Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1922, Page 54

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Automobiles permit of camouflage far more than do horses. In order to buy a used car wisely and intelligently the buyer shculd know something about cars, but he does not have to be an expert. There are plenty of signs to be guided by which the ordinary driver can detect as well as the expert. First of all it takes a little time to “go over” a car, and there should be system in the work. Here is the writer's method, which has “worked well” many times. (1) Examine the running gear. A great deal more reliable opinion as to the amount of running a car has done can be formed from the condition of the running gear than is possible any other way. Jack up the front wheels in turn; bear against the top and bot- tom of the wheel alternately to see if there is much play in the steering knuckle. Too much play here means neglect and much running. The front wheel bearings should be taken note of here; the front wheels should run quietly and freely. (2.)" The steering wheel and drag link connections should next come in for inspection. Excessive play and Iooseness are not an encouraging fea- ure. (3) Turn vour attention to the rear axle. Jack up both wheels clear of the ground. Try the wheels for loose- ness on the taper axle and key: grasp the hub and bear up and down to test for looseness in the outer rear axle bearing. There should not be much of either in a car worth our attention, and one with much more play in one side than in the other is especially suspicious. Be sure in making these tests that the brakes are off. Rock one wheel back and forward gently to test for play in the differential, the amount of play can be readily felt with a little practice. Now put the car In high gear with the clutch in and rock the wheels back and for- ward. This will detect the play be- tween the engine and the rear wheels. If there is much over one-tenth of a turn it means excessive wear. (4) With the rear wheels still off the floor start the engine. Let the owner or salesman get in the car and put on the power; stand behind the car and see whether the wheels run true. A wabbly wheel may mean that it can be straightened out in re- plaging the tire or by truing the wheel, but to me it means a bant axle shaft till it's proven to be some thing else. While the car is thus run- ning a good idea as to its Internal condition can be formed by the use of the ear. The rear axle should not | emit any sounds at all, but if there Is a hum it should be an even hum. Anything approaching a noise which | gives the impression of gears riding harder on one side than on the other should be distrusted. Stop the en- gine. ne ) Remove the footboards ‘and get in the driver's seat so that a good view of the gear case and clutch can !be secured. Start, the motor, g0 through clutching and_ declutching and meshing of the different gears, ! having vour ears and eyes well open. | (65" By this time the engine is warmed up, and that is the only way to try the compression. Grasp the | crank and turn the motor over slow- 1y; note carefully any differences be- '!ween the resistances of the cylinders. Go over them several times to make sure. If there is a “weak one” let some one else turn the engine over While you take the cover off the breather on the crank case, set a pasteboard mailing tube over the breather pipe and put your ear to the tube. Any hissing noise can easily be heard, and when heard means “blowing ~past the piston.” This should mean a scored cylinder till proven otherwise. If there is no hiss- Ing past the pistons the compression loss is likely past the valves which is not so bad. Electric System. (7.) The electric system should now come in for attention. Test the lights and horn, notice the discharge reading on the ammeter. Start the motor and note the charging quali- | Tiox ot the generator, it should charge Well over ten amperes at an engine speed of say twenty miles an hour on l high gear. ood idea as to the battery's con- aittos ean be formed from the way it turns the engine over and from gen- eral appearance of the tops of the { cells, terminals and fittings. =Should ! fhere be any doubt, though, a hydrom- oter test should be made and any $ariations between the readings of he cells should be viewed with sus- n. PIClon. o tests are necessary to give an rchaser an idea as to the e s of @ car. If they do not to a good standard, then use Zfi:-“:s‘;&uld be priced accordingly. (Copyright, 1922.) —_— BANDS OF BOLSHEVIK TROOPS INVADE POLAND . Serious Consequences Feared. Protest Sent to Moscow—French ‘Watch Situation. By the Associated Press. PARIS, June 24.