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THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG In the Automobile World HINTS FOR THE ALBERT L.CLOUGIH Does Your Car Need Refinishing? If 8o, Look Up The New Processes MOTORISTS WHOSE CARS have become shabby in appearance and need renovating should investigate the newly introduced methods of lacquer finishing, before ordering conventional paint and varnish jobs. These processes have developed to the commercial stage so rapidly that in nearly every important community there are' concerns equipped to apply one or more of them in an expert manner. The general adoption of this so-called pyroxolin finish by car manufacturers is sufficient evidence of the advantages whick it offers and fortunately it is one of the improvements which is applicable to old cars as well as fiew. Any concern authorized to apply body finish of this new type will be glad to describe the process in detail, to enumerate its points of ' superiority, to exhibit cars to which it has been applied and to quote prices upon work submitted to tuem. To all appearances the day of paint and varnish in the motor car field has closed and that of sprayed on lacquers of a wide variety of shades has opened. Beside the celerity with which it can be applied it is generally admitted that lacquer fnish resists the effects of exposure, washing and legitimate wear in a very remarkable degree and possesses exceptional permanency as well as presenting a very handsome appearance. SAL SODA FOR RADIATORS J. A, M. asks: What is the best way. in which to clean out the radiator and water-jackets of my car? I have been told to use com- mon washing soda. Is this a sat- jstpctory treatment and how is it accomplished ? Answer: Yes, it is the most available method. Dissolve one pound of washing soda (sal soda or@sodium carbonate) for eachigal- fon of water required to fill the cooling system and, after drawing oft the old water, refill the system with 'this solution. Give the car an 'dverage day's run and just as so0n as the engine is stopped draw the solution off. Refill with pure water. run the engine until it is hot (with radiator shielded if de- sired) and discard it. filling the sys- tem with pure water once more. Running water through the system from a hose, with the radiator drain-cock open, tends to remove scale and dirt. rr WON'T IDLE WHEN HOT ALLED Acain 1) 8. J. M. writes: After it has be- come warm, the engine of my sree car backfires frequently, falls to {dle reliably and often stalls when I disengage the clutch, al- though it idles all right when cold. It has lots of power and gives trouble in this particular only. How do you explain this? : wer: |Your carburetor is so constructed and attached that its float-chamber runs pretty warm and vaporization probably occurs in it, causing vapor instead of liquid gasoline to escape through the spray-jet, making the mixture too lean, when the engine is hot, especially if high-test or casing- head gasoline is used. Try discon- necting your hot air supply. More- over this carburetor employs & heavy brass piston. in a cylinder, to regulate the air and gasoline and if the former sticks in the latter fit makes the mixture too lean. This may be more likely to happen when the piston becomes hot and + will occur at all times unless the piston and its cylinder wall is kept highly polished. Brass polish has to be used frequently to keep these parts perfectly smooth. ' etait TOO HARD ON THE GAS On my _|NEED WD GASOLINE-M) ) GET ONLY 9 mugs TON GALLON? A. H, Jr, writes: My four cylinder car is proving & veritable gas-eater. averaging but 9 to 12 miles per gallon even on long. trips, instead of the 18 miles per gallon they say it should give me. Have had the carburetor adjusted twice. Can you help me to correct this? Answer: Your carburetor re- quires plenty of exhaust heat. See that it is getting it. Be sure your ignition timing is as early as prac- ticable. If any of the cylinders leak gas past pistons or valves, have necessary repairs made. In- spect your vacuum-tank to make certain there is no gasoline being sucked Into the intake system di- rect, on account of a leaky float. Run your cooling water as hot as practicable. shielding the radiator slightly. if necessary. Look out for dragging brakes. Use the best en- gine oil and change it frequently. Perhaps your carburetor can be adjusted for a still leaner adjust- ment and still give a powerful mix. ture Unless your engine has good compression, all around, you can- not expect satisfactory fuel econ- omy. Questions of peneral interest to the motorist will be answered by Wr, Clough in this column, space permitting. tegired, 11 'an immediate answer is enclose self-addressed, stamped enpelove. DRIVE. 