Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1925, Page 64

8 PLANTOCLEANOIL THE SUNDAY THE SUNDAY MOTORIST STAR, There are in the automobile busi. ness, however, more merchandising schemes of time-honored nature than one would imagine. It is just the au- tomotive flavor that seems to make a difference, _merchandising _experts WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 16, 1925—PART 3. a short piece of insulated wire from| 2. Does a storage battery actually| 5. Why would front-wheel Arive for one of the ammeter posts to the other. | gore electricity? {all automobfles simplify the layout of Be careful not to allow the posts of 3. What is the simpl | mechanical front-wheel brakes” the ammeter or the bare wires to come 2 SIIEINC Way Of . R ke v dutihg in contact with the metal parts of the | making sure that the starter-motor is| nd look for the S & car, or there will be a short-circuit and | actually turning over the engine <haft | partment next Sundas Maryland Plans Headlight Law the in this The. veek de WHILE BEING USED Motors Lubricated With Mud, Says Engineer, Plan- ning New Method. Within the next few years means of cleaning engine ofl as it is being used will be generally adopted, accord ing to Harry L. Horning, president of the Society of Automotive Engineers, who says we have been trying to lu bricate our engines with mud Analysis of the oil from the cylinder wal Mr. Horning says, shows it to be diluted by the products of combus: tion and partial combustion, wearings from the cylinder walls, carbon and gasoline or kerosene. It is thi: mixture that is used for lulb the top piston ring Knocking May be Stopped. “We shall see wide adoption in the next yvear or two of means for clean. ing engine oil as it is being used,” said Mr. Horning. “We have found that by direct lubrication of the cylinder with clean oil we could cool the pistons to such an extent that a badly knock- ing engine ceased to knock. When some means of puttin; n oil on the bearing surfaces is adopted zenerally it will not be uncommon for an engine to go 125,000, 150,000 or 175,000 miles without having a bearing adjusted. “Other e neers are dealing with the dilution problem by more thorough vapo tion of the fuel mixture, and nifold or some modified type of it is now almost universal. In one of the most significant designs the engineers have tried to give a \er\J‘ hot mixture at low engine loads and a rooler mixture full load, and the system has been found to give remarkable acceleration on the road Designs Tmproved. “Great improvement has been made | in the design of engines so far as re- dirty cating An Abridged Magazine for Car Owners LLIAM ULLM! EDITED BY WIIL Once a fellow gets into the habit of | riding in a motor car it hurts his | dignity to caress the flagstones with | his heels. What? | { T | Progress by Reversal. Nowadays when the automobile is to be improved its designers appear to look over the situation in an ef- | fort to find some custom to abandon and some time-honored idea to turn inside out The question naturs arises why motordom continues adhere to certain customs when 1 complete reversal might work sc magic change. Balloon tires are simp of the idea of high pressure for tires. | A few yvears ago you were throwing good tire money away when you rode | around with your tires underinflated. | Now you run on 20 to 35 pounds of air, and motoring is so vastly im- proved that you can hardly believe it. | Only a few years ago the engine | that pumped oil past the rings into the cylinders was regarded as a me- | chanical abortion. No one wanted motor that got oil past the rings, not | even the used car dealer. Now there are two nationally-distributed de- vices intended to supply a small quantity of oil directly to the cylin- ders and valves, while another con- cern has actually developed a method of forcing oil under pressure direct- | Iy to the top rings of the cylinders. | very progressive automotive engi- neer now admits that one cause of premature engine wear has been the| mania for keeping oil from the upper | cylinder walls, The intake manifolds offer another striking example of the trend toward | reversing the fundamen s in ar | construction Manifolds Inrlnsrl\‘i were considered perfect if they were | smooth and graceful so that the gases could flow to the cylinders | undisturbed. Now the manfolds on a number of cars are de: ned that the gases are rather rudely | ; a reversal ldriving in close traffic poirt out. When a dealer advertises an attractive price on several cars which have been used as demon- strators, the motorist is simply Wit nessing a “‘shopworn stock™ sale. The well known “mill end” sale is represented in motordom by the sale of models which have just been eclipsed by new models for the current Apparently the automobile business has a few tricks of