Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1925, Page 60

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 5 D. C., APRIL 1925—PART 3. OTORS and Study of | _Instrument Board Of Automobile Pays Owner Few Drivers Understand It Fully—Is Con- stant Record of Cars Performance. Gives Advance Notice of Trouble. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. when the car has been standing out in How the Instrument board of the|the cold the temperature of the engine is Mmodern automobile ean help the ay. |#150 indicated by the high pressure read of the gauge. wrage driver obtain better results = from his machine is ons of the most Singe .wxsoline gausen have bewn 3 X added to the instrument board thers interesting developments of present-| i u lot more that the driver can tell day motoring. y from observing and comparing the Not a little attention has been di-|ingjcators in front of him pfierofe the Tected to the instrument board by !appearance of the handy gasoline the car designers because of the ar-| gauge it was not possible to know tistic arrangement of the many ap-|at just what speed the car was most purtenances as rovealed on the new |economical. Now it Is possible to models. These have been grouped|compare the reading of the odometer ander glass for heauty and protec- | (the part of the speedometer that tion and {lluminated by invisible es ‘the mileage covered) with the dash lights. soline consumption. If the driver The fnstrument board is ons of tha | Bits & pace of 30 miles an hour and first things the prospective buyer|finds that & gallon disappears over & Jooks at when forcing a visusl fm-) distance of 10 miles. whereaa his nor- Dression of the new model. But thig|Male mileage is 15, he knows thers useful layout s still the most nes- | g Gerne WFOng. If it fan't that e e st s driving at a wasteful speed it On the instrument board is the may be that his tires are too low or ‘ that his carburetor is out of adjust- *vhole story of the car's performance. Rut a knowledge of the r ment. 4 L Gulde to Car's Performance. the various meters and zauges Senitial 1 the driver would Know The gasoline gaugs will sometimes @ nne Aber tell something of the character of the . road, Its reading dial will be very Warns of Trouble. much distributel over & rough road, One of the most and in some arrangements the grada ! ©f the instrument board is the group- | ©f & hill can be judged by the driver. ing of the indicators so that they Ynl;'limhinhla hiil the level of the B eadily comparad with each | &asoline in the tank is changed so i be readily compared with each | yp s the float that controls the fn- other. The use of the speedometer is known to all who drive, but its use | SiFiment-board gas gauge is dis- : 3 ¢ the other | turbed accordingly. The instrument n conjunction with one of the other | ymay thus register more gasoline or | nstruments is g unknow less. A little investigation will tell| For example, e spe the driver quickly which way the shows that the car Is travelir indicator goes when climbing hills or s an hour, and the ammeter| when descending a hill, and a little needle is in the position whers it|practice in judging conditions from | d ordinarily be for a speed of | the instrument will often make driv-| 20 miles an hour, the driver i{s being | ing easy. gliven a warning. If the ofl-pressure| Since making use of the gas gauge Zauge shows a pressure that would | for this purpose one driver says that e customary for & higher speed all | he i8 surprised to discover how often the @river has to do is put two and | e misjudges the grade of a hill when two together and conclude that his depending upon his vision. Naturally, clutch is slipping. Some of the newer cars have the motometer on the instrument board, he does not strain the engine. The instruments are on the board to registering the temperature of the engine bl rather than the radia- be used, and the more practice one has in using them the less mystery there is to the workings of the engine and X chassis. In the case just given this in-| The instrument board is mors than ent would zlso indicate trouble. | a decoration. It is a guide to the Sigliis on tn Dartime car's performance. The gauge of & How many times in the daytime have | river's skill as an engineer of his o b acbing matotists that | CAT 13 1argely his ability to nterpra T B e ery D e you were | the, fancy layout of appurtenances trying to save current so that the b would have more energy to do th ranking morning. Perhaps vou wished that some one would invent that face him when he s at the (Copyright, 