‘ HONK!
. mat 'enablea'
C —~The other day nhiie Mowing up my one mic adopted by most 1.1;; manu- i and file
inner tube to test for a leak it burst.‘ factumre is 18 1hs,per inch of small seem “mm It can scarcely be the
If the tube will break with too much diameter tor front tires and 21') lbs.
proesme \\ by will not the shoe do the
HONK mom came it too gram pressure is applied?
”What is the construction of a 81399. tires and 89 lbs. for rem tires. Some jerk or skip, and pulls splendidly.
AUTOMOME mrfiis . ' 92:: 11:31: is mt built 15:31.1 any rotting the myher and inugtng wow
‘Liouitfigg Department, The gentinel 1 Motoring Department The Sentinel.
‘w'l‘ite Wolves in my 1918‘» Dodge make ”Why does no one invent a spring of cam as molde
What is the canoe! tire to take The place of the present to give it strength The qualities re tecflon aflcriied the
aolicléng noise
measure as 1t Is suphmted e
by the shoe when inflated.
£1111 what is the remedy Would it in ’ tlro? tSuch a one mm he poem: quirequare strength, elasticity. and the car
Jure the motm to continue to run in
That. condition?
‘proof and ought not to be be very exa Head must secme traction and allow] _______
Is radiator cement llenshe. Is the idea feasible or has fox near. All that the tube must do is! Motoring Department The Sentinel.
313mg 39 clog up the radiator? Thanh it already been tlied out? J. K. L: hold the 3.11:. It musthe 0f attrafofi‘ii”flaw Kingstoue carburelol on 1914
1118 you. . H. 0. J»; Many devices of the kind you 3911- quality to do this. to be sur 8 Fold Until recently it‘ gave no
Evidently the valve tnppets am: 11011 have. been patented but 110116 have, rqufiPPS 0V or 200 lbs per 511119;? in“; trouble; now it looks continually, and
attained any success As a rule they D‘Wfilm‘ ‘0 bmot a shoe W“ are no I am campellgd to close needle valve
loose and need adjusting. It’ continued'
41m spaces will grow larger and them" my heaw and none or them give in giving it the Dmsule “BMW re 1m order to Sm“ engine After 1 get
motor will begin to lose powE'r. They the springy effect, of complessed air. ;(l\li!'ed-
should be adjusted to the thickness of Some such swing devices ate used on:
0' a 919539 0? writing pal)Pr and the a ”W “”11““ in “Guano“ “'1‘“ a hea Motoring Department, The Sentinel. did wotk Have had L.1vtyt1reto1Takenf
Iit cranked and open .to some adjust-'
:ment as before the engine docs splen-
iom‘ litfle bronze balls do not
needle valve at fault. as that would
for rear tires. Thus 3 Much tire not cause carburetox to leak from bot- a null Just had carbon cleaned and: ice: suggestions may be appneu to oth<
would he gamed to 72 1115.101 from tom, besides the engine does not 1' 1h es gtound 1111; S 111 have the or cars 11.1. well. Remaking the switch
it ‘t‘o stand so great a ‘manutaeturorts scale this 119311 11 few Pleas; favor me with repl3 in your
H C. L. pounds If tire-ls mm soft it heats up,
column and oblige. d’.1\.R
Tgm only way that such flooding can
111111 5166:; out No harm is done m age the by coon: is when float valve does no”.f
The shoe inflating it too much,'but 'flie benefim close propel-1'1, It may be worn, dirt.
on the other hand, has severat layers of a pneumatic tire are 105% 511011 15 may be init, at the float has absorbed?
d in with the rubber its easy aiding qualities and the pro- some gasoline and cannot Itoat high! oiled repeatedly but it does no; 15‘
mechaniem of tho enough to close the who. Take one” son noise. (on you glte me fame“? Disconnect batter} and 11133th ‘
buxom: apart. Toot valve 1131 suction
uith the tongue. If it leaks air, grind.