its own to add for good measure. When the department store is overstocked it just marks down the goods and advertises a sale, but the automobile producer is more mod- ern. He marks down the stock, but explains that he is just passing along to the consumer the advantages of in- a new development. It one make of car in 1903 4. Spark plugs will miss at low en- gine speed if points are too wide, but fire regularly at higher speed because a spark jumps a wider gap in a ylinder under higher compression There is a left-handed nut on cars. Tt is the pump packing was used on many nut. When doctors disagree the patient dies—~sometimes. When experts differ | . oused production and busing as to the ailment of a refractory mo- rer i 5 ity the paoe Owmer: y )!lll the car manufacturer is never “going out of business.” Maybe For Sake of Safety. his more modern sales methods have your head frequently when something to do with it. S0 as to avoid Nothing to Worry About. the blind spots presented by the posts = s OF the BoRS ana it he Doal; drivers of the newer cars SRRl e BeeTthitng ! fom ¢ to be alarmed by the high Mak s o k arging rate as shown by the am- tion mor oy Sudden changes of direc: | meter on the instrument board, Judg. ot of peed, |,{‘ u‘ vlil{u:s " ing from the number of times service Stop 00 quickly. AWith enaeth ‘tireg | stations are called upon for advice on h . L ith smooth t this point. The truth of the matter is and wet streets a car can be made to | that ‘generators are belng sat for & 3u|fl . ?9“ n::(:" s}nldel‘; ‘:m-?l';r'_a“uv"‘ higher charging rate. Due to the use mo-_m‘“_‘mMn’ 1es In close traffic may | of “tighter-fitting pistons, higher com. et g pression and the growing use of eight Pae g ot Rlaemes i cylinder engines batteries are called driving, ey are insurance against | upon to do’ considerably more work con ces of losing ¢ 1 in the starting process. Also many the car should something iy into YOUT | cars are equipbed with 4 greater nam Ve _ % ber of lights, the stop light signals 5 -\‘1“939‘“':“"_‘ the car parked \‘\")ad being a sample of the additfonal drains irst in the private garage €N | that are being made on batteries. The Joustart up In the morning the ex:|danger of overcharging the battery by aust pipe is ne: door reason of a high charging rate is re- there will he less possibility. of danger | mote except for long periods of day- from poison fumes when the engine|(ime driving, when it is assumed that AU the driver will burn the headlights and Eeepfiewy see that the cells of the battery re- s ceive their share s at oo gnen of distilled water. apparatus upsets_occur at _intersec. | tions and turns. You can also do the | fire fighters a good turn by giving | them all the room they need at a-vn'h; points Sale Day_oniuto Row. Move Many kind of glasses when from when crossings and fire apparatus of way. Most of the How to Help Lubrication. How can the automobile driver as- sist in the lubrication of his engine when the process appears to be en- tirely automatic? The question is easily answered Unless the automobile business can|when one has made a mental plcture Like District’s A headlight law similar to that in operation in the District of Columbia is being urged for adoption in Mar land by E. Austin Baughmann, Mary land commissioner of motor vehicles Commissioner Boughmann is of the opinfon that too little light more dangerous than bright lights. Many trucks, he said, are driven about Maryland's roads and city streets at night with only small oil lamps as headlights. He is studying the new headlight law as promulgat- ed by the District traffic officluls, with a view to advocating a similar regulation for his State. is far| the old oil that is still between the bearing surfaces is allowed to remun and to keep cooler. That is why some drivers make it a practice to feed gas in installments when hill climbing, rather than in one steady dose. Look for Exposed Wire. At night, if you observe the igni- tion wires while the engine is in opera tion you are likely to see faint sparks at points where you would not expect | to find them. If the conduit that holds the ignition wires, the low tension and the high tension wires, happens to come close to the exhaust manifold or to some other metal part of the engine a spark may jump the gap. This may be nothing more than an induc tion and not interfere with the opera- tion of the engine. If there is a pro nounced snap of the spark, however, | better start looking for an exposed wire. Hints Worth Remembering. If the engine does not click, or knock lightly, when cltmbing a steep hill with the spark fully advanced, the timing is not correet. Timing should be so reg ulated that the spark will be a little too far advanced for a hard pull, neces sitating setting the spark control lever back a little under such conditions