Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1927, Page 67

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, OCTOBER 23, 1927—PART._3. Lemon-Decorated Car Proves Boost, Dealer Declares B, pEck | |Headlights Worry EMARYLAND 10 REVISE As Night Driving = STATUTES FOR BUSES Becomes Active e Public Service Commissien Sets Hearing on Propesed Changes for November 9. DOWN THE ROAD—Rocks That Wreck the Good Ship Matrimony. . AUTO“TINKERING” | REQUIRES CAUTION Novice Who Tries to Repair . ln' vent his wrath ?B?lnsl ‘helede:nl(;: Own Motor Must Have | 7, PHiek. dnd hanging iemons 2 on various conspicuous parts of it. Eye to Detail. h “punishment” sometimes JUST AS YOU ARE SLIDING INTO THE SHEETS, THE WIFE SUDDENLY REMEMBERS SHE DIDN'T* PUT THE FAR AVAY. iy With night driving active, head- light troubles are more com- mon. One of the most familiar maladies of this nature is the burned out fuse. ‘This should be the first point of inspection when trouble is experienced with the: lighting system. There always is a cause when a _fuse burns out and it should be discovered hefore the new one is inserted. Failure to lo- cate the cause probably will mean that the second fuse will meet the same fate as the first and even more serlous trouble may result. MANY NEW CARS HAVE 7' ‘ OVER-INFLATED TIRES 7" T fect all husses operated in the State - Under them each,bus would have 1o | Check-Up Held Necessary if Driver be equipped with a rear “stop” light, heating svstem. five extinguisher and Wants to Prevent o ol g g s ive fo be jainted a distin- Trouble. enlor, the latter regulation Those motorists who at present ars ouly, to: ow nevs: withs satne or : : = t AT ore hussés in operation erjoying the thrill of taking l'?h\l‘f\}l E. Austin Bavghman, commissioner of new cars should remember one or | of v vehicles. recommended to two points in connection with the use | 'n® that each' bus be 0 equipped with a_speedometer, while of their new possession. One of these ' john Mackail, "CHAIVEMIN. ok " The has to do with tire inflation. State Roads Commission, reguested ) Nost of the new cars come throuzh | that busses earry a rearview mirror % L with over-inflated tires. The reason|to enable the driver to allow traffic RIIRLLL 7 g Z for this is that the manufacturer an-|from the rear to approach without 7 ticipates that the car may stand for a | difficulty. ; B 5 S period before being delivered to the| Among other requirements pro- customer. The maker, therefore, takes | Posed by the commission is that the no chances on having the tires becom- |door= of the vehicles be closed while ing under-inflated from standing and |in operation and that busses come to from lenkage at the valves. Many mo-|? complete stop befors crossing rail- torists who' check up will find that (road tracks =~ Definitions of other there 1s a little too much air in the |FUles also have been revised for eclar- tires for comfortable riding as well as (S5 = M for the good of the tires while being |, T changes sanctioned by the com- operated over the road. Then, too. | 4 Every once in a while some mo- torist is outraged because he be- lieves himself to have bought a overning the eperation of Maryland will be re- ¢+ the Public Service Comm a public hearing on pro- ges will be held on Novem- scs in { sion. posed ¢ 1ce of the tremendons increase in hus traneportation throughout the | State a cha in the rules is essen- | tial, aceording to H. Carl Wolf. chief engineer of the commission. The 1d vhich have been in effect are not adequate dealer such a stunt. "It will make every other owner in the city talk that much more vigorously in defense of “ the car. They resent this lemon stuft as a reflection on their own judgment in buying a machine of the same make. +As long as this chap runs around with his car dolled up in lemons, I've got the biggest sales staff I ever had.” Tn some instances, it may be true that half a loaf is better than no loaf, but when it comes to a matter of car maintenance that old truism breaks | down badly. | A smattering of the story of any unit of the modern automobile, ac- cording to those who have given the subject careful consideration, be- | comes a direct cause of dissatistaction in car ownership, and explains better than anything else why some per- sons spend week ends sitting idly at | home instead of enjoying the zestrul | HOLLAI D VEHICULAR TUNNEL WILL SPEED TRAFFIC MOVEMENT (Continued from Sixth Page.) he motorist who s not interested | in the various stories of the chassis hastens to his repair men every time he thinks something has gone wrong. The trouble