Show i WINTER TER DRIVING I Continued From Preceding Page I bit of gasoline after driving m my car no matter what distance I go H. H G G. Yonkers er carburetor Is IR due ue to I Ithe Leakage o of or the tho I the failure of ot tho the needle valve e to close I Probably dirt or some song other substance has settled In the valve alvo seat This may maybe maybe I I Ibe be corrected by draining the carburetor i i and twisting the needle valve e With Ithe j I Ithe the valve alve properly set no leak should take place I Barney Are Oldfield-Are Old field Are Rp spark rk gaps or spark intensifiers of oC an any benefit to spark plugs I h have he e been told they In Injure Injure injure In- In jure the thc magneto on a n high tension make JOHN JOlIN L L. L WILSEY Kansas I 1 have never used an intensifier but butI I should sn say without question that th they will not Injure a magneto If It your our plugs are aro clean and Ignition good you ou do not nee need anything else you ou I will get sufficient spark sparl Darne Barney Oldfield-A Oldfield A number of ot owners owners owners own own- ers In our neighborhood are using either kerosene alone or kerosene 60 BO per cent and cylinder cUnder oil 50 SO per cent i I In their radiators with apparently good I I results Would either of or these be satisfactory sat sat- ry on a a. Ford radiator Would i there be nn any danger of ot j i If It so what would you pu recommend fort for tor 1 30 d degrees grecs below bolow zero Some Somo frozen up and glycerine Is Isery very ery expensive now J J. J II 11 C. C Semans Saskatchewan I 44 I am strongly opposed to using kerosene koro- koro sene Hene because It Is liable to overheat and because It ruins rubber connections I I have ha several friends who ho persisted persisted per per- in using kerosene and In each ench Instance It proved exceedingly costly In I repairs I would say that for 30 de degrees degrees de- de I de-I grees grees' grees below zero eero 50 per pcr cent water and 50 per pet cent alcohol hol The latter evaporates evaporates e ap orates however and I would suggest that you ou maJ make o it 25 26 per pcr cent each of oC glycerine and alcohol with 50 per cent water ll Barney Oldfield Oldfield- I am driving a Hudson Hud nUd-l nUd son Super Six and when speeding faster faster faster fas fas- ter than thIrty miles per hour there Is i r ia ra a knock In the tho engine with a metallic metallic I I sound When hen the en engine lne Is going and j I tho the car r standing still there Is a n. low pounding sound Bound in tho the 2 3 I In shifting shirting gears tho the lever sticks so I cannot move more same without stopping car This trouble occurs after running In low gear ear for tor some seine distance At times the thc same sarno trouble comes In shifting shift shift- ing from how v to second Th The gears donot do cIo donot not mesh and make mako much noise Occasionally Occasionally Occa Occa- this trouble comes comes when shiftIng shifting shirtIng shift shift- Ing from rom second to hll high h. h C C. J. J J. J Minneapolis Evidently your connecting rods or main L bearings need attention badly When hen either cither aro are worn there comes the sounds Bounds you OU describe 2 You probably probably probably ably have o broken broleen or worn gear teeth Tho only remedy Is to have hn the tho gears sears thoroughly examined and If IC broken replace parts Shifting gears Blars Is quite a knack and many owners Injure the teeth through careless coreless shifting shirting Barney Oldfield Is there nn any more harm In speeding up an engino with small bore and long stroke than one of oC equal oqual bore an and stroke No o. o I ENQUIRER Rosser Man Ian Barney Darne Oldfield I have been In Instructed instructed in- in to put Burd high compression In-I In piston rin rings s In m my car I have hoard from others that they are Yer very good I have havo heard that there thero are several era racing cars that have ha Burd Hurd rings ring Why hy do lo tho they use them and would I benefit by using them In m my car which I have ha noticed has not all an the power I think It should have hate I. I L. L I. I L. L L. L Minneapolis These rings are arc sometimes used by racing drivers ers who must use eVer every bit hit bitof bitof of or power possible to get seL An Any good rood piston Iston ring properly fitted however howo should servo serve your purpose You do donot donot o I not run your our engine at maximum speed I and are not called upon to force It to the tho same sarno stress that lint racing drivers must If your our car lacks power It lOa may maybe maybe be either In the tho valves or the rings the latter leaking If It this last case Is true any good ring should remO remedy the defect Barney Darne Oldfield If It It Is possible will you please send me mo the address of ot the maker of or the cycle car which Art Smith raced at the San Francisco fair a year car ago last Thanks Thanksgiving ln I Also the tho maker mak mak- er of the Dab Baby Stearns I Knight How much do they cot cost with and without an n engine C C. E E. S. S S. S Window Minn I Y do not know the addresses In question question question ques ques- tion and have been unable to learn from Inquiries in this section of or the tho country countr Possibly the tho automobile editor of oC the Republican Herald can obtain the tho information Inor- Inor matlon mation for tor you |