Show QUERIES ANSWERED I IBy By George H. H Robertson Automobile Editor I have had a a. new gear put In m my car and there seems to be a a grinding noise in the transmission Can you yot tell me the cause It makes too much muck noise when it runs sounds like e a truck 30 THOMAS WARDLE Y You u will find that the gear has either not been properly fitted or that theother the theother theother other gears which it engages are In it poor condition Automobile Editor Kindly advise me the best way to tc clean tho tiro muffler on a a. 1913 Metz runabout runabout run run- about and oblige A READER Would suggest that the muffler be bs disconnected and dropped and baffle battle plates taken apart Care should betaken be betaken betaken taken that it b be reassembled bled properly Automobile Editor I have a Ford roadster 1912 model and have had a very hard time to get the engine started when cold and in looking over car find that as far as I 1 Ican Ican can see the ignition and carburetor are all working fine have a a. a master vibrator on the ignition circuit and when the engine finally Is started It runs good i Carburetor has has' has choke valve and starting is very hard even when I prime the cylinders direct Also could you tell me where I can cart get a a. Ford passenger five-passenger b body dy to fit this car either new or second hand C C. I I. I. I Owing to the poor grade of gasoline which Is being sold for automobile use It is impossible to start a car readily without the gasoline being vaporized by heat Boiling water poured Into Info the tare radiator radiator radia radia- tor or over the carburetor will aid in starting the motor There are several body concerns which advertise bodies of this sort for sale 1 Automobile Editor i iI I cleaned my magneto and am not sure if I put the two gears back right as I cannot get the motor to run not even by priming though the spark is delivered at the right time I can hardly turn magneto shaft over with two fingers It turned very easy before before before be be- fore taking it apart I mean with battery battery battery bat bat- tery on X Y Y Z Would suggest that you examine the marks marIes on the gears gear and see that they coincide with each other Would advise advise advise ad ad- vise you to have a good magneto man look It over Automobile Editor What result will I receive from myFord my myFord myFord Ford car my putting one quart of ker- ker osine oil in five gallons of gasoline Will it clean the carbon from my syl- syl Inders lnders or carbon them Also will I have as much power and wh what t effect If it I keep It up D N N. Would not advise the use of kerosene kerosene kerosene kero kero- sene this way as It will tend to lower the specific gravity of the gasoline and make it more difficult to vaporize Will also cause an undue amount of carbon deposits Automobile Editor Will Vill you please let me know how to clean the water jacket on my motor mo mo- tor The water does not seem to circulate circulate circulate cir cir- freely enough as the motor gets hot H H. T T. Would suggest that a compound such as Rad fix or be used and the directions carefully carried out These preparations are very good if it properly used U Automobile Editor Would like to know In your columns columns col col- whether there are any biles that can use alcohol Instead of gasoline J J. OAs O O. As yet the carburetor for alcohol consumption has not been perfected The use of alcohol will bo ho expensive unless a great mileage per gallon b be realized Automobile Editor I have a 1916 model 83 Overland automobile and every everi every time I hit i ivery a avery ayery very steep bleep hill It knocks I had the thi carbon removed and the knock ceased but after the car h had d been run for fot about two hundred miles the knock returned What is the trouble please A A. T. T AMES TAMES You will find that carbon still causes cause your trouble Would advise changing the thc oil and the tho mixture Automobile Editor I am the owner of ot a four-cylinder four Kissel Kissee horsepower 86 passenger five-passenger car 1915 model mod 1 Up to approximately miles mUes the action of the car was all that could be desired but subsequently subsequently subsequently when running between two and twenty-eight twenty miles per hour a very annoying rumbling de de- deI develops de- de I This rumbling is not audible below two twenty-two not above twenty- twenty eight at Which speeds everything i is O. O OKI K I have had the subject up with several mechanics but they seem to tc disagree on the cause and would ye ve very much pleased if you could offer otter some suggestions as to o where the trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble may may mayHe He Thanking you in advance I remain S S. S H. H HARTZELL If It you will describe the describe the rumble will wil try and locate It for you Automobile Editor I have a Buick 25 touring car 1915 1916 model How much cylinder oil should it take to go fifteen miles mlles A SUBSCRIBER A gallon of cylinder oil should lubricate lubricate lubricate cate the motor for at least three thre bundred hundred bun hun dred miles Automobile Editor Could you tell me where I could get racing bodies for a Ford Tord runabout and whether they make them complete f for fora fora r ra a 1911 model J J. J M M. C C. C There are several concerns making this type of body which advertise In Inthe inthe In Inthe the automobile automo I e trade journals Automobile Editor What substance In liquid or semi semi- form can I use to fill automobile tires that later will thicken or harden to a degree that will not exude if small punctures occur r A A. G G. SMITH fillers There are fare many on the market but as yet I have not used any that are absolutely ab efficient Automobile Editor Kindly inform me In regards to Truck Forms attachment for Ford cars Is a truck made up this this way pra practical as a truck for truck for medium heavy loads C C. C 0 O. O OLSON A truck properly made up as you describe describe- will carry a load up to aton a aton aton ton In weight efficiently Autom Automobile Automobile b Editor r f Would it jt t help a worn cylinder by putting In new V piston rings rings' What kind of make do you consider to be th the best drive chain for automobiles automobiles automobiles' auto auto- mobiles mobiles' Do the detachable chains wear as long as the riveted chains A SUBSCRIBER In order to use new piston rings would suggest that the cylinder be re- re bored and a new piston pIsto turned out the proper size with the new rings lings fitted The Th detachable chain will wear as long longas as ss the rIveted ri chain Automobile Editor In looking over my mj Inlet manifold I notice a few small blow holes in It Does this affect the mixture In any anyway anyway anyway way way CHARLES T T. ROSE If It there is an opportunity for air to leak In either through dere or through a crack 01 or orJIn In in the manifold the tho have proper proportions pro no r n carefully the carburetor 1 Is and the en engine ne will not run |