10 AUTO SENSE - YOu NEED A GUARDIAN INSTEAD OF A WRECKER, You MUST LEARN TO MAKE EMERGENCY REPAIRS OR YOU wilt SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON SHOE LEATHER AS WELL as CKERS WRE DOG, | NEED A WRECKER. I'VE BROKEN A FRONT SPRING AND THE FRAME HAS DROPPED DOWN ON THE AXLE oy THE DAILY BRI TISH WHIG By WILLIAMSON D AS LONG AS THE SPRIN LAY 1T ON TOP OF THE SPRIN€E AND BIND IT ON TIGHT wWiIT A PIECE OF WIRE i POLE SO THAT IT WiLL [How EMERGENCY REPAIR (S MADE PUT A JACK UNDER THE FRAME OF THE CAR AND RAISE if BECOMES STRAIGHT] USE A HEAVY WIRE TAPER BOTH ENOS OF | NOT INTERFERE WITH NIOVEMENT OF THE SPRING SHACKLES HINTS FOR THE ALBERT L.CLOUGH. Starting Without The Starter Remembdei To Replace The Handcrank In The Car After Using It YOU MAY NEVER HAVE TO START YOUR ENGINE by hand-crank- but on the contrary, you may be compelled to do so at any time, and every motorist ought to rehsarse this operation, so as to be able to perform it when the emergency arises. Be sure that the gear is in neutral and that the emergency brake is on. Set the spark lever at full retard or nearly so and open the throttle a little, apply the car- buretor choke, unless the engine is warm, and engage the hand crank. With the ignition switch off, turn the engine over a few revolytions, always by Ufting on the crank (never by pushing down on it), which calls for disengagement and re-engagement of the crank with each half turn. Then switch on the ignition and give the crank one snappy The engine should start and continue to run. akly once or twice and then stops, it is prob ably because ignition is too greatly retarded, and the spark ean safely be advanced a little more, if one never pushes down om the crank handle. A very easy start can usually be secured, even with a cold engine, by priming each cylinder with a Iittle gasoline, through the spark-plug holes if no cocks are provided, switching on the ignition and throwing the engine over compresfion by a brisk upward jerk of the crank. Of course, if the failure of the. electric starter is due to the battery being absolutely dead, there is no hope of starting by hand- cranking unless there is a magneto or auxiliary dry battery on the car. If the lights will not burn, even dimly, hand-cranking is not worth try- Under these conditions the only way of starting the engine Is to have the car towed or y sufficient speed is attained. The generator should then commence to function and to supply ignition current, so that the engine starts, when by keeping it idling briskly or running the car fdr some time, the bat- tery can perhaps be charged enough so it can supply ignition current for starting, TAIL PIPE DRIPS GASOLINE G. AF. of my car is idling, gasoline runs out of the exhaust pipe, but it keeps on firing all right. not tried to ses if it runs out also 3 you sure that it is : Gasoline and not water that runs out? The latter usually drips from the exhaust pipe until the engine os fully warmed. If it is ..Basoline, the cause. may be that JOU are using very low grade fuel or that the intake syst H. LT. writes: My instruction book advises that the liquid level In each of the cells of the battery be inspected once a week In warm weather and distilled water added. if needed. I started 'out doing so, but all through this summer, when I have been driving a good deal, } have found that If I waited a week the liquid would fall out of sight Why should my battery require more water than ordinary ones do? Answer: The most likely reason for so much water being called fos is that your battery is being over. charged nearly all the time the ear is in use, Which involves the Tose of much water decomposed inte §ases, as well as considerable lost by evaporation. Presumably the charging rate of your generator is somewhat too high for summer conditions, but it may not be worth while to reduce the rate now, se bef™ye very many weeks, heavier charging will begin to become ad visable. For the present you may find it advisable to keep the lights burning on long day time runs, especially if you find your battery becomes very hot when it is being charged. gases. If, removing the cover of the vacu tank, you d the float sunk in the wasoline, you may know that this fs trouble and. you can correct it replacing or soldering the float. will de answered oy immedidte answer is - uation 31, general interest to the Matoriss ". Olough in column, apace permitting, f on desired, enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope. s+ es oo] ice one outstandling feature of the dense traffic, end that is the ease with which the smaller.motor cars 80 favored by English. people are handled. Easy to manipulate, oc- cupylng 1iittle street surface, it is a simple matter for them to worm their way among dense traffic, or, as occasion demands, slide up to the curb in parking space their bigger brothers would find it absolutely im- possible. London traffic is not eo serious & question as ft is in New York for {netance, one reason being because the smaller, more economical car enjoys greater Popularity over there. . Suggestions have been made in Some quarters that automobiles be! taxed according to the road space | occupied. There 1s undoubtedly a y| rend away from large cumber- some, space-eating cars. ' Cost is only one of the factors involved, for many persons of wealth are today using the smaller greater flexibility, traffic and park- ing difficulties. 