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Show CUMR IS EflSjfJ TEST Simple and Inexpensive Methods May Save Time and Money. Many of the minor troubles that affect an automobile can be diagnosed and remedied rem-edied by a lit i le thought on the pa rt of the motorist, saving a trip to the repair shop and often considerable expense. This ! does not mean tlie repair man charges a, big price for a lit Uc job. but. on t hi contrary, many repair men charge a small price when the work done is raci but does not show in the results, according to Sales Manager F.dmonds of the Browning Brown-ing Automobile company, local YVtJlys-Overland YVtJlys-Overland distributor. "Take, for instance, the matter of finding find-ing trouble in the fuel supply," says Mr. F.dmonds. "A driver ta kes his ca r to a garaee and the mechanic has to hunt for the (rouble, tie lias to sp"-nd some time in observing the action of the engine under un-der different concii tion? a nd a iso ha a to j do a little experimenting sometimes to find out just wha L is necessary before he goes to work to remedy the trouble. "All this can often be do no by the driver of tlie car. and. with a little exorcist-, of lb reasoning power that everyone every-one has hut few use. much of tho t rouble rou-ble could be corrected by the driver, saving sav-ing time, as we; I as frequently saving money, for wha i appears to be a small job and in reality ii a large one. "This ma t tor o1" carburetors has hen long a touchy point with automobile own ers and drlver. and. according to many mechanics, much of tlie fear of tlie carburetor car-buretor that has been impressed on the motorist is needless. "A simple test t hat will dot ermine whether the mixture that the engine is getting Is too rich or too lean can be made as follows: "If t he mixture is suspected of bing too rich, shut off the fuel in the tank and open the throttle. If the' mixture pas- ing into the cylinders is too rich the engine en-gine speed w ill increase as the level oT the gasoline of the float chamber is lowered, low-ered, since this operation weakens tho mixture considerably. Tf the mixture is t bought to be loo weak tlie float chamber cham-ber can be flooded while tho engine is running, and if this causes the motor to speed up it may be accepted as an indication indi-cation thai the mixture is not rich enough." |