Evening Star Newspaper, December 12, 1926, Page 83

THE _SUNDAY e FINDS MOTORISTS IGNORANT OF LAWS Ernest N. Smith of A. A. A Says Lack of Knowledge Deprives of Rights. Tgnorance of their legal rights still 18 eonting motorists hundréds of thou. . #Ands of dollark vearly and to combat this lack of knowlédgé is becoming in- €reasingly the objective of motor clubs throughout the country. This point i8 made by Ernest N. £mith, genéral manager of the Amer- fean Automobilé Association, who fe- ¢larés that “thé movement amonx the 866 clube affilidtéd with the Amer- fean Automoblle Association to ac- uaint members with their légal rights nof in the interest of defeating Juatice, but rather to séé that the ends of justice properly aré sérved.” “No fair-minded motorist would think of holding any briéf for the vio- lator of tha motor vehicle laws," Mr. Smith points out. “RBy the samé token, hé would not want tb sée the ihterprated Against the not violated thé code. This, however, In spite of all the cam- paigng against it, is the practice in fmany places. Has Much Against Him. “Probably in no othét misdémeanor eAsé doés thé accused start with so much agalnst him. Inevitably, it séems évén in the courts that are én- tirély abové all suspicion, the whole théory 6f justicé is invérted and the motoridt virtually i& considered guflty until he proves himself innocent. Evén . motorists take this attitude toward the fellow driver who is seen STAR “’ASHI\ GT \-’ D. .. DECEMBER_12 1926—PART 3. LITTLE HIGH-SPEED ENGINES TO PROPEL CARS OF FUTURE President of Society of Automotive Engi- neers Predicts Change In Power Plants. Thé next well défined era of auto- mobllé production will be that in the fleld of fine small and medium-sizéd cars, according to thé prediction of Thomas JI. Little, jr., presidént of the Sotiety of Automative Enginéers, “Comfort and performance now Aominate: the American mind in fts demand for hetter automobile trans- portationg he said. I predict the gradual elimination of a great many of our present.day cars. The fleet, low-hung masterpiece, with soft-pur- ring engine, will have the road-virtu- ally to {telf immediately after the | greén light has flashed. Thé public will soon discard the lumbering cars and cease huying the cheap, vibrating onet. Then the revolution in engi- neering will he complete. Change in Engines. “A small car ‘will he evolved that will be equipped just as luxuriously as | the finest car on the American Iv"lr—l két. This type of car will he fitted with a special custom-built body, and will in no sense he cheap. Engineer- ing effort will develop the sAme riding qfialitles and greater acceleration than the large de luxe car now pos- sesese. Following this will be the de- vélopment of ears of the meédinm pricé clagks in somewhat cheaper re- production. “The low-priced, four-cylindér cat will gradually pass away and be su- pérséded and outperformed by the small, smooth-running six, propelled by a little high-apesd, high-compres. elon, high-sconomy engina, 1 predict A tremendous demand for this type in the Américan market. 1 do not claim that the wonderful little racing en- gines that have fascindted us during the last vear will actually he used in passenger cars, hut I predict that our ideas of engine building' will he en- “tirely changed bacause of the remark- able performance of the racing cars. Study of Supertharger. * “The éngine of the future, while fiot as high speed as the racing en- gine, unquestfonably will operate at a speed of at jeast 4,000 revolutions per minute, and later this speed will he {ncreased. Fngines of several of our larger cars have heen running close to this speed for some time, at their top spaads. Bettér workmanship and de- sign unfuestionably will b necessary in building the high-spesd engines 1 prédict. 1 am convinced that we can learn muck from our racing car de- | signers. “The supercharzer is belng stindied and experimented with in every lah oratory in the industry. 1 hélieve that superchargers will be used eventually on neéarly all cars, but not in their present form. High-compression fuels aré now hecoming common. They will, of courss, modify our dssigns. In évéry center throughout the indus- try T find the principal Activities cen- tered about the high-performance small ear.” BUS LIFE PLACED AT 300,000 MILES, Motor Coach Is Expected tol Last Five Years at Reasonable Cost. From 200,000 to 300,000 miles in five vears, at a repsonable operating cost, @ the performance expected of the modern motor coach engaged in city and interurban traffic. These figures are offered by Henry Debbink, superintandent of gasc line vehicles of the Street Railwa and Light Company of Milwaukee. Describing the growth of this subsid fary of the street car lines, Mr. Deb- bink, in an address hefore the Mil waukee section of the Society of Auto- motive Fngineers, pointed out that the fleet now includes 175 nufllnulhllnfli and trucks and 141 conches. The monthly mileaga of tha firkt group of vehicles is 100,000, whils the | motor coaches cover 400,000 miles in | the same period, he pointed out. Describing tha changes in mainte- nance methods which have heen found necessiry to prevent road delays and cut operation costs, Mr. Debbink said: “Under the present system the oil is dralned from the crankease after each 1,000 miles, the chassis i& greased and those parts that give most frequent trouble are inspectad. This ingpection in made hetwen runs or at night, and | cAn be complated hy a mechanic and A helper in 45 minutes. A general in- spaction i given after ench 4,000 miles and a general overhaul of chassia and body at Intérvals averaging 