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Show SELF-STARTER IS AN ENGINE ITSELF 1 Few people realize that the modern H automobile has to be equipped with H two engines, but such is tho fact Tho H phrase "self-starter" Is on every mo- H torist's tongue nowadays, yet very H few know that the starter "Is itself an H engine, sturdy, capable, compact and the ery highest development of the automobile designer's skill. In the old days, when ovory automobile automo-bile driver dreaded the necessity of climbing out and cranking his motor, all his efforts served barely to turn the crank shaft over less than a full revolution. It was no wonder motors were sometimes obdurate and came 1" for hard names. This is the way an official of the IIayp.es Automobile company describes the work required of their self-starter: "The Hayncs starter turns tho engine en-gine over from 100 to 120 revolutions a minute A twelve-volt generator is used Instead of a six volt, as Is usual. That speed insures the prompt starting start-ing of the car when the gears are shifted. The machine is ready to go at once; there is no waiting, no speeding up the motor to make sure that it Is going right, and will pull the car. The average starting time with the aid of a Haynes electric starter is five seconds with a cold engine." |