open the trans- mission, Inspect the clutch mem- Just | bers, note the action of the lock! device - and see that the shafts do not hare to. uch endwise mo- * pinion and are driving with the of thelr teeth. when a car is coasting, and the is different from that heard when the engine is pulling. AY as well tolerate it. N. ow-- the Exide first cost is low For a great many years Exide has been known as the long-life battery. It stays on the job so long that thou- sands of car owners have found it to be by far the most economical battery in the end. 'At the present prices of Exide Batteries, even the first cost is low. Now, no man need deny himself the satisfaction of getting a willing, rugged Exide. It will serve you so long and with so little expense for upkeep that you will find it the soundest kind of economy. The quality remains the same that has brought world- wide acceptance of Exide as the standard storage bat- tery. 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