SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1924 ' @@STHE DAILY BRITIS r H WHIG AUTO SENSE ft HEN A FELLOW GNALS FOR YOU TO DIM IT MEANS YOUR LIGHTS ARE NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED. LIGHT THROWN UP INTO THE AIR IS WASTED, PULL THE BEAM DOWN INTO THE ROAD AND YOU WON'T BLIND Driving agaist glaring headlights fs an: art, but even an artist will have {o keep his windshield free from moisture and dust if he wants to lve long and die happy. Per- haps you have ridden behind driv- ers who never slackened their pace when passing a car with blind- ing lights. It may be recklessness, but the chances are that they have mastered the art. That art can be mastered if you EDWARDS AUTO SERVICE McLaughlin Car Owners Try the man that knows your car. Six Years of factory experi- ence in the McLaughlin factory. All work absolutely guaran- teed. Flat rate if you prefer it. 85 MONTREAL STREET 'PHONE 2544w. AAR ~ THOMAS COPLEY Phone 987! DOC, | WANT TO GET ONE OF THOSE STAINED GLASS SUN VISORS THAT WILL STOP THE DIMMING QUESTION ~ WILL GET A STAINED GLASS MEMORIAL will learn to look at the road just over your right fender instead of the usual distance ahead. Before the car gets too close to you, esti- mate the width of the road and the distance you will have to travel he- fore passing the other car. Then get over on your side of the road and stay there until you pass. If you can not master this, then get a transparent eyeshade and use ft as Doc directs, This is more satisfactory than a piece of cellu- loid attached to the windshield, as EXPLAINS RELATION OF HIGH POWER . AND AIR-COOLING Franklin Dealer Shows How Unlimited Cooling Range of Air Makes Maximum Power Output Possible. "In demonstrating the latest Franklin model, we frequently find motorists amazed over the perfor- | mance possibilities of the air-cool- | ed motor, and unable to account for | the advantage in sustained power," | says M. Oberndorffer, Kingston, dis- | tributor of the Franklin car. "The relation between air-cooling and high power is not puzzling when one recalls that air as a cooling Auto Tops New and Repaired Cushions SIDE CURTAINS. Also FURNITURE UPHOLSTERING I. G. PAUL 392 Princess Street 'Phone 1640F. 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 see our Heald regrinder. Automotive GrindersLimited bd on 4 Expert Battery Repairs | VULOANIZING BATTERIES TIRES UniversalTire & Battery Service Cor. of Queen & Ontario Sts. F. R. OHLKE, Prop. Phone 981. "~ Aare bd 4 Vv ALM IN iris Auto Batteries Made and Repaired When you needl your Battery repaired or one made to order, al- so automobile repair work, it will pay you to see us, : ~ ELLIOTT & 210 DIVISION STREET . WILLIAMSON = PHONE 1039. [ foome OF THOSE BIRDS MUST BE USIN' X-RAYS FOR HEADLIGHTS AND WOULDN'T DIM EM TO HEAR THE SPHINX SING "YES WE HAVE NO BANANAS'* . TRY DECORATIN' YOUR FACE {ITH A GREEN EYESHADE AND YOU'LL BE AS HAPPY | 299-305 Quen FROST'S Phone 526 | SELECT AUTOMOBILE PAINTING -------------- ey 32x4 Dunlop Traction Cords . $17.30 3154 Dunlop Ribbed Cords . $14.95 A few 30x335 Cords at . . $1.55 of your vision and cause an acci- dent. Do not try to .look through the shade. Duck your head just enough to get the celluloid between the lights and your eyes, but peep out from under {t at the road. The majority of states are seek- ing legislation which will kill the glare of headlights. The most of them make it compulsory to dim when meeting another car. If you have any influence with your legis- ators, you can be of service to the medium never ceases to have a cool- ho influence. With 'mo boiling or freezing points, air has an unlimit- ed cooling range and there. is no loss of power in hard tests where loss of power would be expected with other motors. "The advantage is reflected in the tests of one of America's foremost engineering schools where the pressure air-cooled Franklin motor was the only engine capable of op- erating under full throttle condi- tions for indefinite periods without auxiliary cooling. "Also, in every day road exper- fences in the hilly and mountain- ous sections, the high-powered Franklin continues its - upgrade travel in high gear when overheat- ing or the necessity of shifting is commonly experienced. "This power and cooling relia- bility is especially characteristic of the latest high powered Franklin. Years ago, the outstanding ad- vantages of the air-cooled motor were cold weather reliability, plus the freedom it gave to engineers in building comfort and easy handling qualities into _the car, because air- cooling dispenses with shock-con- ducting constructions. » "Now, in addition to comfort and reliability, air-cooling -miakes pos. sible the startling degree of sus- tained power which proves so In- ll} |.teresting to automobilists of King- ston in our every day