| Show M SHO SHOULD Lb J k Can Gather Information by b y j Noting the Mishaps of I Other REPAIR SHOP VISITS PAY PAYI I BEGINNERS WILL PROFIT BY INTERVIEWING WING G DRIVERS Amateurs should seize every possible opportunity to learn about the mechanism mech mechanism me b of tho the car C r they are ar driving or learning to drive and one ODe way to do this is to gather gathe all that can be gath gathered ered er d from the unfortunate experience e BY learning tomake roadside repairs expeditiously and In l il such Cha manner l as to allow the car to limp home hoine the thEne new ne driver soon gains g e In his own ability and this is reflected r d in his work at the wheel So It Is Iii Isa iea a wise plan to visit all the repair shops possible there to learn how re ro repairs rOe pairs have been and are being made More than this it is Well to t talk t lk about these things with more experienced drivers Thus many an amateur has had bad trou ble bla with punctured pun floats flo or terse particularly with metal floats for they are the only kind that can oan be punctured As a temporary method of repairing a punctured copper float the use of ot sealing wax may be oe cited In InCases InaS Incases Cases aS g Where Wh te the float noat has bas flooded through the perforation of ot the Solder the first thing tiling to be done Is to bore bora borea a small hole in n the float in order to t let out the me Uie accumulates accumulated liquid and the surface should be carefully cleaned around the puncture A piece of seal Ing wax should then be obtained and anda and anda a few tew drops dr ps should be melted over the tho hole and should be pressed well down in order to fill till It Up It will wUl then be found that the float Is again good for tor any number of ot oo miles One advantage of this method metho is Js that the wax adds little weight to the float It Is advis advisable advisable advisable able to moisten DOi ten whatever is used for pressing preSs ng In the melted Wax in order to prevent Its sticking The Axle Nothing cn Lan give a 0 new nary n w driver r more trouble than a broken axle laxly a broken front axle If It this be beof beof of ot the tubular type t e and the driver be fairly Ingenious c Co roadside repair may be made which will allow of driving the car home w which Ich is some same tion Thus a case in which the lar axle has been broken off close to the spring chair but Inside of ot It may be repaired as follows Obtain a piece pi Me of wire cable or heavy telegraph wire may be used or even In default of at either of these a piece of ot stout rope In any case something that can be used to tie the two parts together Attach this to the springs leaving le lots lota of slack between them Then drive into the broken end a piece of wood which has been whittled down dawn to fit or a round iron bar of something similar and handy land Having driven this into ono one broken piece drive drie the other othor on to it i its and keep them from separating separ tIngby by tightening up on the rope or cable This may be done dono by inserting any strong stick or piece of ot iron as for instance a tire iron and twisting un until until til the tha whole is Id as tight aa as s possible Then the tightening means should be beso beso beso so fixed in position as to render it im impossible impossible possible for it to come loose It will then be possible to limp home with the broken axle slow speed being a ne necessity should hould have not a little atten attention tion whether In use or not for sooner or later they the will come into use and then the previous neglect will manifest itself One thing every e ery automobilist should learn Is not to fiddle around with the wicks of his lamps Thus they should be left as they th y stand When the lamp is extinguished The average motorist extinguishes h s his hI lamp by turning down the Wick IS in li or order der to save the clIps of f the tho Jamp door from becoming slack from frequent tr using He leaves the th wick turned down till the lamp is next required nd then forgets which way to turn the e button with the result that he frequently turns the tha wick Into the oil reservoir and has sooner or later to fish for It in the dark with w th abent a bent pin pia Moral If It you extinguish a lamp by turning down the tl wIck ick turn t rn It up I again before you qUit hold so that you may never nevel forget tor t wh h b w Y to revolve the button The best way however to extinguish the lamp Is to open the door and blow blowout out the light as that leaves the wick right for the next time of ot lighting I The Matter of Nuts One little subject which always gives trouble Is the matter of nuts working loose SO BO that nut locks are necessity a a A simple form which every automobilist having a hammer cold chisel some sheet steel and a little patience p can make for himself is as follows Place a short P piece ce of oC sheet she t steel ste l on a block of ot hard w and punch a ahole hoie through one end this t Is being a round hole to ac accommodate accommodate accommodate a screw or rivet At the theother theother other end en the nut for tor which the lock Is to t be made is laid on the steel and Its exterior shape scratched scratch d on the steel using any sharp point as the end of ot a file This outline serves as t 1 a guide g ld for r the cold ld cisel chisel l which h is 18 I brought Into use to cut away away the met metal metal metal al When the end has been formed to tofit tofit fit tit the nut one ono end Is la put into a vise and the other end bent b nt to ta give the whole something of a spring To use the small email end nd with the round hole Is 19 fastened down with a rivet or screw ac according according according cording to o the kind of a Job wanted which In turn will depend upon its location l ca Ion and the party doing doln the work This end being fastened down the oth other other other er will stand up at a slight angle To screw the nut down his must be held up above the top of the nut out of the way but as soon as the tho nut has been I screwed strewed home the lock can be dropped down over it preventing It from back backIng backIng backIng Ing off oft Crank shafts will break at times I and the amateur should not start out with the idea that they will not nor DOl more to the point that they cannot annot be repaired This particular repair is con concerned concerned concerned with a shaft which breaks off offIn of ofIn offin In the check or flat Jat part To repair the nearest blacksmith makes a flat fIat strap making It over one of ot the good parts of the shaft Then with this flat strap over the broken parts a couple of holes are drilled through and pins bolts or rivets put through |