This applies, however, only to hand-| controlied or to semi-automatic ad-| vanced spark, not to pure automatic | { | the’insulation on the wiring will cateh | when vou are cranking? | fire. In an emergency the wire will be sufficiently stiff to hold the am- meter away from the dash. Do not remove or put back an ammeter until you have first removed the positive battery wire as « precaution against short-circuiting the current and start- | ing a fire. Keep These in Mind. Do not touch the tappet adjust ments before starting to grind in the valve: Remember that as the valves are reseated they take up tappet clea ance. Any engine usually has too| much clearance prior to a valve job, S0 you may ve yourself some work by taking it easy. If the emergency brake does hold and the engine stalls on a hill| you can recrank the engine with vour right foot and hold your left foot on | the brake pedal | What's the Answer? 1‘ 1. Is it true that the more clear ance the valve tappets have the more power and snap the engine will dis play not SALESMEN! | We have an open- ing for several wide-awake sales- men. Permanent position, drawing account and liberal commission. WILLS SAINTE CLAIRE CLEVELAND SIX as easy as they seem.) (Cop 1 Your car will settle down over rough roads—ride and drive with Greater Safety If it’s equipped with the new or UPER ABSORBERS Tires Baflt to measure for each make of car. No Adjustments—No Oiling—No Greasing Dirt and water most in comfort can Save tire NEW LOCATION t get in. Last as and upkeep. long us « « 1811-13-15-17 Fourteenth St. N.W. Standard driven up against square ends | remain forever in a class by itself the | It makes one speculate to to what [time may come when it will have to {adopt some of the time-honored meth ods of moving stock. as do other busi. nesses. In oth the motorist | an look forw v when there | will be bargains in automobiles, and | perhaps “sales, just as in any other| |line It will be a great day, indeed quantity producer offers a lar" when by paving a dollar the buyer can have two lates to combustion ingineers have attacked the problem through the car bureter, the m . the location of [ the next big reversal will be. It the spark plugs and by other means.|would not be surprising, many be- A consistent. serious effort has been | lieve, to see the newer engines actu- made by designers to make the en-|ally turned upside down as they are gine more efficient. I think you will | now found in aviation | see air cleaners widely adopted in the Now You Have It! next yes A thoroughly good air cleaner can increase the life of an (Answers to last week's questions.)| gine enormously 1. Most of the oil that leaks past i neers are paying considerable | pg’ piston rings gets thro h under attention to methods of attaching the |the rings, between the rings and the engine to the chassis so that the chas- | pictons, not between the rings and the | stead of one. s would not take up the vibrations|cylinder wall TE the. duad oar ‘s research| "2 The current from the battery or|comes esti-| generatc never act 1y flows to the u of | spark p The high tension current Standards. It is_surprisin 1| for the actual ignition is an induced that vertical vibration of 1-1,000th | current, produced when the current of an h and a I ral vibration of [ low in the primary of the induction 500t an inch can be very d | coil is interrupted greeable if repeated often enough.” 3. Automatic ignition control is not of what goes on inside an automeobile W If the engine knocks with the latter | engine when it is climbing a hill. engine e type of fgnition control, the engine is | e x verwi 4 i e engine is pulling hard, pres- | either being overworked or is Toaded | Warrlngton sure on the main and connecting rod | down with carbon Motor Car Co. 1727 Conn. Ave. J’ | CREEL BROS. Starting, Lighting, Ignition, Carburetor, Speedometer, Radio DIS'I’RIBUTORS AND OFFICIAL SERVICE— Stromberg Carburetor and Shock Absorber. Atwater Kent, Delco, Klaxon, Remy, A-C Speedometer, Basco, Eiseman, Connecticut, Plat bearings, the piston pins and the| Should the ammeter burn out or re cylinder walls is at a high peak. Any |fuse to function, thus shutting off the oll that is in its logical place between | supply of current to the ignition and| the bearing surfaces tends to be|the lighting circuits, remove the in-| squeezed out. If it s not squeezed|strument from the d nd connect out it is burned out. Fresh ofl, of course, is on the way to be forced in, but with the pressure between the bearing surfaces so high the fresh ofl finds entrance extremely difficult Suppose that while the driver is the car up hill he takes his | foot off the accelerator for an instant, even though he steps on the gas with :dditional vigor immediately after panies. That is, give the cars away | What happens? Pressure, for one ind