demonstra- tions." : Py By Williamson ~ SLIP IT UNDER \ YOUR HAT BRIM ( LIKE THIS WHEN YOU DUCK YOUR (HEAD ALITTLE IT FILTERS THE { RAYS AND KILLS THE GLARE the latter is likely to get in the line | motorist and help increase the safety of the road by working for an ad- justment law to replace the dim- ming regulation. Lights thrown down onto the road will not blind you, but if you are forced to dim your lights suddenly and get over near the edge of the road you may go into the ditch. Did you ever go into a movie from a sunny street and have to grope around to find a geat? The effect is the same when you are forced to dim. Think it over A AA AAA a A ANNA NNN NAINANN NINN End of Motor Gearshift Aim of French Engineers Paris, Nov. 14.--The death of the gearshift in automobiles often has been announced, but the funeral has never taken place. The latest advance no- tice of the passing of the gearshift and the differential is a complicated mech- anism shown first at last year's auto salon, and exhibited again in perfect form this.year by one of the best mak- ers of France. It has been tried for two years on trucks and some test cars, but prob- ably won't get on the market until next year. It is a series of ratchets au- tomatically 'thrown into action pro- gressively as the car gains speed so that the motor, continuing to turn at a normal speed, applies its power at what corresponds to a very low gear at the start, and at an increasingly higher gear as the speed increases, until direct drive is reached. As there is neither differential nor gearshift the driver has only to start, let in his clutch and step on the accel- erator. The amount of gas alone deter- mines the power applied, and the speed is dependent upon the power required to move the car. Besides simplifying a car, this mech- anism is intended to obviate shock to the engine and prevent stalling the mo- tor. If a heavy load were put suddenly upon the engine the mechanism auto- matically would adjust itself, chang- ing the gear to a lower one that would allow the engine to maintain an effi- cient speed while prep: the. car at a slower rate, may wear out in time and spinning in others. under these conditions. brake. "double clutching." aT TROUBLE SROM RADIATOR " D. B. : 1 put a quantity of LB ns into the stem of my car, which pd up the radiator that is hindered and over- takes 4 by clashing, especially when shifting to a higher gear. can be restored in some cases by adjustment and by refacing of parts As the clutch brake acts only when the pedal is pushed away forward, it should be operated thus in changing from a lower to a higher gear, but in shifting from a higher to a lower gear, the pedal should not be pushed so far, as the braking action is not seeded ALBERT L.CLOUGH Further Gear Shifting Suggestions SOME CLUTCHES embody a clutch brake, which acts to appiy friction to the driven member, when it is in its extreme diserfgaged position, and thus stop it from spinning. The clutch brake surfaces take place, which will be indicated Braking action Transmission Lubricant Consistency The use of a very sticky, ropy lubricant, which clings closely about the transmiésioh gears and absorbs a lot of power in churning it, tends to stop the cluteh and gears from spinning almost instantly upon clutch disengagemént, thus acting like a rather violemt clutch Instances of unavoidable clashing at shifting are scmetimes attributable to this cause. Making the shift extremely quick may overcome this trouble somewhat, but substitution of a fluid lubricant of a less adhesive character is the real remedy. from a lower to a higher ratio is easy with the average car, but "slick" shifts from third to secofd are dificult to attain except by resort to Smooth changing there is sure to be noise and all bearing play should be taken up by adjustment of the ball bearings, if they are the kind provided. If a fan runs extremely close fo the radiator it may, at times, rub against it noisily. Some old style fan-beits have their ends held to- gether with a hook which may "I make a noise in passing over the pulleys. CL -- -- STARTER GEARS JAM W. B, wrifes;: The starter of my car frequently becomes ed and putting in néWw parts (made the situation worse rathér than better. The shaft is not bent, but still the pinion jams in the fly- wheel gear. How can this be pre- | | | { The colleens' beauty choru ¢ in parade in "Bringing Up Fa ther in ireland," at the Grand Opera House on Nov. 21st and HIGHWAY * CONDITIONS Report Issued by the Depart- ment of Public Highways at Toronto. . Toronto to Quebec boundary---302 miles. Toronto to Oshawa, excellent paved road. Oshawa to west boundary of Durham, road closed. Oshawa to Bowmanville, detour north two miles to 5th Concession of Darlington town- ship east to Hepburn, then south to Bowmanville. Good road to Welcome. Detour