receives atten- tion, and the story does not have to take on an unhappy ending, unless he is caveless in the selection of a| repair man. But the man who “tinkers” with his car is likely to fail because he has skimmed over details and missed the significant points. | a certain amount of earbon monoxide, one of the deadliest gases known. Exactly how much of this exhaust was carbon monoxide gas was not known, and so the Pittsburgh experi- ment station of the Bureau of Mines Fan Belt Is Tricky. | was engaged to determine the amount Moterists who have tried to tighten | dnd composition of the gases dis- their fan belts without knowing that | charged by an automobile engine. The the pulleys must be kept in align-| station is under the direction of A. C. ment are ready to believe that the | Fieldner. one of the foremost gov- man who said “a little knowledge is | ernment chemists in the count a dangerous thing” must have been |more,than 100 cars the first car owner. In fact, anyone | tested. who has ever worked on a carbure- tor will admit that the maxim rings true. Even the man who is well in- formed frequently forgets that no two cars are alike and that even last vear's instruction book bears re- reading. There is the case of the distributor. In some of these instruments, the rotor is made to touch the ignition wire terminal points. In others, a fractional clearance is allowed, the spark being made to jump a gap at these points. 1f the owner of the Jatter type of distributor examines the instrument, he may notice that the rotor does not actually touch the contact points, and then bend the points or tamper with the rotor until there is actual contact. Since this particular type of ignition is not de- signed to make contact at these points, the result is certain to be un- satisfactory. Here is another instance of mis- calculation. A car owner finds that he has a knock in the engine. His garage man mentions an. astonishing- ly large figure to indicate the “ap- proximate” cost of getting rid of the annoyance, whereupon the motorist decides to try the job himself. Removing the bolts, he drops the crankcase. For the life of him he cannot find any loose bearing. Grasp- ing one of the connecting rods, he finds that its uppér end moves a fraction of an inch one way or the other. Instead of trying all the rods to ascertain whether the looseness is the rule pr the exception, he jumps at the conclusion that the knock originates at thé top of a particular rod. - He sets to work at once re- moving the bol that hold the cap of the connecting rod bearing in place, s0 that the rod and piston can be pulled down and examined. Pistons Hard to Fix. To make matis worse, the owner discovers, when ‘he has struggled to pull out the rod and piston, that there is no provision made for tight- ening.the upper end of the rod. He wonders if it is supposed to move back and forth, or if this free move- ment of the upper end is so de- signed as to offset automatically any misalignment of the rod, thereby pre- venting piston slapping. It then occurs to him to feel the other rods to see if they also are loose at the top. It is then that he reajlizes that “skipping” hasn't paid. But he is not to see this fact until he has made the error of replacing one of the bearings in reverse order. He fails to note that the marks on the rod and its cap must match, and he does not discover the situation until he has replaced the crankcase, filled it up with fresh oil, and tried to drive the car. Thus, it is apparent that there is no easy road to success in this phase “of motoring, if the car owner wishes to play mechanic to his car. Hailf- ‘way measures will not do, and thers is no substitute for forethought, Un- less the car owner is willing to de- vote his whole-hearted attention to the task, it should be left to some- one able to do just that thing. AUTO FIRM S.UPPLANTS VACUUM WITH FUEL PUMP | Manufacturer Claims He Is First to Reinstall Discarded “Gas” Device. One of the popular price automo- biles now supplants the vacuum tank with the fuel pump. Incidentally, the manufacturer who has made the change claims to have been the first to install the fuel feed device that he bhas discarded. It the pump is to replace the vacu- um tank generally, it will require some time, for, in the main, the vacu- um has served its purposes very well indeed. Certainly no one can forget the feeling of satisfaction that came from owning his first vacuum-equip- ped car. It represented a marvelous alivance over the old gravity feed, ‘which at times necessitated the driv- ing feat of backing up a hill in order