—An invasion of Polieh territory by bands of bolshe- vist troops within the last twenty- four hours is causing much concern in official circles, where the fear is voiced that encounters between Polish forces and the bolshevists might easi- ly lead to the opening of hostilities between the two countries. : The Polish government has sent a vigorous protest to Moscow, and the French forelgn office is watching the situation closely, prepared to take some diplomatic action if the occasion arises. MILK SUPPLY BY TRUCK. Approximately 80 per cent of the milk consumed in Los Angeles, 76 per cent of the bread and 500,000 pounds of fresh meat dally are de- livered ty motor truck. BY ALBERT N. ATKINSON. One reason why beginners often fail to find trouble is because they do not make a proper diagnosis. + This sounds decidedly medical, but the idea is the same in the case of the mo- torist as in the case of the patient; both are sick, both have certain symptoms of trouble, and the one who attempts a cure must interpret these symptoms correctly—make a proper diagnosis—or he Will be un- able to prescribe the proper treat- ment or remedy. Of course the trou- ble with the beginner is his lack of knowledge of the essential parts of the car, how they function, and, con- sequently, the troubles to which they jare llable. 1f he makes an incorrect diagnosis his difficulty is increased by the fact that he will then start | hunting in_the wrong place, and, if he is inclined to experiment, he may throw other parts out of adjustment which should have been left alone. A few incidents will illustrate this. Citation of Inclden: A salesman is showing a new car to a prospect. The latter has picked up a few phrases and technical terms in his visits to different salesrooms. “Have you a carbureter adjustment on the dash?" he asks. “No,” says the salesman, “and for a very good reason. Supposing the en- gine lacks power. It may be faulty ’ 99 N ' riding. car. be refunded in full. The Hupmobile gives you the brilliant, dashing performance you look for in cars that cost more; it assures you the low operating and main- tenance costs you hope to get in cars that cost less. Sterrett & Fleming, Inc. Champlain St. at Kalorama Rd. (Below 1Sth §t.) Telephone North 5050 \V\/\/ WV pPO) AARAAK) . Where There Are Springs, il There Must Be Spring Recoil | Did it ever occur’to you that your car spring is your best shock absorber? ever, springs alone do NOT give you easy riding. While they absorb the shock, they are themselves the cause of bouncing and tossing. Springs merely do one-half the job. The combination of well oiled supple springs to do the first half of the job (absorb and momentarily store bump energy) and Stabilators to do the second half of the job (con- trol the recoil force and bring the car gently back to normal) provides the first true answer to easy No matter what car you drive, whether it is a Ford or a five- thousand-dollar machine, Stabilators will transform its riding qualities. Ask your car dealer, or telephone us at Nerth 9823 for an appointment for the installation of Stabilators on your If they do not do all that we claim your money will ON ROAD NEAR ELLICOTT CITY. PROPER “DIAGNOSIS” NEEDED FOR THE BALKING AUTOMOBILE Reason Given for the Trpuble Experi- enced by Amateur Operators—lnci- dents Given in Illustration. ignition, cooling. compression or lu- brication. The novice star ing with the first thing he the adjustment on the dash. Imme- diately he has another trouble to con- tend with—carbureter out of adjust- ment.” Again: a friend asks me out to the house to see what the trouble is with his car, which he keeps inehis own garage. “What do you think is the matter?" I ask on the way out. “Start trouble,” he replies, but is unable to give me further detail. ‘We arrive at the garake, raise the hood and look at the starter. All the wires are in good condition and everything looks all right. He scats himself in the car and presses the starter button. The starting motor works perfectly, turning the engine at a lively rate. “The starter is all righ claim in amazement. - “Yes, but the engine won't start,” Loose Wire Discovered. ‘We soon find the trouble is a loose wire In the ignition system, and when that is fixed the engine runs as it should. friend was confused b the word “start.” To him a “starter’ was something to start the engine, whereas it is merely a device crank it. Properly the starter s be called the S that is all it & Still anothe A friend calls me up on the tele- phone and asks what will cause an \/ %) /) \/ Unfortunately, how- Ask your car dealer for Watson Stabilators Watson Stabilator Company OF BALTIMORE 1637 Connecticut Ave., N.W. North 8823 WATSON STABILATO BT RID OF BUMP ENER i 1 ex- SAFEGUARD Special Dispatch to The Star., BALTIMORE, May 27.