make up the loss through supply- | thing, is reduced to a point where the parts to keep the cars in opera-|fresh oil works in between the bearing | surfaces with ater ease. Anv of | when ““dol extra ars in som problem again be. been suggested take over the low of their and try s of the safety razor com forei gation of vibration at the Bury dealers o the metho TS il il and drive home this Fine New erland %, Touring Car g ¥ Plenty of time to pay ... the small balance It has been made exceptionally easy, now, for. anybody in ‘Washington to own an Overland . . . and to enjoy as thou- sands are already enjoying the enviable personal satisfac- tion of driving this fine car. - ESSEX COACH 30 Freight and Tax Extra Delivered Price $925 . —the Greatest of All Essex Values Greatest of All Essex YearsBecause— Another Washington Owner Speaks “Just a word to let you know my ex- perience with my Overland car. T have owned other cars and am now driving my second Overland and T want to say that my experience has been more than satisfactory. Essex is built on the Super-Six principle by Hudson workmen in Hudson shops. Noother makersharesitsadvantage. In quality Hudson and Essex are alike. Both are easy ridingand easy steering. Their unfailing reliability and economy are known everywhere. The main issue with Essex has always been to give greatest value for the money. Its ful- fillment of that aim was never so clearand its sales supremacy so completely acknowledged as today. With Hudson, it outsells every other line of 6-cylinder cars. Economies possible only to the largest pro- duction of 6-cylinder cars,and the experience of four years’ concentration on closed cars have resultedin the best cars and lowestprices ing automobile values have pcnetrated the in Essex history. entire market. $ For those who desire, special nmngamzlnfts haly‘el_ be;: made ¢ Hudson-Essex World’s Largest Selling 6-Cylinder Cars Lambert-Hudson Motors Co. Salesroom B Service Station Distributor 1100 Conn. Ave. NW. Franklin 7700 33 Mass. Ave. N.W. ASSOCIATE DEALER Neumeyer Motor Company Salesroom Service Station North 7522 211 BSt. N. W. DEALERS— Raly Chance, Bowling Green, Va. Baker, Crosby & Cowherd, Columbia, Va. Culpeper Sales & Service Co., Culpeper, Va. Hargrave & Lewis, West Point, V; Winchester-Hudson Company, Winchester, Va. University Hudson Motors Company, Charlottesville, Va. White House Service Station, Hyattsville, Md Perry Boswell, Mt. Rainier, Md There’s a power and comfort and good appearance about an Overland you cannot match within many, many dollars of its price . . . a 27-horsepower engine, reliable, sturdy, with all the power you need to take you swiftly and surely, any- where you want to go . . . an all-steel body, no wood, with all that means of added strength, added safety, added long- life to your car . . . tough rear axle of Molybdenum steel . .. big, sure brakes . . . modern disc-type clutch . . . and patented Triplex Springs that carry you like a cradle, and level to surprising smoothness the nastiest bumps in the road. You'll be proud to own this Overland . . . because it’s a regular car .. . a quality automobile . . . first quality, through and through. And only $99 down. The balance on very easy terms. Bring along your present car. Its appraised value will be applied as part payment. Never before has it been possible to pay down so small a sum and drive home such a genuinely top-quality car. “I thoroughly believe the 4-cylinder Overland car is the best automobile that money can buy and T can recom- mend it to anyone in need of economical transportation miles and better to the gallon of gas—easy on tires—light on ofl. In my opinion the most remark- able feature of the Overland car is that it can be kept in perfect running con- dition at an upkeep cost of less than $10 for 10,000 miles.” - And their conspicuods and increasing success reflects the rapidity and complete- ness with which the real facts regard. (Sigmed) J. H. McCLure | —————— WARDMAN MOTOR CAR COMPANY, Inc. 1108-14 Vermont Ave. Branch Salesroom: 1022 Conn. Ave. N.W. “OVERLAND" WILLYS * OVERLAND * FINE®° MOTOR *CARS JUSTICE MOTOR COMPANY FRANK N. JUSTICE, President Main 7864 1515 14th Street N.W. Main 4340 Main 4342 1823 14th Street Frank. 7690 Earle K. Trone, Clarendon, Va. Brosius Brothers & Gormley, Rockville, Md. Woodstock Garage, Woodstock, Va. New Market Motor Co., Inc.. New Market, Va, W. Earl Dungan, Callao, Va. A. C. Bruce, Inc., Greenwood and Crozet, Va. C. W. Hubbard & Son, White Stone, Va. Hamner Motor Company, Scottsville, Va. Herbert J. Fry, Leesburx. Va. Lindsay Motor Company, Alexand Bates Brothers, Orange, Va. Dent’s Garage, Great Mills, Robert V. Norris, La Plata, ) Auto Supply Compuny, Saluda, Va. Mariboro Motor Company, Marlboro, Md. W. V. Miller, Surratsville, Md. Universal Service Ntation, Front Royal, Va