lwith tango and oil. If float looks as‘
if it had gasoline in it dry out in waml’?
place ov'e1 night and revshellac. This
should end abate troubles. The drip
from the bottom is the usual result
Irom flooding or priming the C'dI‘DlH'l engine. 1‘ ma}, be piston slap due 1 2 Tln- <9 slum lengths. ma} be taken witli
6101', but if it is the result of a leak.. worn pistons and c3lindeIS. Only ;. 3015 Lu the thief can connect 312105.:
the above troubles would be ended by; 111010113111 inspection can dete1minc b3 using one of the time} vtires,
iWh‘Ch Double it is. The clutch shaft ing one mlintler to miss explosion—4
Em thlou 0"" 00113" the) ham 110m un- a matter of no great moment to him. -»
stopping the leak.
O
stdéustmem so firmly secured that vy tubbor tire but no device has yet ~Please let me know. if there is 3113140“ three times b; different men, and“
they will not roadily loosen Radta- been found satisfactory for use on rule for proper inflation of a tire and they all say nothing is won: Please
tm moment has a slight tendency to pleasure cats.
11'ng a cellular radiator. but not um 1
molar. - 1 1 Motoring Department, The Sentinel
count
service.
I
would ever ask for.
't - . There
flour-Po. meager Roadster, 51.595
Not to ourknowl‘edge has a pro-
fessional motor car driver ever
made a record with :1 Chandler Six.
But 29‘ the thousamfie of owners
of Chandler Sixes, every clay, are
makiog the kind of records" that
RecOrds of s'atieiacto'ry
g‘ . The Chandler ‘ Company has
never built '3 racing car.” Chandler
owners do not want racing cars;
The 55 to 60 miLee per hour
speed that every Chandler cal wifl
do as speed much greater than you
‘ The Chandler company has
The Chandler is. a FacfinCar, Not a Claim-Car,
and Those Are Fade. Not C "
There is no other 331" more flexible In contml, more responmve ”to your
eveity demrmd, :11 all the Chaudler.
. There to no cke: Which will pull hard grades on high WJth greater ease;
xi: ' . There 13:10 other so economical to operation. V
-' Mrnohe: which embodies 2m moeetgn and constructhtso many ‘
footy 1‘2; :52 coma: cello-.01, of high-2g: goo high-firmed motor: cars.
There is no other of mo: e beautiful bot'éy lioesor greater ridmg commit.
FIVE BE AUTH’L'L BGD‘Y TYPES
Seven-Passenger Touning Car, 81 5’95
Seveo- kaosougé? Comm}: Sedan, $2295
thw—fiooseogter Got: gertiole “Co :33,“ m " 95
' All prices f. o. ('1. Cleveland
also what huim will be done hv under— advise me what to do I don’t uant
inflation and also over inflation
' S. V T? one would do Float looks alright,
to buy a new carburetor 1,! a part at
Motoring Department The Sentinel
_——l have a 1916 model car When the
car out is tunning 2210le and the ac
celerator opened the lest hit (1101 ne-
3 "Chandler Records Are
Owners’» Records
have: built a special mountain-
climhing car with short wheel-
base ami low geometric.
. The ease with which every
Chandler climbs" steep grades on 1
high gear is satisfying to the .3
Chandler owner. ‘ '
The Chandler Company has ?‘
never supplied'ianyChmdlerrdeaier . j
anywhere with a special gear ratio
for demonstrating purposes.
What any Chandler Six does , -
2 your Chandler-Sin will do. .
The manufiactmerofone sixican ‘ ‘
make :just as big claims as the
manufacturerof any other six. But
i
Ltmousine, 32895
. '2': '
ammu'
31112013 111111112 (on a twin it‘ possible) tors working at (mgr; will lead” to
. .. The Hardwarefiz Auto Sufifily Co.
.. .