to get the limited fuel supply flowing in the direction of the carburetor. Bome of the more expensive cars have used positive fuel pumps. A ma- Jority still stick to the vacuum tank. PROBLEM FOR REPAIRER. ‘Where to Place Small Parts Dur- ing Service Job. ‘Where to put small parts that have been removed from the car during a service job always has been a prob- lem with both professional and ama- teur repairer. Many have tried to place such parts in a box, but almost invariably things get strewn around the floor or mixed with parts from other cars. Ii will save a lot of time and trouble to remember to put things on the roof of the car where they can- not be disturbed nor mixed with parts from other machines. £o0 many of the closed cars are so low that it is pos. ible for a man of average height to survey the things laid out on the top without stepping up on the running board. NEED CARE WHEN IN USE. Motorists Advised to Keep Wind- shield Wipers Lubricated. Windshicld wipers require little at- tention, but the thoughtful motorist will keep them well Jubricated. In the case of the vacuum type of cleaner, all that is necessary s to remove the screws which hold the cover plate and add a few drops of very light oil to the valves, while they are in motion. In connection with the cleaner, it is well to remember that light contact bheween the rubber arm and wind- ahield is all that is necessary. Safeguard Against Monoxide. During the tests it was found that several gases were discharged by gas- | oline engines, but that carbon monox- ide was the only one which deserved serious consideration. It was also dis- covered that the amount of carbon monoxide contained in the exhaust gases varied from 1 of 1 per cent up | to 14 per cent. This gave the ventila- ition experts the figures upon which they could begin wor While these tests were going on in Pittsburgh Prof. Yandell Henderson of Yale was conducting a series of tests to determine just how much of this gas could be breathed safely ‘These tests were made on students of the institution, and after having tested | scores of students by various means and examined and analyzed specimens of blood and exhaled air, Prof. Hen- derson came to the conclusion that any man who remains in the Holland tunnel for an hour must breathe not more than 4 parts of carbon monoxide in 10,000 parts of air. An increase to 6 parts would produce a slight ‘head- ache, while 8 parts would cause an ef- fect moticeable for some hours after- ward, These experiments probably caused a considerable saving in the expenses of operating the tunnels, for had the engineers, in the interest of safety, set t0o high a standard of air purity, it would have involved not only a greater initial outlay for the purifying apparatus, but would have entailed additional running expenses. Air Current Regulated. ) In order to keep the carbor monox- ide down to the limit prescribed by Prof. Henderson it was found that the air current through the tunnel had to be at the rate of a gale of 72 miles an hour. Obviously, such a high wind could not blow through the tube where the vehicles passed, for aside from the inconvenience of such a draft, should a car catch fire it would uot he long before the entire tunnel would be a roaring holocaust, The next step was to determine how to maintain a windstorm of 72 miles an hour and yet have it tamed in such a way that motorists would not ex- perience any danger or inconvenience. This was done by laying a duct be- neath the roadway through which the |storm sweeps. From this duct Jranches lead to what is termed the ‘exymnulon box, extending along the curb of the roadway. Out of grilled openings the air emerges in a gentle breeze. In the top of each tube, above the roadway, is another duct, into which the foul air and exhaust gases are drawn through openings. This air is sucked out by exhaust fans. A total of 84 fans—42 blowers and 42 exhaust- ers—have been installed for purposes of creating the draft required, al- though but 56 of them will be needed at any one time, Inough are kept in reserve so that should some of the fans be crippled there will be others that can be turned on. A total of 6,000 horsepower is requiréd to operate the entire 84 fans. Fans in Ventilation Shafts, These fans are located in ventilation shafts, of which there are two on each side of the river. These structures are about as tall as a 10-story build- ing. The fresh air is sucked in through louvers or openings in the walls, sent down into the tunnel while the vitiated air is drawn forth from the tubes and returned to the atmos- phere by means