at Welcome, to Dale, thence east to Cobourg via Gore's Landing. Small detour at old C.N.R. Crossing, two miles east of Cobourg. Good 10ad Cobourg to Bayside Road east of Tren ton. Detour northeast to Belleville. Good macadam road to Shannonville. Good gravel road to one mile sduth of Marysville. Road under construction in Deseronto. Detour in town only. Good macadam to east boundary of Lénnox and Addington. Boundary of Frontenac to Kingston, good macadam Kingston to Brockville, good macadam Brockville to Prescott, good macadam and gravel. Prescott to Cornwall, fair macadam. Paving proceeding in town of Cornwall with detours plinly mark. ed. Cornwall to Lancaster, fair maca- dam. Lancaster to Quebec boundary, five miles good macadam; three miles rough. Traffic to Montreal proceed via Cateau Landling. Whitby to Lindsay--48 miles. Good gravel road. Short detour round cul vert under construction at Oakwood. Port Hope to Peterborough--29 miles. good road throughout. Loose gravel from Bailieboro fo Fraserville. Picton to Foxboro--Good roadeto Pearsoll's Bridge. Pearsoll's Bridge to Bloomfield, under construction. New grading, drive 'slowly. Belleville to Foxboro, good macadam road through out. Kingston to Ottawa--131 miles. Kingston to Joyceville, good macadam, Joyceville to Smith's Falls, fair gravel, Smith's Falls to Carleton Place (via Perth), fair macadam. Cqnstruction proceeding for three miles, No de- tours. Carleton Place to Ashton, fair macadam. Ashton to Stittsville, good gravel road. Stittsville to Ottawa, good asphalt road. . rescott-to Ottawa--80 miles. Pres- coft to Beckett's Landing, good gravel 22nd. and concrete road. Carleton county Fboundary to North Gower, good gravel road. Concrete pavement under con- struction from Tod's Corners to Water sons' Corners. Waterson's Corners to Manotick, gravel road fair. Marotick to Jock River, concrete road, good. Jock River to Ottawa, asphalt road, good. Ottawa to Pembroke--105 Gravel road in fair condition. Toronto to Severn--Paved to 6 miles north of Bradford, Balance gravel road in good condition. Fish, Bearing Aluminum Tags, Tralled Like Autos miles. Palo Alto, Cal, Nov. 14.--Fish can be trailed in their wanderings around the oceans in a manner not unlike police methods of tracing autompbiles by their license numbers, according to Charles H. Gilbert, professor of zoolo. gy at Standford University. Professor Gilbert explains that "scales render a report on the bring- ing-up of the fish as well as furnish birth certificates and automatic age re- corders, and show the approximate weight and size at any time during its past growth." A few scales are scraped from the back of a salmon and stuck in a book opposite a number. A small aluminum tag bearing this number is clamped on the fish's tail and it is thrown back into the water. Under Dr. Gilbert's direction more than 10,000 salmon were tagged in this way last year. New Oiling System Shown At Paris Motor Car Salon Paris, Nov. 14.--High speed motors have brought with them the problem of proper oiling, once thought solved. Engines that turn at 4,000 and 5,000 revolutions a minutes must be well lu- bricated. At first the oil film is ade- quate, but the friction of high speed soon heats the oil, thinning it so that the lubrication is insufficient and also allowing the passage of gasoline into the crankcase, causing further deteri- oration. To counteract this one car at this year's exhibition in Paris has a radia- tor to cool the oil and a purifying sys- tem, so that oil of the same tempera- the engine. ture and guality is fed continuously ts lp New Principle in Motors Being Tested on West Coast Tacoma, Wash., Nov 14: ~--A new principle in gasoline motors is being tested here on a power boat. The tests are being watched by engineers. and others to 'discover if a new era in the history of gas engines is to be marked. The engine under experiment is the in- vention of three Spokane, Wash., mens It operates on a by-pass-valve:in-pis«| ton plan that does away with the need of any valve gear and is designed toi produce a cool-running motor of great flexibility. . The motor is intended for autom biles, but marine tests are being mad also. The specimen under investiga- tion was built on specifications laid down by a group of consulting engi- neers, after scientific tests had béen! made at the University of Michigan! last year. . il Germans Take Up Motarcycles. | Berlin, Nov. 14--While the automo- bile in Germany falls very far short] of the per capita of population num- ber registered in the United States, the motorcycle is popular and increasing numerically rapidly. The total double ed between 1921 and 1933. There are now more than 50,000 such machines of 21% horse power, and 100,000 equip- ped with lower powered engines. 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