Show OPERATION OF GASOLINE CASOLINE ENGINE IS NOT DIFFICULT IF instructions ARE r NA V A 4 fit 0 0 41 1 repairing a gas engine or on a power spraying outfit prepared by tho the united states depart rne p t of agriculture the gat gas engine a great labor saver on thousands of farms on which stationary ni gines tractors motor trucks of ai automobiles aro are operated efficiently Is also nt at times the causo cause of it a great waste aste of labor often large crews w hired to help with thrashing liay hay bal bab ing cutting ensilage ete etc thaw draw full wages for hours sventin spent in idleness owing to io handling of the engine A roan mail frequently will spend much more time and energy in starting a gas engine to pump water for I 1 stock run a milking machine or for some oth kotlier r similar purpose than would be required required to do the work by hand the time lost throughout the country in tills this manner enor enormous in the aggregate Is 13 to a great extent proven preventable table it Is not desired to conboy the file impression that gas engines usually give trouble or tire are to operate for this Is by no means the case delays from engine trouble tire lire usually due to the operators ignorance of somo soine of the det details tills essential to proficient operation use information furnished A all it catalogues cataloguer catal and directions furnished by the manufacturer should be carefully if none are received alth the engine a request for them thein should 0 lifite be sent promptly to the manu a ac c rp it Is to be regretted that if n I 1 ew manufacturers are anre rattier rather lax in ill i lie matter of furnishing such material although it atas Is obviously to their to make tills this comparatively t inexpensive method of assisting life purchaser to obtain satis satisfactory facto ry service from the engine any instruction book furnished by tile the manufacturer should bo be kept in i eife place but convenient for reference its if Is safe to assume that tho the man who made the engine knows something about its operation and can alve sono information of value to the purchaser ili altogether too many cases the instruction st book find and other literature intended to be of assistance to the user of the outfit are either cither thrown away or ignored completely and not nol infrequently a man Is sent from the factory or a local kofal expert Is hired to make simple adjustments concerning which full instructions oro glyen given 11 in literature furnished by the inn manufacturer it but which had never beebread been read by the owner lubrication A large percentage of repair expenses ext Is duo due to t or improper lubrication in ili far too many cases owners of gas engines aho of oil entirely unsuited to their oil di glues notwithstanding tile the lit in each case the manufacturer lias fill fill furnished a long list of various brands and grades of oil which have been tested find and found suitable to the engine lit in question and which can bo be obtained practically anywhere in the country cou another common error isto Is to use too little oil ell it Is poor icon economy oiny to try to sayo save on oil on oil theother liand hand fit ait excess of oil in the cylinder while better than too little URI all coupe car bo hoi de deposit posO fo llowd by lost loss of overheating and heavy smoke from froin the exhaust indicates that ilie cylinder Is getan retting too much oil but it Is usually advisable vi t art furnish enough to give nt at const a slight trace of bluish smoke it if tin tile cylinder 13 oiled from the crunk crank case by the he sY system tile the lubricant being used over und over the oil should be examined frequently fluently ly akal mid us its 1 poon as it becomes hadly discolored or very liln it khouli bo be drained out and new oil ell substituted abany furni sli afree tlona ns as to how often this should bo be done filling tile the crank case with kero sena tene fitter draining out old oil and then ri running inning tho a few minutes without load ln in order to remove dirt find carbon front from bearings ana other olac r parts Is frequently this la Is good practice 15 where the crank ease cabe entil ciu bif b drained completely but 0 on n many engines engin cli there are arc pockets which 11 cannot bo be full dr braved draved dra iol aved and the kero keno ano remaining in three pockets v ul thin the now new 0 oi stances th ahti rin rinsing sing Is 19 of 0 doubtful value balue after such rinsing in 14 dum done lia ahe should at be run fit at jull 1 r J I 1 1 or under load until the new oil lias has had ample time to rench nil all bearings tito the dirty oil drained off may bu be filtered tin and used for oiling other farm machines chi lies but it should not be used lignin again in ili tile cylinder if the he oil in fit the crank disc case quickly becomes thin it Is evident that some of the fuel Is getting past tile alio piston rings this seriously affects the lubricating quality of the oil it should of course be replaced placed le with fresh frei oil off find and steps taken to improve the flon so ns as to form it fuel mixture which willburn will burn more mor completely keep all nuts tight it requires but a minute or two tugo over tin nn engine and seo see that all screws and nuts tire arc tight nt at the same time wiping 01 any oil and dirt which have collected od tills this should be dono done tit nt lent least once every day tile engine 1 lik used such practice will go far toward preventing many operating troubled trouble 4 since all gas engines vibrato vibrate to somi soine extent find and this vibration tends to loosen bolts nuts and other parts tills this Is always a potential source of breakdowns if not of serious accidents Further furthermore inore loosening of parts often results in n loss of power |