Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 21, 1922, Page 11

Repairing Dented Front of Tubular Type Radiator. By H. H, PARKER. The thin copper fins of a tubular type radiator are easily damaged by an accidental blow, but if the tubes themselves are not greatly sprung, the damage can be remedied with a brass hinge, and a pair of pliers. The hinge, about two and a half inches long, is closed oven a bent fin ana moderate pressure is applied with the pliers, which are preferably of the end-cutting type. = Small dents or kinks are entirely removed by this means. make, and usually inconvenient to borrow. Since increase of density due to ing the gap in the same proportion, many practical mechanics simply wi. den the gap to, say, five times its normal working distance by the ex- pedient of bending or twisting the electrodes. This always incurs the danger of breaking off or weakening the wire, and requires the readjust- ment of the gap afterward, which, even if one is not fussy as to the ex- act length, may not be permanent due to & warping under heat after the se. THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER DEVICES battery by continuous charging dur- ing summer touring is often referred to by writers who warn against the the plates. No remedy is suggested, however, except that of burning lights towabsorb the current. This expedient is not wholly satisfactory since the continuous use of the lamps soon burns out the bulbs—to say nothing of the annoyance caused by every third motorist’s trying to stop you to say that you have left your lamps burning by accident. « It has been assumed by many de- signers that the generator output BY MOTOR'S READERS—ADVICE ON THE CARE AND OPERATION OF THE .CAR. By Motor Readers. CONCEIVED AND.MADE WAR MATERIAL MADE USEFUL | eompression is equivalent to lengthen- | danger of doing permanent injury to | ingenious and Economical Uses of Sur. plus Supplies Made in Conetruc- tion of Highways. (Prepared by the United Stetes Departameat Arnny ambulatess bave been coa- verted to survey cars for use Ia road bullding; water sprinklers changed to machines for spraying whitewash on poles along state highway: bomb- proof shelters now house road-m tools and explosives—such are some ivere distortion of bending. The writet has had excellent satis- [faction from a method of “stretch- Simple Oil Filter. By C. H. WILLEY. should be taken out of gantrol of the | of the peace-time conversions of sur- driver and be made entirely sutoma- | plus war materials turned over to thy tic, but the automatic regulation does | gaes through tho Department of Ag. Motorists will find that it is a dis- tinct saving to change the oil in the engine crankcase every 500 miles and redeem it. This is done by filtering and resting it, then, by applying heat, driving off.the gasoline and kerosene ag” the spark without altering the setting of the points. A strip of clean, sound miga about three-eighths of an inch wide is thrust between the points go that the spark has to pass around the end or edge of th mica, thereby lengthening the gap as not take the variable factors of oper- ation into account. It occurred to the writer that it should be possible to correct the dif- ficulty at its source by providing & method of regulating the output of he generator at the will of the driv- riculture, by authority of the congress, and now playing a part in extending and perfecting the national highways. Reports from muny states to the bureau of public roads, United States Department of Agriculture, through that may dilute it. of means for hanging a kerosene can The simple filtration plant, consists much as is desired. This method may not be gf scientific ]lecuracy, but it shove a pail covered with several|Serves for practical purposes, and layers of Sheese cloth. The feucet is|often points out a baffiing full-load cracked slightly and the filter is left Miss in what seems to be a sound plug. to take care of itseif. - Engine-Cleaning Apparatus. By R. K. HELPHENSTINE,.JR. In making this apparatus for clean- Centering_Punch. By L. B. ROBBINBBS. er. Last spring when the generator which agency the surplus material was was being given an overhauling, the distributed, tell of the ingenious and field wire was cut and the ends | eronomical uses of these supplles, brought to the outside of the generat- | valued at $30,000,000. Among the or shell, where they were connected | chief iteras thus distributed are nearly with insulated binding posts. A | 30,000 motor vehicles and nearly $12.- small rheostat, such as is used by | 000,000 worth of spare parts. Intheir wireless amateurs, was placed on the | original form, the motortrucks were back of the instrument board in front | generally not suited for road construc- of the driver with only the regulating | yon purposes on account of the shape When a prick punch is to be made ing my engine I used two ether cans, n the exac} center of a plece of metal of regular shape. Drill a one-eighth-inch holse through the shank of the. punch just .above the taper of .the point, and then drill a second small hole at right angles to it and intyrsecting it, and tap) this for a machine screw. Lastly, bend p piece of steel-wire the same size.as the horizontal hole in the shape, indicated, and sharpen the bottom end. . By pullipg the wire in or out of the punch, the point'can -be made to touch the*edge of the piece being worked, so that the punch ca be quickly centered. 