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12 pro day, ocTorrroi ia. THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-1 irYlES MOTORISTS' PROBLEMS Solved for Readers of The News-Times By William H. Stewart, Jr. Motor Department: Will you pleas tell n through Motor de partment xrhAt caufm Bpark coll to pel hot "wfcea motor running? I have had erloua Isrr.ltlon trouble evur rinc I noticed ppark. coll gt- tir.g hot. Havo put on two In last thr days -witlx t.-ime TepultJ (Conn. O. A. typo ceil). W. K. ' Undoubtedly defective wiring 1 causir.fr your trouble Would sug gest that you have an ctrrlonrM lsrnltlon. man Icapect the wiring arul traco the trouble. This should ho ion without delay, othrvl! you will rain any number of new colic Th symptoms Indicate an ob structed p-asoline pipe leading from th tank to the carburetor. Would s'lf-t rrmovin? the entire pipe and strainer and cleaning same. It -.vnuid alRo be advisable to strain the tra.Hollne In the tank to exclude the possibility of any water or pril ment petting Into the carburetor. Another thing that would cause the motor to net as ycu describe Is the fioat mechanism of the carburetor. v.'hrn this is stlrr or out of order It will not open and close the float valve when It hhould. ifotor Department: The two last time I uied my car It hf?in to lenoole or jump when running riy 15 ml8 an hour, but when running low flrr.oothly, and shews but little cf the troublo when running on emooth road. But when running through chuck holes the lights Ie n, which would indicate faulty Ignition. Have examined the wir ing and other places " where the trouble might be, bo far as I know. Any advlco you may ho able to sive mo will bo greatly appreciated. D. W Be pure that breaker points re clean and properly adjusted. Also inspect wiring connections and se that all are tight. If the battery terminals aro corrodM you will ex perience trouble. These may ap pear in good condition, but It is n.l vlsable to disconnect and thorough ly clran the contact surfaces to in rure a better connection. TIku cover with vaseline or cup.greas; to reduce corrosion. Motor Department: One of the coils on my hatten' box buzzes all the time. I have looked for a short circuit, but I am not able to find it. What do you yuggest is the trouble? It Is possible that a email strand of v.-ire is making contact when at tached to the timer, or the insula tion on the tinier at that point is broken. If the timer is old, would advise a new one. as the trouble may be inside and due to excessive wear. The trouble certainly Indi cates a .short circuit somewhere In the primary circuit. Motor Department Will it be O. K. to cut wheels down on 1 r 1 T roodei Hudson Six so as to us- a G4xt tire? I have wire wheels. Can they bo cut down? If not where! can I exchange them of .14x4? What effect will burned distributing points have on an engine? What effe.ct on starting and will it cause engine to ml iKidly and overheat? Kindly tell me where I can purch.is. th wishing sod.i you speak of? Will the wire f pokra in wheels be-om-ini; cause wheels to run untrue? it. n. It would be more advisable to ex change your wheels for the size desired- Write tho manufacturers of your whee'.s for a proposition. Rurned distributer points will cause dirncult starting, misfiring, over batinpr and other englno troubles as ! result of Imperfect combustion. Washtn.tr soda may be purchased at ;ny grocery" store. I)osp spokes will cause tho wheels to run out of tru'. Have this fixed immedntelv. Motor Department: In changing from high speed to second, the same is always accompanied by a loud grinding noise. When changing from hrt to second and from sec ond to high, no sound is heard at all. I have tried shifting fast and then slow without any better re sults. Gears are In excellent, con dition, and the car works fine with tho exception of the above. S. M. In