4 HA for : 'strange 'noises which occur when the engine is pulling hard, And when the drive is of the Hotchkiss type, that fs, through the springs from chassis to body, remember that there is also a slight transmission of such power through other connecting links between crassis and body. The way to locate this is to visual- {ze the rear axle as the thing that is pushing the car forward. Then look to see through what units, rods, pipes, etc, besides the springs, this driving force might be trans- mitted to the body in order to push it along with the axle. Somewhere along the line there may be an un- oiled connection for one that is loose. AL fe Cords $1095 Do not tavite trouble by fixing an old Battery. Avoid it by p i a ing a new MONARCH for your Auto or Motor Boat. : A ---- SPEED WAGON HAULAGE REDUCED TO A SCIENCE Qives Best Results in the Use of Motor Transportation. Buying delivery facilities or com- mercial motor transportation has been reduced almost to an exact science. This is brought out in a dis- culsion of speed wagon sales poli- cies by George W. Boyd, of Boyds Garage, Reo Motor Car Company representatives in this territory. "Responsible manufacturers of commercial cars and trucks have been very active in bringing about intelligent buying and intelligent use of motor equipment for delivery or haulage purposes," says Mr. Boyd. '""This is not altogether un- selfish on their part for they realize that rational use of their products will result in better performance and correspondingly increased pres- tige. 3 "One thing that Reo has consist- ently campaigned against is over- loadi The Model F. speed wagon was designed to carry loads up to one and a quarter tons, and salesmen have always been under instructions not to sell the speed wagon into ser- vice where loads could not be kept within this maximum. "Of course, in 76 per cent. or more installations this capacity Is sufficient. Many types of haulage can be carried on most economical- ly and satisfactorily by making more trips at an increased speed with lighter 'loads. "In order to aid buyers and sales- men in predetermining loads, the Reo Motor Car Company has sup- plied speed wagon salesmen with tables of weights of various com- modities. Building materials, dairy and farm products, coal and coke, fruits, various types of groceries, metals, confectioners' supplies, meats, and many other commodities are given inypounds per unit of bulk. 'With this information, the sales- man and the buyer, whether he be a farmer, a grocer, a contractor, or almost any other type of merchant or business man, can tell accurately in advance how the speed wagon is going to fit the particular haulage requirements of the business. "We find that selling transporta- tion on this basis brings about a thorough understanding of the man- ner in which a speed wagon is to be used to obtain most satisfactory re- sults; and that it aids us in increas- ing our list of satisfied speed wagon owners.' AAA ZEE ERE ETRY XN XY PROPOSES BULLS CARRY TAIL LIGHTS London (By Mail.)--Must bulls and sheep carry - head lights and tail lights? Lincoln- shire farmers have decided to offer determined opposition to the proposal that they must carry lighted lamps when driv- ing flocks or herds along the road at night. Alderman Colin Campbell asked whether farm- ers were to be compelled to have a white light on the front of the flock, a red light behind it and a green light on each flank. - It was preposterous. CPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPIPIENS CGPI PPIER PIPPI P PEER 20000400000 00094 00 Male Pedestrians Responsible For Own 8afety on Roads In the opinion of a Zurich Jus- tice of the peace "motor car drivers must necessarily halt when they ap- proach women, cattle or hens, for nobody can tell which way they will run, but there {sn't any reason to suspect that two men standing in the middle of the road will run in op- posite directions when a driver sounds his horn." With this reason- ing the judge declined to fine a driver for running down a male ped- estrian. The evidence showed that two men standing in the road paid no atten- tion when the driver sounded his horn, but when the car tried to pass them they ran in opposite directions and the driver explained it was im- possible to avoid both of them. Baby's stockings should be washed carefully in lukewarm water and suds and dried on a wooden form. Predetermination of Loads) p * TIMELY TALKS WITH AUTOMOBILE OWNERS t Needed Improvement. Big improvements in little things will soon be demanded by the dis- criminating car owner. Perhaps the most important of these will be a gauge that will tell the car owner at a glance just what the quality 'ot his oil is. These oil level indica- tors on modern engines tell noth- ing but the quantity of lubricant in the