1925.) _ 2 warning signal to tell a driver when wheel. el i SEARCHING OIL SQUEAKS. while the needle of the g T Y | < telling you quite pl - was ® current drain som Auto Noises Often ) Proves a Lengthy Job. ng a charging back to 11 or 12 whether the Occasionally a car owner brings his operating. Ty car into the garage complaining of is a rattle or squeak which he has been unable to locate. The location of noises is not always an easy matter, as the sound is fre- quently deceiving, though a system- atic search will usually locate it. Before attempting to locats mnolses, the car should be thoroughly washed and dried, all bolts and nuts tight- | ened and all parts thoroughly lubri- ed The car should then be taken for a trial run, and if the noise still exists, the parts of the car should be divided Into groups for inspection, Beginning with the running gear, inspect the radlus rods, universal joints, wheels and steering knuckles. Next, take the springs, shock ab- sorbers, fenders, running boards, lamps and brackets, muffler, oil pan, hood and radiator. As the next step, o the body where It is bolted to the frame, the doors and hinges, dashboard, floor boards, windshield and top supports. Then inspect the engine to see if it vibrates on the frame, examine the fan, exhaust pipe, utch and brake pedals. amine the fuel piping, armor overed wiring, and the different ac- cessories such as the tool box, tire rler, license tags, ete. The actual cause of the noise will frequently prove a surprise. import features meter at 20 str the mnext | Locating The am light signal he foot pedal ammeter needla f The ammeter tells whether gine is stalled or idling calml one is driving in thick, no Some motors are so quiet that it is difficult to tell under such conditions whether they are running or dead. and | 2 mistake may be a source of embar- rassment when traffic starts again. All this can be avoided by learning to watch the ammeter. The needle will | flicker a_little so long as the engine i When it st the needle will stand quietly in a slightly discharged poeition. 0il Gauge Tells Story. Prom the oil torlst can tell § the en- when fMic. yressure gauge the mo- t how cold the motor s, and also what condition the oil is in. Here, however, he may have to take into conslderation what he already nows of the weather, his mileage and other conditions. ien the quality of the ofl is low— that is, when it is diluted with gaso- e that has leaked past the pistons— e pressure gauge will not register as 1gh s usual. On a hot day, of course, a drop in the pressure would have to be higher crankease will show tim but A Six Cylinder, Fisher Body COACH~-*1075§ This Oldsmobile combines a power- ful L-Head engine—lustrous Duco finish—Balloon tires—Delcosystem —Harrison radiator—and uphol- stery and fittings the equal of many sedans. Yet, with all these quality features, you can buy it for only $1075 f.o.b. factory—on General Motors’ easy payment plan! OLDSMOBILE $ix MURPHY, aisTRisUORS, 1835 14th Street Potomac 1000 DOWN THE ROAD—Life¢’s Little Tragedi 'DURING A COLD SNAP IN SOMEBODYS OPEN CAR WHEN YoU HAVE A GOOD CLOSED ONE AT HOME — ot PR, - :‘l' 1 !,fi,",’i‘)‘ o U / le C e vz afle SCURRYING U. S. MOTORS INVADE SYRIAN DESERT Cars Traverse Areas Where Camel Caravans Trod for Thou- sands of Years. Picturesque camel caravans that have trod the Syrian desert for thou- sands of years are at last ylelding to modern invention. Along the routes where only recent- 1y camels could safely travel scurry- ing American motor cars, according to advices to the Department of Com- merce, are now making their regular trips from Aleppo to Bagdad, from Bagdad to Belrut, from Beirut to Damascus and way stations, with a|when he wasn't, It became & abit precision and dispatch that is looked | When he did stop I thought it was upon as a harbinger of a new era. E f rm and ran into L The success of this service, the re- was that Smith was port states, already has had the un- | the owner of the other car. T hadn't expected result of increasing tourist | recognized his car with the new ad- traflic both from Indla and Eurcpe. |dition to the rear fender The route from London to Bagdad| Smith. of course, accused me of can now be completed in 7 days, in- | bumping fnto him intentionally just stead of 22 to 25, as formerly. to “kid® him about his new safety device. After he cooled down a bit EASE 'BRLEE—D’STTOUBLE. and found that I wasn't joking he concluded that the device must have fafled him. He immediately began Owners Find Clutch Works With Too Little Effort. testing it. But when he had satisfied