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Show OWNERS' SERVICE i ! DEPARTMENT . 1 "U'hat grrade of oil should be used during dur-ing cold weather? I have been having starting trouble, that a friend tells me is due to too heavy an oil. Could this be so? J. Puseh. It could. By all means try using a light oil. unless the maker of your car specif ically warns against - it. Cold thickens oi and when a heavy oil is used in winter it tends to become pasty, when the weather is very cold, and this iral-:es starting trouble. Would it benefit the operatioa e-f my H "1 runabout to install a V-trpe radiator? ra-diator? I ha vi been told that tiis type is more etf -ient than the ordinary Cat rad-.ator. hat do you thin.k? Jerry-It Jerry-It is claimed that the V-type radiator g-ivej? better cooling effect, simply because it has a gr:a:er cooling area than the flat type. Umicubtdly the V-type cuts down the wir I resistance srae-what. "B-youd "B-youd these ard the appearance, which is liked by many people, there "adil be little difference in the two types. I am ha ing trouble "-ith a metaUic .' i ringing sound between the unirsal joint and the axi oi my car, which ma-kes its j appearance when I am operating with the cl-:tch out. Can you te'd me how to tret i nf oi it H. B. C. i Try tightening 'the dust coUar on th1? j universal and I am pretty 'sure that the ! noise wili vanish. i j Is the distributor of the magneto timed ; with the breaker points on. the armature? I J. Hardy. jr. "es- If fhe magneto is connected with : the drive so that the points separate when the number one cylinder" is in firing ! position, the distributor arm musx be on the number one segment. |