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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 18, 1917)
4 D HOW TO REMEDY SPARK PLUG ILLS William H. Stewart, Jr., De icribes Causes of ignition Trouble, How to Locate Them and Cure. "If your motor is misfiring: do not condemn the .-park plug until you know it is a fault," says William II. Stewart, jr., president of the Stewart Automobile 6chooI "To determine this yop must note which cylinder is misfiring Short circuit each spark plug in succession with a wooden handled screwdriver. When engine slows down you have cut out a live plug. If engine does not lessen speed when its plug is short circuited, you are reasonably sure that that cylinder is not firing. f Disconnect the wire from the plug and start engine, holding wire ap proximately one-quarter inch from plug terminal. If a good spark jumps you will undoubtedly find the trouble due to a faulty plug or a faulty cyl inder. If 110 spark jumps, the trouble must be traced elsewhere in the igni tion system. "Assuming that a good spark it shown at the wire terminal when tested in this manner, the next step is to test the plug. This may be done by removing it and laying on top of cylinder. "To determine whether or not the insulator is defective, the spark gap should be opened considerably in or der to create a resistance equal to that under which plug functions in cylinder under compression. A de fective or carbonized insulator can be located in this manner. , Cleaning Insulator. ''If the Insulator is simply carbon ized or coated with oil and carbon, causing a short circuit, then this should be carefully cleaned with a cloth or soft brush saturated with gasoline. Touch up the points with emery cloth, but do not use emery on 'glazed porcelain, as this will roughen and cause insulator to car bonize more readily. "After cleaning and assembling, considerable care must be exercised in making the final adjustment. . Few persona, can judge within a few thou sandths of an inch, and quite often an irregular motor is caused by improper adjustment of the spark plug points. Conditions vary in different motors, equipped with different ignition sys tems, but gauge of some sort should be used to adjust the plug points. "Around almost every garageor shop will be found some broken eight or 10-inch hack saw blades. 'A piece of one of these blades will be found to serve as very Rood gauge in the idjustment of the plug points." Automobile Industries Co-Operate With Government Active co-operation of the automo bile industries committee and the of ficials of the different department of the army and navy at the war in dustries board was assured when Chairman A. W. Copland pledged the men, material and equipment of 550 automobile plants and 1,080 parts and accessory makers to the war needs, So much of tlie vast production facil ities of the automobile industry as i may be needed by the government will be devoted to war work, for which its vast manufacturing capabil ities are so well adapted. ' ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS at the camp of the American troop in France. Many of the Xmas presents from the folks at home for the boys under Pershing will be distributed through such Y. M. C. A. stations as this. , :. . v. we, v..; v. v .v.. ,...:;;;;.. y.wMv.MWviW'.fa...wrt.-, m ,,-.; ... , -'. . ... t . 0T JV? '. 4 'STTR i 5i f 12 'jy .... 5 3 i- t VM C.A IK TRAHCS. 1 , M x-41 Auto Service Department of The Omaha Bee I am rebuilding an old Ford car into a racer, which I intend to use at vari ous county fairs and other meets. I find, however, that the carbureter now on the car will not give me the speed I want. What carbureter would you suggest and also would you advise the old gears for regular speed gears? T. L.D. There are any number of standard makes of carbureters, such as Strom berg, Rayfield, Schebler, etc., any of which will probably be found satis factory. I would suggest that you get larger carbureter aud manifold, so that a better charge will be sucked into the cylinders. By all means change the rear axle gear ratio. Use 2'4 or 2'j to 1. In addition .to these changes you might increase the com pression pressure by having the cylin der head trimmed clown, or you might install a 16-valve cylinder head, a spe cial part which is on the market. Your carburetion troubles are due to poor mixture or possibly to incorrect valve timing. A few weeks ago I purchased a va lorizing device, which was claimed to ncrease my miles per gallon by at least 25 per cent. As far as I can see, the device has done this, but I notice that my engine runs much faster and mat my sparK pings are rea, some thing that never happened before. Careful Driver. The engine runs faster and the econ omy is better because the mixture is better. You can throttle the engine down lower by resetting the stop screw, which limits the throttle move ment. I do not understand what you mean by saying that your spark plugs are red, though they never were be fore. Do you mean that they become so hot that they turn red, or do you refer to a tendency to rusting? Is it necessary to make any change? in order to install a vacuam fuel feed system on a car that now uses pres sure? Ding. About the only change to be made consists in drilling and tapping the inlet , manifold, unless it is necessary to insHall extensive bracketing to sup port the tank. If the tank is attached to the dash, the only connections nec essary are a pipe from the rear tank to the vacuum tank, two leads from the latter, one to the manifold