changing from hlh speed to second one must judge the speed of the dir, and also the engine speed. Try accelerating the engine slightly whil- passing through neutral position. Motor Department: T have . Ieather-to-metal clutch which grip I am careful abort a gradual en raKtment hut I ran not tecure the desired result. What may cause this? What treatment can I give the clutch to poften it? A. W. The lenther cf the clutch is no loubt too dry and should be treat ed with castor or neatsfoot oil. First clenn the. clutch leather In orler to remove all foreign matter. ; It is often r.e-.sary to remove the glaze. l surface. If .any. by scraping. Apply th oil over the whole, face of the leather and ai!.v It to roak in over night. This j-hcuhl soften the ieither and help to eliminate the trouble. If there is an adjustment on the clutch spring would advise ilr-ere.ising the tension of the spring lightly. Motor Department: I have been a reader of your questions and an-sv.-ers for . ome time and wish to ask a liMle information about piston riTi:s. I am overhauling my motor mvs-'lf, and am somewhat of a me chanic, but not know what clear awe should be given the rings. Will you please give me some informa tion retarding this, and also how they should be installed? K. K. Von probably are aware that the pi.ton: ar.not be a tight lit in the eylinder. ünough rl?arance must be allowed for expansion and con traction. Tiie amount of clearance usually ranges between .".-1.000th to 10-l,Honfh f.f an inch. Ty reason of this clearance packing rings or piston rings must be used in order to prevent any leakage past the piston. These rings are made of cast iron and should be carefully fitted into the groove of the piston After the ring has been iitted to the pronve rare should be taken so that there will not be tro mueh or too little opening at the ends of thf ring. Usually the rings are rittet' tirst In the cylinder to got the prop er diameter and then fitted to the grooves on thf piston. When a ring is. fitted in the cylinder enouch clearance must be allowed at the ring ends for expansion and con traction. This clearance is usual!? about S-1.0uoth er ,"-1, 000th of at TY COBB IN BUSINESS SELLING TIRES WITH FORMER PROFESSOR Motor Department: Recently I purchased from an automoi"e s ply house a pet of ix dry eel's 1 use, I thes- colls in my car. and they bi-i'el for several thousand miles. K'.erythlng" in vhe wirinc ;-e- ms to be ..'! rieht, and they are kept in a dry p'ace. How can you ac-our: !"; lb:'? Do you suppose there some short circuit somewhere? The eu gine seemed, ti run all r:ght on tip batteries when th" cclN were new. There may be r.o trouble w.th th--r.rtr.g. It is possib' tb.it yoi were given stale cells, run V.:"! s shoul-1 insist upon having the.-e T.s test ed at the time cf p The store supply cf dry cWN r.ct al ways frftsh. ad then, t o. th-y -precl.ite rry raiM!y. though, pot in Use. Without doubt the ee".s you purchased were pra ti- .V.y dead whn ycu o t iir.rd th.eu... Ty "obb. the greatest of all base !all players, has decided to take up for a winter pastime the selling of automobile tires. He has secured t!u- agency in Augusta. (la., for TVnr.sylvania vacuum cup tires and 'ton te-tcd" tubes. Mr Cobb h is with him as his partner in business Mr. Sanford. who :s we!! known in Augusta and v,ts tlie principal of the high'sehool Cobb played his last game of tall :n Chicago on Sept 2 7, and hastened t Augusta in time for the opening of the Cobb-Sunford Tire Co. on -'t. 1. and ineider.tly to meet the new member of the Cobb family who arrived only a few days aso. CITIES SAVE W mm s Street Commissioners' Re ports Reveal Advantage Over Horse Equipment. street commlsslonero thrcua;hout the United states and Canada have brought out eome Interesting facta and figures relative to tho great eav- lnsrs consummated through the re placement of horn drawn equipment