3 : Home-Made Filler Can. By C. H. WILLEY. For the man who is skillful with the soldering iron, a handy oil filler made from a one-gallon oil can will have an appeal. To one corner of it is riveted a handle, which is made tight at the rivet holes with solder. Then filler has the esdvantage that it pours true. Compression Test Gauge. By S. E. GIBBS. One can tell something about the compression in the various cylinders by turning the engine over slowly by hand and noting the resistance; but a more satisfactory method is to use a gauge to measure the com- ression. Such a device is made clamping a _tire gauge in tge shell of a spark plug, making it leak-proof with washer and packing. The device is then screwed into the spark plug hole in the cylinder, and the motor is allowed to run slowly under power. Each cylinder is tested in turn, and if they do not show ap- proximately the same compression in all, the motor requires attention. Locating Leaks. By WALTER H. GAGE. When you pick up a small tack in the road and find yourself minus the air of one tire, it is not always easy to locate the leak in the tube. Nor does a slow puntture always happen when you are handy to a spring or brook, Even though there is no water availaple, however, you may circum- vent the Jinx by inflating the tube to its safe maximum and revolving it slowly over a patch of fine dust in the road. When. the leak comes directly over the dust it will betray itself al- most as visibly as it does in water. . Front Wheel Grease Gun. By S. E. GIBBS. It is often difficult to get grease into the inner bearings of the front wheel. But.if a spare hub cap is sol- dered to the end of a small grease gun, the hub can be filled and some of the old grease and dirt-forced out at the inside. When this method is employed, there i§ never any doubt about the thoroughness of the job. Substitute for Plub-Testing Chamber. . By W. B. JONES, Owing to the fact that the resist- ance encountered by a spark varies with the density of the air or gas ito give.a fine spray. This completed cutting the bottom from one and the top from the other, and soldering them together. They have a combin. ed capacity of about three gallons, pacity could be obtained, it would serve the purpose just as well and would probably be better if it could be_obtained in galvanized iron. _Next I procured from an automo- bile wrecker the hose line and gauge of a motor-driven tire pump, -Then 1 cut.three holes in.the top of the can. In one-of these I soldered the gauge, and in another the upper two- thirds of a sawed-off tire valve. Over {the third hole I'soldered a screw top ifiller, cut from a cylinder oil can |and fitted it with a. tight washer. I then secured at a ten-cent store an ordinary illuminating gas stopcock and soldered this in a hole, cut at the bottom of the can, and wired it to one end of the hose. In the other end of the hose I inserted and wired in place a short length of copper tub- ing with the protruding end crimped the device. In use, the can is filled to half its capacity with a 50 per cent solution of kerosene and gasoline, 10 pounds of air pressure is applied with an or- dinary tire pump attached to the air valve, and the stopcock is then turned on. This is a handy article to have in a private garage, and it is essily and cheaply made. Mine cost me less than a dollar. Use for Old Oil. By S. E. GIBBS. The oil which is drained from the crankcase .of the automobile engine will give excellent results as a sprin lubricant. ‘It should be applied wit! brush to the sides of the spring and, after it has been allowed to soak in for an instant, be followed with several other applications. The gaso- line in the diluted oil causes it to work in between the lesves much far- ther than if pure oil is used, and it also rubs off the spring sides more readily and so does not eatch much Handy Bolt Chicel. By C. H. WILLEY. A handy tool for wedging off rust- ed bolts can be-made from a wide cold chisel. The tool is heated and drawn thin and then cut and U-shap- ed to make it straddle the bolt. It is then retempered. Very often when one is working around the motor or chassis, bolts are encountered that are not easily reach- ed with'a hammer. This tool over- comes the difficulty and is superior to_hammering on the nut end of a bolt because it does not mar the P Li Power Oiler. By CAVANAGH. -found a ‘device cffect- supplying oil to parts difficult of access with an oil can. It is particularly useful in lubricating spring leaves and shackles. Made from a pickle bottle with a threaded cap, a Y-inch cop- per tube is soldered in the cap, with ive for of the car and if a single can of the ‘same ca-|P! between the plug points, a plug test|its lower end just clearing the bottom in the open air of little value. Under|of the bottle, and a shorter tube to full load, the density of the mixture|which a piece of rubber hose may be between the electrddes of a plug may | attached is also soldered in the cap. be increased by compression to five times that of the atmosphere. To test plugs under conditions of pres- sure and density corresponding to act~ ual service there have been devised air pressure chambers into which the plugs may be screwed, with the spark £aps opposite strong glass windows. While such pressure chambers un- doubtedly are the best for the pur- Pose, they are expensive to buy or The outer end of the longer