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the"coi;dition1 for keephlif 'the
WIS". __ ‘WK '
for im only is the demand for fuel
- very great, -but the vacuum in the
account for your trouble. When you
wtapt. -- s e. ' -
nearly closed, of course,” "the _ strong
suction thus created soon fille_ the
-‘- car and the local agency
has, one, which it wishes to deliver
iq fms, but my mechanic says :that it
has one very leaky piston. They tell
pected ev _ -
Questions of general interest to
motorists will be answered in this
column. space permitting. Address
'rim is 'Their worn enemy. Always
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¢ 9253.51" 'TW W” 02 at °*i°\‘m°lY ainperes or less. 'In__ buying cells ,_  ~\.'f|[_  I _ "°
\ ‘W-' I H E gorgeous coach of George l. is still the
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i9y,¢'peec§-.-9 special idling" attach- ,,
_ e -should _insist on obtaining cells
3311; b‘_m3»'P\.'°V|d.°d~ lf°nF"'“°g°dc 3' which test at least Lip to the average V _
' °\Vl_=f :~ -A"-°fY ellie Dells! » _°“- r thei if o hich they sr 'teh _~" o v sh E J ’=
troiI¢d~-l;y;_~a' -regulating valve. ex- 3- ° I mw ° an R" TT mn* 'N '
t dh; froiiifabove the' throttle, dowh ,,
‘ " ' am er - below the _ -
in- '  £3" ,£11 'LM' ‘men me Zum' mmugh its °w“ internal 7° Different Conditions Demand C¢lIs of
‘tor ttie-_id°§lpractl¢alI,y_closed. saw it
U59.  _"bf '¢h9'h°|WY 9“°§l°“ low` resistance arnlneter and noting
1115 #TP-k_¢», tlU‘°“Sll 'ull' P0535” `the reading at -the moment of closing
lllili ' Bd |11'-0 U19 mil'-*if* D199 t°‘ the circuit.»j The fresher a cell is
form e rich 'mixture that the engine(
; ‘ _ _ r ‘ - - fro
can °.iQ\°'3;i.i -' You will Dr_0`b&blY, find' i general. the higher it will test, so
0l¢|l\,l{¢\_l fill" Dasl&!° is °l°_889d 917 tlz; amlture test gives some idea as
l tf-_ he Fuel level* was so iw that to how recently o eeii was mme.
' eean ot enter it
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 'EUFL F559 TROUBF-el figures or by secret marks and the
f ` i A-` -' ilk!! ,WIIM 15 010 0°-93°, purchaser is entitled to know the date
of_~`_‘tli'g_pe¥l_1l|sr trouble -which l have_ 0
Wlgh  ;V&F"'““m fem “"9-m7 Thf’ -tr to obtain cells that were made
0 _Y’ “N93 _ at it "ar ‘ans to Bupplyl wllhin a ni nth or two, and which
Slilqllllll iliuvillell I df!" “D 3 V°\'Y, test up to tllle ampereagc characteriz-
519115- Flag# ‘Which is all that the 011' ing gool cells of their class. but it ir
8|ile_cen'liu.udle on high: SOV0l'll unwise to buy _ those that show a
'tiupesa emengine has stopped under
such- gighrcumstances, but after being' c
startedlenln ll goes on all rlshh sho, in hier, the higher the test the
#£_ . ,  more rapidly dle|terl,orail.ion_ progres-
-ini e l\\<=t'_-1 lille f\'°m the manifold ses with age. A ary hstteryshohia
’ 1 " not be placed where it is much ` af-
fected by engine heat, as -the hotter
‘i _» i‘-I; _ . -_
v ‘D
“*  ___ it is kept the sooner it loses its pow-
 _,:‘  er. It should not be placed where it
*ilu * can get wet, as there will then bi
` _ leakage of current, unless th cells
_ lf-' 1' are wuterproofed. The cell; form
_1 ing a battery' should be packed so
_  that they cannot shift or strike to
' T! ,_""‘____l gather, as shocks tend to loosen the
Q _ _ filling. thus increasing -the internal
resistance and also to_ break the con-
nections between cells, which 'should
` iwlr " Perhaps you have a leak
tolthe itanlr..=but not one bad enough
to;prejv_eut~su‘iiicient fuel being sup- h
tors having clips on their ends.
Wedging the cells into a box with
wooden blocks is good practice. '
plied , nodal* _ ordinary conditios.
When lm ai very long, "stiff" grade.
fl lcd are at their worst
intake .pipe is at its least, because the
throttle is_wid_e_ open and -the engine
is slowed down. /thus making the -ten-
dencyri 'to _stick -fuel -from the main n
tank very Rligt indeed. T_hls,~ coupled
with the-- loss of p suction effect
through the assumed leaks. w0\1ld
` hehe sn in with the throttle
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F. 0. L. writes: _l ordered, a
er to become anything else
Albert L. Qlough, care ,of this ohlce.