4 ; Some students of the automobile industry aré convinced that uai- versal use of the smaller, lghter car will be a very decided factor in Telieving traffic congestioh, » more economical car on account of 1 NOW YOU KNOW, Because walls of lubricant, care must be ex-| ercised not to drive the car slowly in high gear. Let the engine run moderately fast for a time, though | do not race it. The purpose of this | is to shower an extra spray over the ! walls to compensate for the cleans-| ing action of the raw gas that is | leaking past the rings. Adjusting the Carburetor. When it is necessary to adjust a carburetor, a few general rules apply to almost ali of them. Begin with ; the air inlet and gasoline needle valve both closed. Open the air in- fet about half its full capacity. Then | open the gasoline needle valve one! full turn of the knurled top. If the engine can l4: started with this the more nearly accurate adjustments can be made by first changing the needle valve very slightly in either direction as may be indicated by re- sults until maximum efficiency is obtained. If this does not give a satisfactory mixture them begin with the aid adjustment and vary that as indicated by the effects. Then go back to the needle valve and suit the feed to the air supply. When ap- parently good results have been ob- tained with the engine running idle, mark the adjusting nuts with a file to show a beginning and perfect adjustment with the car running at an average speed on the road. Pointers Against Skidding. To prevent skidding, a number of points should be observed in both operation and care of a car. Be- fore venturing out in slippery streets with a car, the engine should be in smooth running order, the clutch should disengage easily and freely and engage without suddenly grab- bing. The brakes should be ad- Justed so that they fake hold suf- ficiently to stop the car, but will not lock the wheels except when additional pressure is exerted. They should always take hold evenly at both wheels, because if they do not & sure swerve of the machine to the side of the tightest brake will result. A car which does not have both front and rear wheels in line will not efficiently hold the road in wet weather, especially when brakes are applied. This latter trouble may be due to sprung axle, front or rear, rear axle housing out of true or a sprung.frame. Gas Mixtures, A "rich" gasoline mixture is one with too great a proportion of gaso- line to the amount of air, whereas, a lean mixture je possessed of less fuel than it should have for proper combustion. An overrich mixture will cause overheating of the engine to say nothing of carbon accumula- tion and such other {lls as pre-igni- tion, loss of power, lack of acceler ative ability and loading up at slow speeds. At high speed a lean mix- ture will cause misfiring and uneven running of the engine. In connec- tion with this improper operation there will be the familiar popping !n the carburetor. Eliminating Body Scratches. Seratches on a finely polished body can be eliminated by applying seve eral coats of thin shellac until the scratch has been completely filled. When the last coat has dried; it is rubbed with crocus cloth and a lit- tle olive oil, just enough to rub out Going Up---Not Down. There are appropriate times for assing different types of vehicles on the road, but it is important to remember that the best time for passing the most difficult obstruc- tion -- the motor truck -- ig when the latter is ascending hills. Here the truck is running at its Icwest speed and is capable of maximum deceleration in event of a conges- tion of vehicles. Never try to pass a truck going down hill for it is then likely to be running at a high rate of speed and is not eas- ily controlled. Keep Your Distance. all over the front of the car is the result of following too close behind a high speed truck. Most of these vehicles do not have fenders deep enough in the rear to catch the spray of the road dirt from the rear tires. ° About Fuses. When supplying individual fuses for the various circuits, the capacity of the fuses required will depend up- on the amount of current which the circuit will draw. Two of the worst offenses in the eyes of the law are for an owner of a motor vehicle to drive a car while intoxicated and to fail to stop and make himself known in case of accident in which he is a factor. '| Town of Much of that tar and mud you get . [HIGHWAYS CONDIT The Latest Report Issued By The Highway Department at Toronto. Toronto to Quebec Boundary-- 302 miles--Toronto to Oshawa--ex- cellent paved road. Oshawa to West Boundary of Durham, Road closed from Oshawa to Bowmanville. De- tour north 2 miles to 5th concession Darlington township, east to Hep- burn 'then south to Bowmanville. | Good road to Port Hope, detour at! House of Refuge to Old Mill at Co- bourg thence southerly to Cobourg, good gravel road east of Cobourg to Jones Creek. East of Trenton--De- tour north to County road thence east into Belleville. Good macadam road from Belleville to Shannonville --Good gravel road Shannonville to 1 mile south of Marysville--Road under construction in town of Deser- onto--detour in town of Deseronto IONS! only. |Good macadam road from 1 mile south of Marysville to East! Boundary of Lennox and Addington. | Boundary of Frontenac to Kingston | 800d macadam. Kingston to Brock- | ville--good macadam. Brockville to | Prescott--good macadam and gravel, Detour at east limits of Brockville northerly to Concession 111 ot | townsaip of Elizabethtown, thence easterly to Maitland sideroad, thence | southerly to Highway. Detour plain- | ly marked by signs and lanterns. | Prescott to Cornwall--fair maca- dam road except for canal bank roads at Cardinal, Iroquois and Morrisburg. Paving proceeding in Cornwall with detours plainly marked. Cornwall to Lan-! caster--fair macadam. Construction | proceeding near Lancaster. No de- tours. Lancaster to Quebec Bound- ary--rough macadam. Construction proceeding for five miles east of Lancaster. No detours. Traffic to Montreal proceed via Coteau Land- ing. Port Hope to Peterboro--29 miles--good gravel road to Fraser- ville thence good macadam road to Peterboro. Picton to- Foxboro--30 miles-- 13% miles of rough road south of Crofton, under construction, drive slowly, no detours. Kingston to Ottawa--131 miles-- Kingston to Joyceville--good maca- dam. Joyceville to Smith's Falls, fair gravel. Smith's Falls to Carle- ton Place (via Perth) fair macadam. Jock River, THE MONARCH BATTERY Has proven its high qualities. For that reason the leading dealers recognize its superiority, and mow stock them and recommend them to Automobile Owners and Radio Fans. Ask for the Monarch MADE IN KINGSTON. The Monarch Battery Co. Limited 275 ONTARIO STREET, KINGSTON, ONT. PHONES 836-837 . | Prompt, Courteous Service 209305 en FROSTS Phone 526 dy SELECT AUTOMOBILE PAINTING Auto Tops and Seats Recovered Side Curtains, All Kinds of Bevelled Glass Lights R. SINCLAIR 360 BARRIE STREET 'PHONE 1684. We Can Make Your gasoline engine as pow- erful as when new. Arrange with us to have the cylinder reground and fitted with over size piston and rings. Call and 8ee our Heald regrinder. 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