of stacks on the roofs of the ventilation buildings. Complete control of the fans, as well as the signal lights in the tunnel, is located in an administration building, where a switchboard 20 feet long ‘and 7% feet high, curved like an arc, tells by means of light flashes that all is well or that something is wrong. In the center of this arc stands a man who keeps his eye on the signal lights. He can tell at a glance whether any one of the 84 fans is in opera- tion or not, whether it is running, when it ought to be at rest, or whether it is running at the required speed. Other lights tell whether traf- fic signals are in order as well as the amount of carbon monoxide in the air. Another light will give the warning when there is too much water in the sump of the ventilating duct, which immediately calls forth the order for starting the pumps. But it is nothing dangerous, merely | the seepage and the collected water brought in by the automobiles. Policemen Figure in Scheme. At every interval of 480 feet is stationed a policeman, who has a tel- ephone at his side. Should a car break down the policeman picks up his phone and calls the emergency truck. This truck is equipped with la double-end drive, so ‘that it can |run back and forth in: the tunnel | without turning afound. The crip- | pled vehicle then is hauled out of the tunnel and traffic resumes its ordinary course. Fach tunnel is equipped with two sets of (raffic lights, one for each lane of traffic. Kach tube is a one- way thoroughfar there is a traffic drivers to stop when it is found ex- pedient to send the traffic through in waves rather than in a steady stream. In order to combat fire, the most extreme precautions have been taken. Every 125 feet there is a closet with fire extinguishers. These extinguish- ers are of the kind used by oil com- panies to combat fires in their storage fields, Boxes of sand also are placed at frequent intervals, In all respects, the Holland Tunnel has been made as safe as modern science and engineering ingenuity possibly can make it. . 0il Makes Spring Lively. 1t oil instead of graphite is used on the springs, it is important to have the spring control devices adjusted. Usually it will be a case of having them tightened somewhat. Oiling the springs makes them unusually lively, and with the old spring control ad- Justment the car is apt to gallop. check and always before taking delivery of it, regardless of how careful dealer ma takes occasionally will happen. KNOWLEDGE OF CAR NEEDED FOR FULLER MOTOR ENJOYMENT (Continued from Age.) raw gasoline at the start. The suc- tion is so strong that the gasoline mashed into a spray, otherwise it would not burn when the spark plugs ignite it. Much of this spray, how- ever, never burns. Where does this unburned gasoline g0? Where can it go but down past the piston rings of the engine and into the compartment where the en- gine oil supply is stored? Down there it causes a lot of trouble. Just one of the things it can do is to make the garage man tell the driver that he has enough oil in the engine; when, as a_matter of fact, it may be raw gasoline, dlluted with the oil, that keeps the oil level indicator up to the “full” mark. ‘Where one does considerable stop- ping and starting, particularly. in cold weather, it is important to change the oil in the engine at least every 500 miles, otherwise the engine has to operate on-a thinned lubricant and soon will develop trouble, But when changing the oil the oiling system should never- he flushed out with kerosene. Many mechanies still do this, but the manufacturers are united in condemning _the practice. The latter advise flushing with a quart or two of fresh oil, if neces- sary. Kerosene is likely to remain in the system and cause more trou- an the sediment it is intended Knowing a little about what goes on under the hood saves mioney on repairs, because the driver does not immediately race off with the car. The owner or driver does not allow a mechanic to race the engine while the car is idle, knowing that an en- gine that runs free will shake loose and go to pieces -quicker than one under a load. One learns the car- Business Man My car is vital to the conduct of my business. And I've learned that one way to assure myself of day in and day out dependability and with greater fuel economy be- sides is to install Champions. 60¢’ 75¢ s the better beeause of it silliman- e corgemits oworploce constructionand izs. it ceciredes. For your protection be sure the Champions ivu buy are in the original Champion cartons. 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