_ More -'Asour env csi.i.s
Dry cell 'batteri_os, although now`top and leather upholstery_ _of my _-.nd in proportgi. ~the active ma-
e ‘ ' ‘,';eri_sl -is thus l_ mm storage ca-
~ --- _ ~»-- ~-~ isclty of the cell is reduced. The
-_ six "pumps" oil excessizvely
two others do so quite badly while
the remaining three are in fine
shape. The defective cylinders seem
threedifferont makes of rings ii
-them' without success and presume
-that -they are out of round. Is it
practicable to lap _in oversize piston!
and, if_so, how is this work done?
Ig it necessary to treat all the cylin-
ta k ders alike
&FEQ`r'|VEl'ENmNE‘ °FFERE° .ing one part upon another,- wltl
emery_ paste between them, until the:
fit together evenly, but as it is a
very slow and tedious process, it if
used only to secure a final fit, aftel
the parts are machined toconfornc
wlti one another as close! as os
ltfilbhz-had-» lt ywlgloweugggufgldl hsgfggs siblle. We fear that somg of yllmui
g , ver o n. '
this cur?
“_,Answer: It is inadvissbls for you
`to`.accept- lt, unlescyou are. in
great hurry or unless your failure -to
do so would prevent you of any ide-
livery. Pistons and rings do improve
in tightness with use. but only of
they are initially__well fitted. _A bad-
ly fitted piston, can hardly _be BX?-
ssd comparatively little on motor cor, which are both beginning to I ~ _ ,.5-»;§_ \-_»_ - _ _ _ _._ _  ,_
cars, are stlllquite' extensively ein- crack and become sbabbyl' 1" "  / ~ "‘;';'&'a ' 5' '- ' ` ~
ploysd for thai following- purposes; _'_ Aiiewfrt #rim-,~~gre.‘ numerous ' ,  _  _ _  Q.
'pq spam' gm, .nd 'g;;i`ism‘ ‘,_ qi ;coin|1o‘un_ds uponi _the niarlrley which .  _ip P __  _ ci ji.
_ . "  ,` S ‘_ _ ’ ‘ -_ 9 ff 5"" .3 ` ` ' S ' it’ `   "‘
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, \ _in'.f cars o__`7` V _a{neto',,_"iini_-4 'i¢`ll9§8l\Y_°¥.¢ 0' fi 'eadi
_ :N ,av 1' 'TT .vac-iii re., 1 - ti¢fn‘i::r’esularly liiedeanllllto §e'rve'ae*- _Ifyu ` ‘tl sol togbrfoxilllattlisaputable
 1’ l'-2’ ` f`,:.- '..» .§._-._ .-i » lhfellx ary' or,8q;.ai*b`mel'lency s ~~ g =, 8- ‘°l7i4\1<l_m e’ er or
' Pl-Parr ahlhris _ _
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ures two ` and onehhlf inches' in
y cell the ordinary or general
ri
urrent a cell will give, for'an in-
istance, that ig, by short-circultingl Different Chang,”
from terminal to terminal with a
m the factory. the better it is and.
ey are 'ilso dated, either in plain
f manufacture. Ons should always
fancy," high arnpere test, as such
ells usually lose their power early
e -made with., flexible cable connec-
LAPPING IN PISTONS
A, P. wrlt°s: One cylinder of my
ot‘ to be scored, but I have tried-
Anawsr: _Lapping consists in grind
that they are beyond” cureh by bmp 0. B. G. \'»v"ltos: I have a storagc
Dine and that you w l eit er ave ,=,  _ ~ ~ -_---' ~
“ -to have them bored out and finished' ,)1d'f§q§‘¥`,dthf,t||I'lg,:fh§°;f"g,x;n 
DY 8"l“‘"”Z 01' "°D1F~°9 *"9 bl°°k Wm* ‘ieadlights being acetylene. Ther:   e
‘1 1195*' °“9- If Y°l;| have ah"°b°"l“3 -s no generator. At first I did noi _ ry
1°b °““- YD” Wi" “W i° “Ve “°W ,have to et this batter char ed _ f
pistons of oversize diameter for al frftsner thigh once every two nionlghs 
°Y"“d@l`9» “S there mm'-_ be “° dll' wut now it will not serve for more ' -- _
ference in weight among the differ- ,mm two woeksv nmmugh I do no, ,
ent moving parts. As your caris not le _'the Ifghts any mom than I used,_ - If
a very expensive cns_aud as labor is o_ what |s ,the cause or this-_f __ M -_ --j-¢» _V
°¥P°f|BlV° JU" “°W» ll' might ‘ Answer The capacity of ull stor Y V' `
l1\'0V° besf £0 °btl\|U the “BW bl°°l§ nge batteries decrfuises progressively
YO” 0811 Set P\'l‘°95 011 mls and °“ vitb age, for the following reasons
the reboring job and decide which is u-mms 03,3" More or less of the
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FOR. the salesman, collector, con- such quantities as .to short-circuit the
tractor-the msn who_“inust get plates and cause current to leak
there”-the Ford Runsbout. ‘ 7 iway without useful effect. _
Th li th traffic of the city over '
‘ y¢y||?}|u¥¢Qunt;% rqedito tgie giétlyilllg STARTER DRIVEG NEEDS ‘
r ' town the ord una ou rave ' i V CLEANIN 
rspld.lysudeconnmicall§'. W. A. McP. asks: Can you sug- _ _
_ ...gsm A _ rowing' mo. o -an my 1917 --- car? When l