30,000 { miles. Overhaul of the chassis re- quires from three to six days and the hody overhaul and painting from five to seven days. 1In géneral the four- cylinder engines are changed at every L. i BANNER 1927 AUTO TRADE PREDICTED Interest in Natio;:;! Show Isf cellent Year. | dry. Advance Automobile interest in the National Show, which opens in New York on January 8, is heing taken by the automotive fAdustry as an excellent portent of what 1927 will bring forth. Yearly, it is the prac tice of leaders of the industry to view the New York show as n weather | vane and, judged in the light of past experience, it is almost unfailin accurate in its husiness forecast. This fact is pointed out by Rudelph Jose, president of the Washington Cadiilac Co., who declares that a par- Ailet of {ho thterést Washinaton &howing In the coming exposition fs to be found in every large center the country. Changes in design, new devices and | new colors that will go to give the automobile greater utility and he: t { will make their how at the New York exhibition. New models and ‘pex, forecast in the present m cturing trends and of whicl ance notice has been given, have served to whet the appetite of the motoring public as at no time since the four-wheel hrake and balloon tive made their debut, Mr. Jose declares. | “One of the features that will at- new ac sands is color com. |7 - tract thousands is the color the com- | 4% (he Brive” I 1° S ing show will have™ he says. “The pakt vear has seen the automol drop its rather drab garh in favor of all the hues of thé rainbow. The | ture into a fasc lof the traffie stream [ made the remark BY FREDERICK (. John Smith is a character whom is not selfisl an interesting w; No. Running o into knowledge for Iy enough that the g but it in using the s and hattery to pull the car off a striet ck and over to a parking space embarked upon A new ing realm d hat h motive mechanism. In his predicament Smith remem? hered that by placing the gears in low nd steppi cwiteh the hattery would supply enongh cur rent to propel the ear until it was out When, later, he that he could not nd how a six-volt curre uld move an autamobile, how < that he was not the most impor overlooked, fea- the with the battery,” nd as for the stavter ftself T picture it ax simply a compact elec. trie_motor. But how these two can comhine to drive a complete automo bile in a pinch and erank a stiff en- ine day after day is beyond me.” Two Kinds of “Drive” Used. he secret lies in the starter drive," plained. “You must have some means of enabling the rotating starter ma to fmpart this rotary motion to the crankshaft of the englne Itself. This is what the engineers refer to as the ‘dri It is similar to the body | There has| to he something in every automob to_enable the chassis to_transmit its | he wm. £ | methods | drive He every motorist should welcome, is a motoring martyr. a chap willing and glad 10 his experiences for the benefit of | motion to the This or rearward of the machine An’ he transmi springs or a Alted ‘Hotch Ny is refer: former the Tattér usu ‘torque tube drive’; d to as With the starter proposition the | situation is a little more compiicated 16 it fsn't a case of pushing o pulling, Tt of transmifting rotary | mation. This introduces a little more in the way of mechanism | w vou should know that the ro. tary motion of one <haft can he frans ferved fo another in several waye our en belt dri example of the O there a¥ e 1M Bals dvtes: Are ot (éas be used for a starter ut the enly practical ones are those that will stind An ordinary helt would siip reak when the full currsnt load pplicd to (he starter motor which up with A certain amonnt of | ny kind of belt that makes | alnable than a gear drive. | Wk belts are used vou will | find that the belts vide on a sprocket | at the end of the starter shaft and on a much larger sprocket on the en. gine shaft. The difference in sprocket sizes gives the starter motor a me ieal advantage. which is the step ransformer,” <o to speak. of the whole drive. The starter shaft may turn anvwhere from 20 to 35 times to ane revolution of the engine shaft Several Positions Open. “With a link-helt drive the starte: . |motor can he placed in several posi | starter In cold weather most ve enough to do without ver the clutch and the transmission gears connected with the eluteh shaft. The most popular drive is the gear type. A small gear at the end of the shaft engages with a large gear an the rim of the flywheel. This action may he tomatic or semi-ay- tomatic. In one arrangement the driver presses his foot on a_pedal. This serves to bring the small gear inte mesh with the flywheel gear and at the same time transmits current to the starter mot In the other typé, Bendix drivé, mere switch rent to the starter motor or shaft spinning and maoves the small pinion gear into mesh with the flvwheel gear. This explains why in some cars you press a pedal while in others vou simply press a button to start In all starter drives the chief prob. lem is to relense the drive mechaniem the nt the engine starts, because if the two were alwave eonnected the electric motor shaft would he running from 20 to 30 times as fast as the en ne shaft while the car was in oper This &oon would ruin the elec Consequently, in the link- they use an ovér-running ton wots at trie motor. belt drive [ eluteh o that as soon as the engine motor virtually is the engine ,stope starts the siarter dsconnected until in “In the geartype drive the pinion gear is demeshed either when one takes one’s foot off the pedal or au matically through action of the jon gear itself. This has been very {earefully and ingeniously worked éut in the of the latest starter drives, and ig almost foolproof.” Next week.