by motor Etreet flushers, according to reports compiled hry M. I Ptil- cher, vice president and general manager of the Federal Motor Truck Co. of Detroit. The report of Andrew iMacallum, commissioner of streets of Ottawa, Canada, is typical: "Each of our flushers mounted on motor trucks has replaced 10 horse drawn outfits. Two 1,OK)0 gallon power flushers mounted on ton trucks oper ated all of 1918 flushing an average of 18 miles of pavement, of all widths per day at a cost of $1.72 per mile. The total co6t was $4,650 for 130 days of actual operation. The teams formerly used accom plished thla work for $16,800 a di rect saving of $12.150. And the streets were washed cleaner than ever before. This means that 2.700 miles were flushed cleaner than ever before by 2 trucks as compared with 20 horses at an actual saving- of $12,150.00." In Jackson. Mich., W. B. Hodges, city engineer, in his report says: "Prior to the first of August, 191S. the street cleaning equipment con sisted of two horse drawn machine brooms with hrinkler attachments. Two team and six men were required for brushing and loading. The Fed eral flusher effected a saving of $12 per day for teams, and requires only four men to brush and load, the flusher leaves a dirt line of about 20 Inches In width In the g-utter." These two typical Incidents are only two of a large list which has been compiled all over the country, and it is Interesting to note that the savings are greater here than in perhaps any other instance where motor equipment has replaced horse drawn equipment. Some of the principal places are: Baker. Oregon: Caldwell and Nampa, Idaho; Cedar Itaplds, Iowa; Vicksburg, Miss.; Three Hivers. Quebec, and Hull, Canada; Newport, H. I.; Lincoln. Neb., and the United States govern ment at several cantonments, for instance, Guerstner Field, Lake Charles. Lal. IIFXI TtTIj HINTS. If you use, battery for ignition - and your battery is weak, do not use self-starter to crank the en gine and expect good ignition at the name time. Better crank the engine by hand and save as much current as possible for Jgnition. Sometimes pre-ignltion is caused by overheated spark plugs. Don't let the plug project too far Into the combustion cham ber. Use the proper length plug for your type engine.. Occasionally a spring will break on the starting motor equipped with the Bendlx drive. If the starter fails to turn over the engine, and you can hear the starting motor working, then you can reasonably suspect a brok en spring. Some owners do very little day driving and use the lights a great deal at night. Current used from the storage battery must be replaced. Bear this in mind if your battery does not come up to standard. The accelerator on some cars Is very sensitive and the novice finds difficulty in proper control of the foot throttle driving over rough roads. A simple foot rest installed to fit at the ball of the foot will prove advantageous. It is worth trying. P Thm Il(st Hi? im us Ww(m(gi mm 4 t OMPARE automobile tires of to-day with tires of twenty years ago compare tire serv ice delivered to-day with twenty years ago And you begin to realize the long distance the development of the automobile tire has traveled But you come face to face with the remarkable improvement in the plain figures of the More Mileage Adjust ment with which Goodrich wrote a new order of tire service 6,000 miles for Fabric Tires 8,000 for Silvertown Cords. mJ Goodrich is proud of the high qual ity to which the rubber industry has has brought automobile tires. To learn after more than twenty yers of tire making that tire users and tire experts are saying Goodrich Is making "The best tire the rubber industry has produced", spurs Good rich to further achievement The Goodrich certification speaks for a Goodrich tire when you buy it. The tire speaks for itself in usage, de livering mileage regularly in excess of the certified mileage. Buy Goodrich Tires from a Dealer ADJUSTMENT Fabrics - - 6,000 Miles Silvertown Cords 8,000 Miles Retail clerks In Rock Island, 111.: Moline. IIb. and Davenport, la. are organizing a strictly local of the Re- Association. Mtr Per artmr.t : T har e n 21 hor.