Most of the clutch troubls car himself that the signal was working without a hitch I told him the truth about the matter. “The trouble is dus to yeur method owners have nowadays is because|OfUSINE the device I sald. their clutches work with too little| “Whats wrong with the way I use effort. They can get results with tha|it?’ he demanded. “This thing is at- cluteh half engaged, and half the|tached In such a way that all T have s they are driving around town| to do is press the foot brake, and the the clutch plates may mever be fully|Si&nal flashes the warning. Tve just ngaged. Ta the ‘oid days it was 5| Proved to you that its working prop- lot of effort to hold a clutch out, even | ¢T1V: Guess the troublo is with vour to siip it. But the old:type clutches|¢¥esight. ware @ strain on the rear end. Now How to Use Signal. we save the propellor shaft, the uni- versals, the pinfon gear and the rear axles, but abuse the trouble saver— the clutch. It's hardly logieal have exploited, in an interes No. 92—Tip on Rear Signals. The car ahead of me was beginning to get on my nerves. It was equipped with a rear signaling device that flashed a brilliant red “stop,” but the owner had an annoying way of sig- naling that he was going to_ stop “T'll admit that my evesight was a contributory reason,” I should have known better than to place any rellance in a rear signal- iamond Dti res For the Largest or Smallest User The largest or smallest user of pneumatic truck tires can bring about immediate transportation economies by equipping with Diamond Truck-Bus Type Tires. These big Diamond Cords are the result of over thirty years of fine tire building. Ask us to show you what other fleet owners are getting out of Diamonds. Diamond Tire Sales Company 1621-14th Street, N. W. John Smith and His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. is not selfish; rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to g way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 10,000,000 or more members of the motor clan. agreed. “I| Uiny R REMOVING SPEED LIMIT IS URGED BY MACKALL Maryland Official Blames Conges- tion of Traffic on Slow- He Moving Vehicles. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 4—Abolition of the maximum speed limit and the substitution of & minimum speed law is being advocated by all, chairman of the M Roads Commission. Congestion of traffic occurs chiefly on account of the slow-mo hicles, in the opinion of Mackall. As a remedy to t ation he recommends that slow-mov- ing vehicles not be allowed on cer- tain highways during the peak hours ing device operated by a driver whom I could see with my own eves had never used such a device before.” ‘What are you driving at? “Well, for one thing you seem to think this device is so perfect as to cover every contingency in driving. You are making the mistake of let- ting George do it—George being the signaling device. These devices of nt are designed to supple- ~ (Continued on Ninth Page.) viand State | that any p | ana Standardized Traffic Units Held Essential to Safety Henry Say Eventually Must Be Segregated to Eliminate Traffic Accidents. the future highws Declaring that Amerlca’s stroet and may in part be by a standardization Thomas P. Henry Americen Automobil sounded a new note in safe In a bulletin just fssued from the — “The organization’s headqua ht 5 city. his trend “There are altogether Kkinds traffic units and highways for t! public,” the A. A. A clares in summing up Homogeneity n tra Henry's opinion, 1s the basis for a safety. arge clties to place s underground, where cease to be an automotive type, themselves as well to the Example in Philadelphia. recant Trans is typlcal of troet in Phila ally have & double closed portion being lines, the thie |electric e lines. of arrving st a Tio units has beer the willingness nterests to appre Must Be Standardized. “The future safety of A street and highway t he inges partly of the many types of vehl porting our public reached this conclusi propriate steps we achieve anything from collisfons ar Wliers are ta passenger-carry Thera Is the mobile, the 1 vehicle the steam crose way to one type. segregated public. “The rules operation of safe and efficient handling of an mobile traffic, cannot be applied the street car or the horse vehicle, the streets and r in America are 1y ope under a varlety of separ tween ingly, on a st ele erved to to the experience o a the cust Substitution Is Studied. nother possi tho subst for street ¢ lines where street ned because of inits ar inevitable. 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