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Show STARTING MOTOR DURING WINTER One of Simplest Ways Is Through Application of Heat to the Carburetor. PLAN CF EFFICIENT DEVICE Illustration Given Herewith Gives Good Idea of What Is Wanted Carbon Filament Lamp Is Particularly Adapted. One of the simplest ways to start an automobile during cold weather Is through application of heat to the carburetor. car-buretor. Most appliances to perform this particular duty are complicated and costly. The following device, which can be made by the amateur workman, will be found .easy to construct and wonderfully efficient. Use Metal Shield. Cut out a metal shield, somewhat after the pattern shown in the sketch. The shape and size depend upon your particular make of carburetor, but the drawing gives a general idea of what is wanted. Bend the two short iugs In to form shoulders and then fit the longer long-er lugs around the hotly of the carbu- i , . y J Metal shield lo j ;;.vjCai"bon filament Metal Shield to Hold an Ordinary Electric Globe Close to the Carburetor. Carbu-retor. retor, tightening them in place with small stove-bolts. This will leave the shield projecting away from one side about two inches. Bend the top and bottom panels in place, forcing the small lugs inside the shell. Carbon Filament Lamp Best. After the shield is properly fitted, . take it off and secure a lnmpocket to the inside so 'that the bulb, when In place, will hear close to the carburetor. Use a carbon filament lamp as it gives the maximum amount of heat. Lead the wires from the base out through holes in the sides ; being careful to insulate them from the metal. When all is complete, put the shield back in place and wrap the whole apparatus with thin asbestos paper. Then blud it on with fine wire. Connect the wires with the storage battery of the car and with a convenient con-venient switch on the dash. In the severest weather, this device will Insure sufficient heat to start an automobile with but very little delay. L. B. Robbins, In Popular Science Monthly. |