--No. 171: Toot! Toot! (Copyright, 1926.) Continental Motor Expert Factory Experience Repair Work on All Makes Wescott Specialists New York exhibition i= going to see this trend reach a vivid climax. car in New York. “Reautiful colors and combinations | “The present year has proved (hh" which but a short time ago were not | a good year for the industry neces. considered in connection with the nu- | sarily was not followed by a poor one. [ car it is operated on the clutch shaft. | Rear 1340 V St. NW. Phone Pot. 5518 | thousands who will greet the 1927 |tjone_wherever it i« most convenient to have the hig sprocket on the engine | shaft. Usually it is placed at the for. The Old Mechanic Says: rd end of the engine. hut on ona | F' E' DRALEY usin’ other overhaul, or between 50,000 and 60,000 miles. The newer six-cylinder engines give indications that they will | need to be changed at the third and in some cases at the fourth overhaul. “More than 800,000 gallons of gaso. line and 30,000 galions of lubricating ofl are used yearly. The gasoline is hought in tank car quantities and storaga facilitiss for 1,000,000 gallons are provided, so that the fuel can he bought when the price is low and stored for use when it is high.” By the roadélde in conversation with &n officer. “This stigma of guilt seems at- tached to the wholé motoring clan nd it tindotibtédly wAa& botn in the Abitual violatioh of thé law by a faw in éach community who feel free to 0. A théy please and feél the &in Yies in gétting caught. Has Long Road to Travel “It is a long road motordom must travel to overcome this prejudice. Motor clubs are tackling the journey because they know that the average car _owner is a fair, decent, law- abiding citizen. He has been imposed upon to the extent of many thou- sands of dollars. He will get fairness | Don't use one when he knows his rights. Teaching | With a sleeve-valve engine. These him these rights is one of the most.engines improve as they collect * 2 popular forms of service rendered by |certain amount of carhon. Tt fsn't clubs everywhere. good business to be tryin' to get rid - . k. of a somethin' that's helpin’ the en- “BURNING” DRYS BRAKES gine work better. Of course, sleeve-valve engines reach Running Short Distance Pedal Down Does Trick. a point where they need to have ex- cess carbon removed. Too much car- bon in this type, just as in a poppet valve engine. raisés the compression to, a point where you have to retard Late Fall and early Winter are pro- |the spark all the time to prevent Auctive of a brake problem that can be |knockin. In servicin' sleeve-valve excessively annoying and dangerous if [ power plants we often set the whole car owners do not know the simplé =o- | timin’ back a little, so the owner does Jution. When your brake linings get [not have to do much retardin’ at the wet their efficiency diminishes, and it invariably happens when brakes are * most needed, on wet and slippery roads. You can “burn” them dry by runnjng for a shert distance with the spark control. This is more of a help to his mind than anything else, for brékes set. It is the easiest and quick- st wiy out of the dilemma. A no-knock with solvent proper- ties, but you just get into the same trouble ax usin' a solvent no-knock in A poppet valve éngine that's over- loaded with carhon. ILoosened bits of carhon get where they don't be- long. Furthermore, you may be takin' carbon away from places where it has been mighty wuseful as a <eal. en a no-knock thet simpl combustion and stops the compression kpock may be prang in some engines. CLEANING OUT CARBON. Disconnect Pipe From Vacuum Tank and Dip in Water. Cleaning out carbon by applying steam action to the accumulation in the cylinders i merely a matter of letting a little water draw in through the suction pipe of the vacuum tank connectfors to tha intake manifold. Disconriéet thé pipe from the top of the vacuum tank and dip it into the water containet, raeing the an. gine whénavér it seems to be draw. ing 40 nitch water a8 to stall. The #dcrét in this process 18 to use warm water, Cold watér interféerse with ear. birétion and ales may crack thé por- celain of a spark plug. 1t you're goin' to use a no-knock fuél, be =uré vou know what You're usird’ and whéther it's what you ought to hAvé for your particular typé of engine. § Some of the noknocks have a solv- ent action. That is. they loosen the carbon and let some of it work out the exhaust. These are all right in a_clean engine, but never in one that already is choked up with carbon. Loosenin® earbon toa often lets it get under the valves and in places where you don't want it A tomohile have hesn tried and proved | Advance interest seems to Indicate | This | i® not such a good arrangement successful as finishes and they will [ that 1927 will be further proof of this|hacanse the eluteh must he engaged if | hurst in all their splendor upon the | fact. motor is to turn the engins | The extended depression in Cuban business has had the effect of cutting American sales of automotive prod- ucta to the island. HAWKINS L MOTOR CO. Conveniently Located on Fourteenth Street 1333-37 14th St. Main 5780 f these no-knocks With he thinks the engine adjusted ag it was at first. The car's top &péed, however, is reduced. You might think it would bé & good idea to rémove this excess carbon by ’\ (4 W, A % m.Jb! '( M m-u.’. S The Easiest Car for Her to Drive Itis easyto start, steer and stop. It is simple and safe to handle under all con- ditions. 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