and the other to the carbureter. Be sure that you get the right sized tank for your particular car. Do you recommend the use of inner liners for tires? I cannot see why these are'not a valuable aid in getting maximum mileage from casings. A. M. W. Inner liners are very good things when properly employed. I do not believe that they will prove econom ical in new casings, where there is no occasion for reinforcement. When in ner liners are placed in tires that have seen much service and are consequent ly becoming weakened, they will strengthen the casing and permit con siderable stretching of its useful life. What merit is there in camphor balls or other so-called carbon chasers introduced into gasoline and in what proportion should the camphor balls be used? R. T. D. ; There is practically no merit in the : usual run of compounds designed to ; be placed in the gasoline. Camphor ; balls or napthalene are simply hydro 1 carbons, adding nothing to the value I of the fuel, in fact probably detracts I something from it. 0LYMPIAN - . : i OLYMPUS myitis mount una who titatf. wruthtd iiMmlt Amlt Ui mlihty toft t myth. loir. Ttuw feltlM wm rvrd tor tin owr, (fraudi. kttuty lit ine ticrlM t thtm I iuMrhun tun, t itk Mi I lt. that thi Olympian lama wart htl4 primarily ta anwurata anal foataf IhtM aod-lllia cHallllaa I mortal inaa. Thart Sraak mtt Sraak In atiitaala at ttrantth, ipi an uf tiwa tha rawaril t alaialt wraatn of laoral. laa'ay tha "Solda Aaa" la dlmmaC la tlx mawory at man. Vat tha idmlratlea l thata an ma attrlbutaa Hill llv. It It net than tlttlni that thla carthar. aatartaa ly. Wanty, tattd, HW aadaraao a Uatl tOljatlMt ' Beauty, Power, Speed and Endurance The Olympian has all that-and more. It has a smooth-running, high-speed, four-cylinder engine that aver ages 18 miles on a gallon of gasoline. It has a 114-inch wheel base, shock-absorbing cantilever rear springs, and deep, soft upholstery. This combination of advantages gives you a restful ease of riding unapproached in any other car selling at anywhere near the Olympian price--$965. The Olympian is the most complete car built It comes to you equip ped with a bumper, a spotlight, a motometer and an ignition lock. Neces sities allbut found in combination on no other car. And remember you can choose from a wide variety, of colors. Red, gray, blue, green, maroon in numerous shades and painted by hand to last the life of the car. x ' You must see the Olympian. You will be delighted with its flaw less, satin finish and beautiful double-cowl lines. $ 965 f. o. b. factory. We will gladly demonstrate And you must ride in it. Its smoothness, its noiselessness and its perfect comfort will be a revelation to you. What Ho! Johnny Kilbane Is Wearing a Wrist Watch Johnny Kilbane,. the featherweight champion, is wearing a wrist watch and a pair of riding boots, the gifts of Cleveland admirers. Kilbane is chief instructor at Camp Sherman, O. J-- e 7 iScSS iw Mm curi nAv s 1 1 s Miir vaf,1-; t, r ....... ..,-. ... v... , ... ..w... .. 3 'J 4 C -L., New Home of Albert E. Bihler, lnc STEWART SERVICE TRUCKS Storage - Repairs - Accessories -- Trucks Fireproof Storage All kinds radiator, Will carry a complete Night and day er- AMAmmnli battery, ignition, tire, line of accessories; rice, free inspection., Accomraooa- nJglit anJ dy jer aUo a Firetton- Truci, an m(inner 0f re. ting 250 Trucks. vice. Tire Press. pairs. We will also handle the Bihler Ambulance, the Bihler, Foot Scraper for autos, and will build special bodies. ALBERT E. BIHLER, Inc. 1114.18 Dodge Street. Omaha, Nebraska. Business is Boosted by Use of Bee Want Ads DILL a TORRING 2209 Farnam Street Distributor Omaha. Phone Doug. 2508. DEALERS If iaWrMtaJ lr pf-opotitioa, wire, pben or writ. "SfSWS" Follow '1 the ixampie of the Wisest Tire Buyers NOTICE the new cars that haare come into town this season. You will see that a very large percentage of them are equipped with Goodyear Tires. And ifs the same way the country over. At least one out of every three new cars rolls out of the factory on Goody ears. This in spite of the fact that iwo hundred mann-. facturers make tires for automobiles. The use of Goodyear Tires on new cars far exceeds that of any other brand because car manufacturers are the wisest tire buyers in the world. They want their cars to give satisfaction and they know how important tires are as a factor in car sat-' isfactJon. They make complete, expensive tests of all tires and know when they are buying the best So when you need to replace a tire you are surest of satisfaction if you follow the experience of the car manufacturers and choose Goodyear You get free benefit from their expensive tests. Moreover, when you buy Good years from us Good year Service Station Dealers you get free benefit of an intelligent, painstaking tire service which ensures extraordinary mileage the last possible nickel's worth of satisfaction. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio Tne Sign of th Goodyear Samice Station Oear THE NOVELTY REPAIR CO., 4809 South 24th St. Phon. South 1404. HOLMES-ADKINS CO., , 491T-1S South 24th St.- Phono South 420. NATIONAL AUTO SCHOOL 2814 North 20th St. Phono Webster 5943. THE MOTOR SUPPLY CO., 1917 Forum St. Phono DouLs 7S9S. ORR MOTOR SALES CO., Packard Show Room. NEBRASKA SERVICE GARAGE 218-20 South 19th St. Phono Douflas 7390. CHAS. W. WALKER GARAGE CO., Fontenelle Gar. r Auditorium Garage, and C W. Walker Carafe, 36th and Farnam Sts. THE TIRE SHOP 2518 Farnam St. Phone Douglas 4878. .V 1' iaiii,ojsiieiialit ' lwmcwi