—The state roads commission's system of mark- ing state roads at vertical and horl- zontal curves with a broad white line down the middle of the highway. which was started last yvear and which has now been extended all over the state, has prevented hundreds of accidents, in the opinfon of John N. Mackall, chairman of the commission. Probably every motorist using the state roads has been put on the “right track” by these white lines at curves and over steep grades. It has been rather inexpensive, the whole mark- ing being done at a cost of not much more than $3,000, and it has attracted 50 much attention that two nationa) magazines recently carried articles commending the system. “I regard It as one of the best pre- ventives of accidents that we have Inaugurated,” said Chairman Mackall engine to lose compression. T give him a long list of possible causes and ask him how he knows that is the trou- ble. He explains that he was climbing a long hill last Sunday and before he got to the top the engine began to lose compre: ~“But_how do ing_compressio: “Because it slowed down most stopped. I had trouble the top on low gear. “Did you test compression starting handie “No, it's los “Then why do you think the com- on is weak? I persist. use the engine lost power.” “Wasn't it overheating, or low gaso- line, or lack of oil, or—-—" “Maybe it was—all of them!" He reported later that the accelera- tor pedal had come loose from the throttle connection. Evidently, to him was los- and al- reaching with the BROAD WHITE LINE IN ROADS FOR MOTORISTS “There 18 nothing more dangerous to an automobilist than going over a steep hill or around a sharp curve without ¥nowing just how much of the road the motorist on the othe~ side is taking. With the marker system every automobilist a e chance to see just what side of th road he should stay on, and if he gets away from it he {s at fault and vio- lating the law. I think we have pre- vented hundreds of accidents by the system.” A strip of white paint six inches wide divides the road, beginning at the tangent of a curve or at an ap- propriate distance near the crest of a hill on a steep grade. There is a large circle painted at each end to attract the attention of the motorist and an arrow painted alongside of this circle to indicate the proper side. If an automobile is kept within its proper bounds no colllsion ~could happen, regardless of the speed trav- eled. So far but few states outside of Maryland, have ever tried it out. all losses of power were due to loss of compression. All Actual Occurrences. These incidents were all actual oc- cufrences and the list might be pro- longed indefinitely. The novice either doesn’t know how to diagnose the trouble or else he starts in with & snap judgment without taking enough time to study it out. Only long ex- perience and study can give him the | fAirst, but this article is intended to teach him the latter. The longer he broods over the difficulty the better he will understand it. He will then not only avold the danger of making a wrong adjustment, but he will be learning his car and gaining a better understanding of Its parts. Haste is dangerous in such cases. Another important point to “have in mind is this: if an adjustment is changed without doing any good it | means that the trouble is not there. The adjustment must then be restored GOOD TIRES| Are as Important as a | GOOD ENGINE GET GOOD TIRES! The fact that we sell practically every make of standard tire and STAND FIRMLY BACK OF EVERY SALE gives our customers an assurance of tire satisfaction that has won us a most enviable reputation as the Tire Merchants of Washington. Montford Cords 30x34 32x3} 31x4s-s 32x4 33x4 34x4 32x4} 33x41 34x4} 35x4} CHAS. E. MILLER, Inc. 812 14th St., 4 Doors North of H St. $13.68 $19.38 $21.85 $24.34 $25.17 $26.17 $31.99 $32.85 $33.60 $34.62 Montford Fabrics 30x3 30x34 32x34 31x4 32x4 33x4 34x4 35x4} exactly as it was before. The novice who goes from part to part changing adjustments and leaving them so, wiil lay up more trouble than a repair man can correct in a day or two. Referring again to the matter of haste in diagnosing troubles, be de- liberate, but not too-much 80’ Do not imitate the young physician in the story. One of his lady admirers was praising his skill in diagnosis and telling how careful he was to inquire for every symptem. She praised par- ticularly his deliberation. “Yes,” sald her friend. “Delibera- tion I8 all right in its place. But some day his diagnosis will get mixed up with the post-mortem.” . —_— BERLIN GIVES SOVIETS MATERIAL RECOGNITION Former Embassy and Property of Imperial Family Turned Over to New Regime. By Wireless to The Star News. Copyright, BERLIN, June 24.—The German authorities have just given over the former Russian embassy bullding, located in Unter Den Linden, and the property of the former Russian im- perial family, to the “Russian ist federative soviet republic recognizing the soviets de jure. nd_Chicago Dally 1922, As the Russian Church here is in the em- bassy bullding. and as the communists are not apt to permit it 1o remain there, the Russian colony has found a new place for their religlous service. On July 1 the first German con- sulates will be opened in Petrograd and Moscow, where buildings have been assigned to them. 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