--powf r foreign machine, four cy linder, and I wish to replace the: foreign carbureter rn 1'. Could you kindly tr!l rue whi-'h won'. I be the b--t nnd latfst medel rf r.-. kr that wo::! '. l ttr the rur.rurg and ie r.-M !;;-e. I ;;-e t - fo; truek:'.e Wishing your ad ice on s I am K. J. There are a number of h;:h gr de carburetors on the market, r.'-y ore (f wh:,h sh 'U'.d :.r.swrr you r purpose wf '.!. Would sucgest Cut you hae our !c-m! de.ib-r ob-; tain or." trr vo. l!v doir.g this vou v. :!1 t ovta:r his furth service or- any r.e.tary ?.d:ust- m.er.t. f'r. Mi'tr Te'.-) rt v. er t . Mv rar has -r. e ;u:r. n.e c, ra': trou ble the j-.ist f.--A month by a lark cf rower, t'r.t:'. a tucuth aso the eir-bt;r-t r w .1 s I 1-4 ir.oh.. but hae ;.::.' e t ha need it to a ! -inch s:e of the v i: , r:.- 1 !. This g .j f ;:r h g 1 r for about a w ek. S;:n" th."n it h.i 5 eji r.eet-s.-'i ry o cr.ar.-- the .o!;utiuent on b..th air and gi-'.ü.e .. . rl e t ry day. The tuQter ': . - ut u'liaji'S'ir rnd the n; n;r.f-'o j in i-rfeit rondi- tioa. üW.NLH. Autoinoiiile Accessories Mazda Bulbs Columbia Dry Cells Simons' Kleener Simons' Polish Dalo Flash Lights Sponges Jacks Pumps and many other quality products, including HUHU Country Road Multi-Mile are sold bv the rings i'own berviGG uoninanv 110W. Colfax Ave., Near Michigan St. Main 2251 TIRES ACCESSORIES VULCANIZING "We can't sell them all, so we sell the best" r f 7 I r Iii müm iwiiiffv El elf?! TRACE MARK , 1 Jf&? jfl W ' ' 'd l"V I m The City of MM? iWWW $ ' OILERS are dealers that fit the tire they handle- They are de pendable, and you'll find that their other goods are of the same high quality. Buy Goodrich tires from one of these dealers. THOMAS RUBBER VULCANIZING CO. 131 LINCOLN WAY EAST. This is where you are guaranteed real Tire Satisfaction. We do Retreading and Relining. Rim cuts and blowouts re paired and respliced. Automobile tires rebuilt. GOODRICH TIRES, TUBES AND ACCESSORIES We make a specialty of repairing and retreading cord tires. HOME PHONE 6670. The "BEST SELLERS" v Ford Cars Fordson Tractors Goodrich Tires and Tubes HINKLE MOTOR CO. 219-223 N. Lafavette Blvd. A Pair of Thoroughbreds FRANKLIN "Pioneer Air Cooled Car." GOODRICH Tires and Tubes. Franklin Motor Car Co. 517 Lincoln Way West. Bell 212. SKIFF SAYS You will make no mistake in buying Goodrich Tires. They are right and their new adjustment policy makes them a great proposition for the automobile owner. WE Sell and recommend Goodrich Tires and Tubes. Repair all makes of tires and tubes. Carry full line SINCLAIR Oils and Gasoline. SKIFF'S TIRE SERVICE 436 S. MICHIGAN ST. BELL 2619. SON ni..i i Hr-'rf', if,i :f wi imm. i w mitm thii.w"., w ilni tiUl ID! fQj 1ui izr.-3 zr.;-3 m E3 Jvr ii BEST IN THE LONG RUN" wmmum HUD See This New Car at the New Price. FULL LINE GOODRICH TIRES, TUBES, ETC. Superior Motor Sales Co. D. A. BOSWELL, Mgr. Distributors ESSEX, HUDSON, DORT, ALLEN, WINTON. 1 SELLING YOU ANY TIRE YOU WANT 2 EXPERT REPAIRING BY EXPERTS 3 A REAL TIRE SERVICE DEPARTMENT These three features enable us to take care of all your tire needs. If it's anything about tires you want to set us. And if you can't come to us phone and we will come to you. TAYLOR'S TIRE SHOP 132 East Jefferson Blvd. Bell 6!0. "Everything For Your Auto 99 the trademark that we have been usine: includes Goodrich tires and tubes. It also takes in RICH TRUCK TIRES of which we are the local distributors. We want vou to come in and see our com- plete line of Accessories. There is something here that you need and want. GOOD 0. E. Ludwig Auto Supply 409 South Michigan St. ! ti i i ; i 1 M Ü