Geo-from» satirical); the engine husa Helpful Hints
most disagieeable knock and the To meet a Ford (”a1tromtheit its
knock 1“ “0159 if 011 an incline or on an 9" gym matter. Some of the follow:
knock Lo 3011 think it due to car— key is 50‘ enough as ‘ C‘ 'C thief
huretor amustmont? If go, is the mix- know that it is 01113 news-5:1") to ma
tore too loan :12 too Holt. ’ Also when; oofl a 51113“ $919“ dme: ”“0 one 0:
msting do n hill with We meshed the notches 111 0rd” to “1m 1‘ ”mum
and clutchthiuun out there is a grind The kev should be remmEd in all c2151
lug noise just behind the clutch. 1 es, but other IJTG’CaWO“S must he tak<
think it is the thx'ow- -out collar I hate en as well. i
Tlmhks'for 30m helntul adx 11.9 111 Mo Wires and take. them uith y.ou If these
“”138 0011111111.] read it with much we too long cut pieces out of them.
inlevest each neck. w. M. 1,, making them too short to reach the
The knock is probably in the con» proper tannin-.115. Run them to senor:
nectint, rod and should he looked ax ate binding nests on the dash and run‘
to! immediateh, as the connec[in,5. short, lengths of Wm £10111 these bindw
TOG 1119.3 come loose and “rock til 1‘ ing poem to the regal-.12 binding posts.
catio-
duly, making them nois3.’1‘hese' 5 .
should be inspected 113 an GXpGll 1'e-E Some ti'git ers iavoz‘ a SWiICfi WW9
H93 r man and th? DIOI’PI Changes tool box, one controlling both battery
made ‘ iand magneto CiICuits—a "double 9018"
————— switch as it is called But if the thief
Motoring Deputment, The Sentiml has time; to im estioate he will see.
-—1 would gxeo'lv appreciate ansuers these wires leading into the tool box
10 the follou 1n}: questions: I hate 3 and put other uires in place of them.
1916 Ford touring cm which has been A simila1 idea is embodied in a lock
run about 1.000 or 1.200 miles, and 1 switch which comes the primary
find it impossible to run any distance “has to a switch on the dash which
\\ 1thout my onginr- overheating I hate can be locked with a Yale key This is
taken the hose connections on? and good enough if the hood is kept lock-
flushed out radiator, haw carefulb ed. But as it ralel3 is. the thief sim-
2321211111921 fun and bolt and I use :1 ply 191110195 the “111's From the back
medium grade of good cylinder oil I and twistssthom together-nod the
closely watch the oil so as. not to use our goes with him. ,
too'much nor too little, still the engine ' . . _
overheats. L‘an you give me. a remedyl “mm-gm coils around so that
which might help? I have also taken they do not make proper contact, put»
of! the heat! and carefullycleaned the tine paper undo: them so that they do
”mm“ and mound ”I" ”1"” 15’” not touch th: bottom contacts 01 even
fast dxiviug on good made better on 19111011111; the coil~ and locking them
a car than constant slow driving on in the .001 box have been tried 'I‘wtqt-
high gear? G- N' 0' ing a wire around all the adjustinfi
The cooling system may be cloggeti nuts on the vibrators will cause them
on that 'wator does not circulate free all 10 buzz at once. making‘it impossi-
ly. Dissulte mo pounds mashing soda ole fat the mm“? to fire the cylinders
in hot tuner and pout into ladiator, 2 consecutivelv If 9 batters! is new
using etruiner Ilutr engine two orih0“mer, the noise of all fox, Viv:
19
l'ruln off and refill rutllato: with clean disc-m ei'y of the who.
u‘utm'. Also 21121121 all muses of over i W
houmto. Fast driving make: the out; tryout tenant is delinquent and
2111.2! \veum the ports more. Slow (hit luau-native become a Sentinel char}
in; will make it la'st longer. in.) “guy-use: [t ones
All Bosch parts mfitlu»stoek, also
other utagnetlo parts and a lull
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