Show ASK 9 Ans d fY C l lC Gf D Barney Oldfield Please s send nd mo me the he name of or the tho firm 1 that I can get the agency to handle I the Oldfield auto tires and also some ome other makes that would sell 1 I haY have a D. now car and nn J It Is hard to start I 1 have havo to prima primo It Jt ever every time I want to start and after It It Is IB warme warmed up an and stands stand only a few v minutes I have to prime primo It before It will go After It Is started l lIt It runs fine tine an and will Idle down to avery avery a avery very slow and even rate Please lot 1110 mo me l know now what to do A. A T. T L. L The Tho car no doubt has a n lean can mixture nd this together with leaky pistons causes the cylinders to draw In little gas on cranking Barney Oldfield I have driven my car approximately miles This last season 1919 I havo have had considerable trouble The nature of ot tho time trouble Is as follows Tho motor has han no quick getaway Jet on tho the level does docs not pull pun on a hill mu must t trop drop rop Into low v v very very ry often and knocks continuously that Is It knocks 33 as though h full fun of ot carbon It also misses occasionally and will not develop more mora than forty five miles per hour speed In short th time the motor has no lire life or pep whatsoever R R. E E. E A A. Usually a n. case 0 of this kind Is due to to badly worn pistons ons or rings s or both I Ic c causing marked lack of or power but bul not i time overheating I should like to suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest that the Ignition and valve timing be ba checked over an and a good com compression compression compres compres- pres- pres sion slon test made to determine If a a. good i charge Is being taken la JD Barney Barney- Oldfield The battery batten on my car Is Js three years old When charging b by the generator on the tho car tho solution turns milky Docs Does this Indicate poor Insulation between ho- ho tween plates or exhausted plates The battery batten will light ht lamps and turn over o engine engino O. O K with starter Voltage 2 per cell II H H. H M. M I. I If It the battery cranks the engine engino and lights tho the lamps and shows over two volts per fler cell l keep It Jt as long as It will do o that The Tho battery baller has given s re remarkable re- re service ser and hasn't long to live so get et all you ou can out of ot It It Barney Earney Oldfield l 1 1 Our car has ha been In 11 use e for Cor about thirteen months 1 Would rould It tt bo be tho the thoI I proper thing for Cor mo me to scrape the carbon carbon car car- I bon deposits eJ from the piston top and I c cylinder er block 2 Would It be bo alright ht to grind the tho valves while I have hac the tho cylinder head off A A. A L L- V. V r Not unless It t shows show signs of ot carbon deposits lack deposits lack of ot power knocking n overheating occasionally poor performance performance per per- I generally It probably needs a cleaning ig though thought Always take tho the t opportunity to to grind grind valves alvel when hen the I head heam Is la off oft I I IA Barney A few tow weeks ago In one of ot your weekly letters you stated that the light weight car would be the th-e car of ot the near future A rival letter lotter carnor carrier car car- nor rier and I feel that I need a a. car of ot the t type pc you ou mentioned If sr anyone docs does Will you ou lot mo mo me know under what conditions conditions conditions con con- you will v.-In show me where I can get a n. car of ot COO pounds that will run forty miles on a gallon of ot gas gal and miles on tires Also price CARRIER NO 2 The Th manufacturer prefers to keep his plans s secret for tor a while but In J r few months will announce Just such sucha a a. model In the April Issue of ot Motor Magazine Is a picture of ot such Buch a car I J I but not the one I referred to I Barney Oldfield Seeing In the Sunda Sunday Herald your answers answer to questions on the tho automobile that scarred cylinders marbo may mar maybo maybo bo repaired by the filling In process Will wm you please tell me mo where I mn may I procure the time material this purpose o or 0 where I L can get set the tho work done Being a n machinist I thought though t. t I might be able to do the work myself my my- self W. W H. H D. D Write L L. Lawrence renco 1 S Co Woolworth building Tow ew ew York Tonic for tor list of ot their agents that do this work worle |