crankcase and register just as well if half the so-called lubricant - is gasoline that has leaked past the pistons. Just because the indica- tor says "full" {s no reason to sus- pect that the engine has sufficient Jubrication. It may be several quarts shy of real oil. Those early dash pump indicators that used to whirl around to show that the en- gine oil was being circulated had some advantages over the calm needle indicator of to-day. The driver could at least see the oil and sometimes tell whether or not it was equal to the job. 3, - Accounts For Skipping. Motorists who have been told to drive with the accelerator frequent- ly make the mistake of paying too little attention to the hand throttle. Failure to consider the latter ac- counts for much of the inability to get smooth performance from the car without slipping the clutch or coasting over the low speeds. With the hand throttle set for mere idling of the engine there is naturally a break between this speed of the en- gine and the minimum speed at which it pulls the car in high gear. Since the accelerator is usually op- erated a little more roughly than the hand throttle this break is fur- ther accentuated until the engine seems to be skipping during the effort to keep the car running at five to ten miles an hour in high. The way to overcome this is to find out at what speed the car will just barely run in high and set the hand throttle accordingly. This Is Important. There is a tendency to forget that you cannot allow such a wide varia- tion in pressure for balloon tires as you can for regular cords. For in- stance, whereas a margin of 15 pounds of air does not make much difference one way or the other in a cord tire that is moderately in- flated a full balloon tire may be en- tirely too soft or too hard if only eight pounds below or above the recommended pressure. To get the portant to keep this essential dif- ference in mind. When To Shift. The speedometer is not the only guide to follow in deciding when to shift down to second on a hill. Load, road, and weather conditions fre- quently make it advisable to shift at a Jower car speed one time and another, and vice versa. It's all a matter of avoiding strain. The moment the car begins to reveal evidence of engine vibration the driver should take this as a tip to shift. One of the handiest guides in this connection is the handle of the emergency brake. It is bound to virbrate when the engine has started to labor. If it quivers, shift. Cleaning The Heater. Where does all the floor dirt in the tonneau go? If your car is equipped with a heater, the chances are that the dirt 1s at the bottom of this device waiting to be dumped out in the street. Usually there are small doors at the bottom of the heater case for this purpose. They can be opened by pushing a screwdriver through one of the openings in the radiator. The doors will close of their own ac- cord, being hinged on springs for this purpose. Breaking In New Car. If there is an opportunity to jack up the hind wheels of the new car and Jet the engine run in gear all day, be sure to lean out the miz- ture as much as possible. Usually 8 new car is set for a rather rich mixture because the dealer kndws that it will have to do a lot of work even if the driver does not ex- ceed a speed of 29 or 25 miles an hour in high gear. This usually || fills the engine with carbon, but this can be obviated by leaning out the mixture and running the engine with. the wheels jacked up. You obviate the possibility of scoring the cylinders, burning out the bear- ings and other damage. And at the end of the breaking in process the cylinders should have less ear- bon in them than they would have had bad you actually driven the The Engineering Masterpiece of theYear ~. ~ ~ ~The most talked of Car on Four Whecls curiosities has the public showed such interest in a car as they are showing in this beautiful and powerful new Overland with six cylinders. Everybody instantly admires this great car's refreshing newness. Its sensational er performance is the main topic in automobile circles. People say it is away ahead of all other cars of its class in power . . away ahead in lightning pick-up and getaway . . away ahead in beauty . . in luxury: and comfort . . away ahead in economy. And it is away ahead in all these things because it is so far ahead in progressive engineer- ing. Its low price is all out of proportion to its great advantages. Don't fail to see the new Overland Six. Don't fail to ride in it. Easy terms if you desire them. Nu since the days when automobiles were Standard Sedan $1,400; De Luse Sedan $1,635. F.O.B. Factory, Toronto. Taxes Extra. With Sliding Gear Transmission ARTHUR CALLAGHAN 210-214 Wellington Street, Kingston. 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