tube is eurved as shown and slightly flat- tened. When the bottle is full of lubricant and the end of the rubber hose is placed in the mouth, it is easy Regulating the Generator Output. By W. L. EIKENBERRY. The danger of - overheatine the knob projecting in front. This was connecled in series with the field through the binding posts mentioned and:shown in the illustration on this turn of the knob at any time will re- duce the generator output from its maximum to as little as one or two amperes if desired. ‘When the lights are turned on at night, a turn of |§_he rheostat knob restores tho max- imum output. The effect of this regulation is seen in .the fact that whereas in former years, if Jong daily runs were made, it was desirable to water the battery daily, over the same route last sum- mer additional - water was- not once required in more than a thousand miles of continuous running and more than two weeks’ light driving there- after. The cost of the rheostat and :ltller materials used was less than two jollars. RUSH OF PRELIMINARY WORK ‘There Will Be No Delay in Highway Construction by Enactment of New Fideral Aot. Highway construction will not be delayed by the requirements of the new federal highway act. The federal i bighway system will consist of roads, uot exceeding 7 per cent of the total in any state, designated by the state and approved by the secretary ef ag- riculture. Work is being rushed by all the highway departments on the preparation of maps of the proposed systefo, but naturally such an impor- tant matter wijl take some little time and consideration. The government authoritles will insist: that important through routes meet at state llnes which will require conferences be- tween authorities of different states. In order that work will not be delayed pending the approval of each state system the secretary of agri- culture has amended the rules and regulations for federal ald to permit the immediate construction of such roads as it may reasonably be antici- pated will become part of the system. State highway -officials are belng advised that the anticipated route of which the road to be bullt is a part should be as long as practicable, pref- erably entirely across the state. A map must be submitted showing the route, other possible routes and con- necting routes. If this is found mat- fsfactory the project will be approved for iimmediate construction. The State of Washington submitted on December 27 the first complete state system, and others are expectesd In a short time. MICHIGAN KEEPS ROADS OPEN Kept Clear of Snow for Motor- venicle Traffic. Michigan it keeping open sbout 1. 200 miles of it< highwayx thie winter in order that motor vehicle traffic max move unhampered on intercity roade. Michigan first adopted the road- clearing plan on a state scale during the war. when It was necessary to move ariny trucke out of Michigan factories and to transport war sup- to force the oil up through the long [ plles by truck between cities. « It curved tube to the parts to be treated. [ worked out so well that the highway department has been following the practice ever since, . S age. : ‘The installation ‘being effected, a | | About 1,200 Miles of Highways Being | cover the knees. and size of their bodies, which were designed especially for army use, but the majority of the trucks have been Steel Rails Being Made Uss Of fer Dragging a Read. altered by substituting dump bedies and hoisting devices for the carge and ammunition bodies with which they are equipped. Idaho has converted the steel am- munition bedies fato bottem-dum bodies; Maine has removed the e: bodles from the chassis amd cha: them Into dump bodies by plvoting them near the rear end, end add- {ng a hoisting device; Arizona has cut the bottoms of the bodies in half from front to back and then used the sides for a mew bottom and the two halves of the bottom for the new sides. Near- 1y all the states in which there Is a snow problem have utilized a portion of their truck allotment to push snow plows in winter, and many have con. verted the trucks into serviceable sprinklers. Obnoxious Advertising 8igna. Ellminating tho signs from ' state roads should provide a good example for other roads, and in time it should bave its effect upon the cities, where the citizens are obliged to wage & con- tinuous battle to keep obnoxious ad- vertising signs from parks and boule- vards. The argument that in some cases the sigus are better than the unimproved tracts of lana which they hide carries some weight, but it mere- ly invites attention to bad housekeep- fng methods.—Exchange. The Days Gone By. “Don’t you loug for the good, old- fashioned days?” “Sometimes,” replied Miss Cayenne, “when 1 see pictures of gowns that But never when I | think of a man with side whiskers.” | | DOORS “OPEN FOR 100 YEARS” Gateway Being Erected at Bisine, Wash., to Commemorate Peace Between Countries. “Where the new Paeific highway crosges the Canadian border at Blaine, Wash., a gateway js being erected to seommemorate 100 years without for- tiication or armies along the 3,00 miles of international boundary, In- scribed over the doorways are the legends, “Open for 100 Years® and “May, 'hesc Doors Never Ra Clowed.” !_IAGIHVI MU UR ‘To New Pleasures GET THE MOST OUT OF LIFE! ' Are you a lover of the great outdoors? Then get a motoreycle and sidecar this year. 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