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Show I OWNERS' SERVICE j DEPARTMENT -t BRAKES LOCK. The owner who is not vigilant and neglects the parts lie does not see or which do not s've trouble usually finds, some time, that upon starting one of the whoels becomes locked, even though the broke pedal and lever are free. This is due to the fact that there is so much play in the brake linkage that when the hand brake lever is released it merely takes up the play, leaving the unlubri-cated unlubri-cated mechanism set Jn holding position. This happened recently and a hammer had to be used to loosen the brake mechanism. SOLDKR TN THT5 GAS TANK. If you should have fuel feed trouble which you cannot locate, remove the gasoline gaso-line tank and shake it. In four out of; five cars fitted with "cheap tanks there always are a few pieces of solder on the inside of the lank. These pieces work their way to the place over the feed line and prevent the proper flow of fuel. There is only-one way of getting the pieces out and that is lo shake them out. VALVE SPRINGS. Weak valve, springs can cause endless trouble in promoting" poor engine operation. opera-tion. Whenever the valves are removed the springs should be measured to see that they are of the same size. If one spring is short, it either -will have to be stretched or a plate placed under It, to increase the pressure. OIL SPARK AND THROTTLE LEVER. Do not neglect to squirt a little oil around the spark and throttle lever connections con-nections at intervals. A little of this oil will run down the post and prevent the lever rods from freezing and thus moving mov-ing at the same time. STOPPING PLUG LEAKS. There still are a great many engines without detachable cylinder heads and these use valve plugs.". These plugs often leak. This leaking may be stopped bv spreading ordinary paste stove blacking over the threads. Do not use too much. This may be used at anv hot joint in place of white or red lead and is much better because it does not make removal of the part an hour's job. REMOVING OVERHEAD VALVES. In some overhead valve engines valve grinding is made a harder task than it Bhould be, because when the valves are removed the owner dismantles the rocker arm assembly. In mont engines this is not necessary, because the rocker arm can be disconnected from the vertical rod. pushe.d to one side and the valve removed! In engines using cages this is particularly particu-larly easy, though most owners go to the trouble of dismantling the rocker arm assembly. To push the rocker arm aside, use a flat wrench with a pair of pliers at one jaw to twist with. WATER IN THE CRANKCARR This is the time of the venr when water wa-ter condensation in the crankcase is a Bcrfous matter. The more cylinders the engine has the worse the situation. Water, Wa-ter, a product of combustion, makes its way past the pislon rins into tho crank-case, crank-case, where it Interferes with lubrication In the warmer weather the water In the form of steam may blow out of tho breather, but when the crankcase is fanned by a cold breeze the steam condenses con-denses hilo water, which contaminates the oil. The remedy, of course, lies in draining the oil about everv four weeks and filtering it. In some eieht and twelve cylinder engines more than a pint of water wa-ter may be removed untler certain conditions. |