§':m}}»doh¢h»ll1:=°’l;HnB¢\r¢la¢\ld¥4¢”¢|“: press the starter pedal, I can hear __
qmpmqithllwnm- a loud buzzing but the engine does _
lcetri tudng and Li ti
‘M pm::l'i:;€eaami:table rlmlidtired 
on rear as o on
\ mrntnguwéaaed er\.n only l¢ l25.00t:‘trs. d d '
I. . b. F 0 o an o ' `
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' ' Bly only Genuine Mm! Rsrh
_ ‘ . Beryl
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_ - ' ” .owilli with ‘ purities, bt' some of' ,
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ind there is a formation of per-
_Make Every Hour Count _i‘:;*_°"‘.i°:i.:ii‘;i‘.i.‘; ‘sizi-
to become clogged with impurities
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tltiite- for thsiitdrngstebgeggry--fn .°`_  ' 1. who this 'oonstaill-e p rlence
riif having, lull electrical equi ‘i `_9l¢_mettem.alld,get'soinerof the
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` . ffl.  pf'-°t°_°"l§m`,vl\‘_“ of such °,°l§s=_0ll°_’8le` market. ‘|.l.l".-I.-_"‘° "A ` 1li°“’_`¢tQll1l“l_:‘ll'i°- - elwm r -. -'rl : /
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mil `-lll1l'1°¢"°¢°|¥ N* *“°“‘ 'thlmgifhitolr-»°er igrllilleh gallianliglevli _l'?°‘?.“-ii¢l=d‘   0 rg?-'-§;S§\_ ‘I lx M
he test consists in seeing how much ‘- _' ' '_N|0TOR c/ig' '5Env|cE
pinion gear
Dry cell batteries become useless
in two ways, first by being exhausted
in service through furnishing all the
current they are capable of supplying
and second, by the effects of time, it
being a flict that in from a year and a
half a battery deteriorates practical-
ly completely, even -though it never
is called upon to furnish current.
For lighting service or as a regular
ignition' source ithp heavy duty or
ignition type of cell is* to beapre- »
ierred, as the probability is that ii
will be exhausted by current draft
before it has greatly deteriorated
merely to furnish ignition current to
start the engine, it is a question
whether it pays -to use the ignition
type of cel) for here the actual ser-
vice is very light indeed ani what is
wanted is a battery that will act ai
“standby” for as long as possible
wi-thout renewal. In this service the
"general purpose" or even the -tele
phone -type of cell will give the neces
sary current for the brief periods ii
lg required and will _resist deteriora-
tion by agc cnsidsrably longer. The
same thing is true of a dry battery '
used as an auxiliary ignition source_
while an engine is being cranked by
the storage battery that furnishes the
regular ignition. Here also a long
lived battery is desirable and heavy
current capability is unimportant.
There is upon the market a type of
iry cell which is “extra dry,” -that is
it contains no free moisture and wii`
give no current until after water hai _
been supplied it. Moreover it wil
keep indefinitely without deteriorat
ing and can be put into service at any
:im¢,`by the addition of ;water. A
battery of such desiccated cells con,
itituteg a iesérve source of ignition
current, which can be put l-nto action
within tt few hours alter water is
idded to the,cells,4to -take -the place
temporarily, of a storage battery -that
'Jas run down or is otherwise not
tvallable. In making up batteries
'rom dry cells, it is necessary to use
me cell for,each volt required by the
ipparatus to he operated for example
_toitake the place of a six-volt storagi
'1attery, six dry cells, connected ir.
ierles. ii._e., with the zinc terminal o'
me connected fo the carbon termina. _
if 'the next, are necessary.
STCRAGE BATTERY LOSES
hl`s(aViv9~.1natei~ial loses effective
:ec cal contact with the lates
and of high resistance. Detached
ictive material sometimes collects in
iest what is wrong 'wi-th the starter
Answer ..W,, believe
is equipped with the
of starter drive, in
form’
\iong the
with _ the
through nge., To use with a magnets '
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oocaaionsllv ppotlights ch- grh not' ar# ghly* ‘recommended for these 
~eqi.\ipped fwitb s '-:bsttsriss(_,51‘o-i»pl,\gpgl_es hy, :their _-manufacturers and _ , , ,__ _ _ -_ `  W’
_spigfsté _electric mon such 'csrg`, ,.we_~ln'\s'o;_uo.doubtithat they pre of ,,~~ - ' _ "i - ~
_o furnish igngtnrwcurrent, at start-  hut we have Iliad no winner  __ /_ _ g ,
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rigid inspections, minimize the possibility of any
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