- THE SUNDAY CITIZEN, ASHEVILLE, N. C DECEMBER 28, 1919.
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BARNEY OLDFLELD S AUTOMOBILE LETTER
Copyright by King Fcaturrs Syndicate, Ir.o.
hulve of ibo bearing, while t)i" cun-ni-ctlnK
roil will turn freely on It pin.
It MiUNt not be ho free thiit ii im In
whirled around and yet It n iim n.t lie
h Utrht Hint nny K'eat amiiii.it of ef
fort must bo lifted to turning it.
The Ideal bearing Burfaee will show
n .small hit;!' Kpot about every thirty
se.-onil of an inch. Thin proee of
der. l'..tvein the halveH nre pin
Hhlins, which may be of Mili.l nr or
Iiimlil.iliil metal.
In operation the crankshaft revolves
inz-lde IhiH bearhiK, ic?liiiK directly on
'lie (soft metal linink'. Obviouslj, 1111
leH ih" entire works are copiously
lubricated. Die filclion Renera led will
melt tin- Hnft metal nurt let the clind
down on the bronze shell of the hear
ing. Hut chort of thin the natural
wear gradually erodes out a portion of
the lining metal, bo that the crank -hnft
In turning develops n little play.
This reults in a knock and when this
occurs we know that it Is time to
lak up the bearings.
N.w taking up eiiKine bearings is
no Job to look forward to, under tho
best circumstances It requires con
siderable skill and experience beyond
those possessed by the ordinary car
owner. No ono should try to adjust
the bearings without watching a skill
d mechanic do the lob lirst, but at
that I think
how to do the work,
Among tho most Important parts of
the Internal combustion engine are tho
bearlnus which support the crankshaft
nd. connecting rods. Without these ,
parts 'the. operation of the engine is
Impaired In corrcspondiiiK degree.
In this country theso engine bear
ings arc always w hat ure called "plain j
bearings." that is to nay a bronzo
shell with an inner lining of babbitt fitting must be carried out with every
composition. Almost always these j r,llmi .f.ng rod bearing und tho at-
hcn rings aie made in two part". In tempt Is made to get each bearing to(
mic; a way nuu u .i i,,,,,,itii w it u me same ui'n-i- ei uhihih.
togetner iney lorm a cmipi. ,...,-, r..uhilft hearings are scrap
ed in the same way it a (he connecting
: rod In arliigs but it is not usually
possible for the car owner to take the
engine out of the chassis and operate
on the work bench. In this case the
1 best the owner can do, as a general
tbliiL'. Is tn scrane the lower half of
i each cr.inksbalL bearing. It in by far
the best m scrape the era nkslia f I
bearings uilli the connecting rods
' detached from the shaft. In this way
the exact degree of crankshaft bear
j Ing tightness may be readily doter
! mined, especially if the rod hearings
are ili-sl scraped in. Many repair
shops have equipment for reaming
bearings and then running them In.
This means simply wearing them
down to the proper nt byYunnlng the
I engine by means of a belt. Obviously
the cur owner Is seldom In a position
to do this.
Two important points are very fre
quently neglected by the car owner
I can giv some hlnls on I when no is luting cranKsmiii. uoanimn.
which will be on 01 inese i 100 h-iihihi -nv
valuable to mv readers. l'lay and mo otner is snari aiignmeiu.
The only entirely satisfactory way! l'""r example If the roar bearing Is not
of fitting the connecting bearings Is; properly scraped It is likely to throw
to take the engine out on the work Ibe crankshaft out of alignment with
i...r,nh on,i ti iittin.r u-iion tho'tho clutch, a condition which will
the 'Willys-Overland company
Ohio.
Toledo,
Harney Oldlleld:
Which is the jiroper method to use
In descending a hill with car In gear,
and using motor ns a brake and hav
ing tho throttle closed. A says, the
ignition should also be rut out. 11 says
the Ignition should be left on to Ignite
any gas that might leak through the
throttle and thus prevent a back tire
when the Ignition (using A's method)
is cut in after the descend 7
K. V. IS.
YojU Kcl better engine braking wltn
the spark off, In fact if the grade Is
long always shut on the ignition.
Leave the throttle closed.
MILBURN plant is
CBIPPUp FIRE
But Deliveries vWill Be
Made in Jannary.
have been removed to the heart of
the business district In a building
that formerly housed tho central Red
Cross headquarters.
Officials said that when the new
buildings, to be erected on the site
of those destroyed by fire, are com
pleted, Mllburn production will be
radically doubled, and these bullri
ngs will be In full production not
later than March: 1st.
crankshaft has been removed.
The1 make endless trouble. Also when only
tine bearing has been scraped ana III -
Harney Oldflelil:
fan you please tell win n- 1 can buy
parts for a .Mctz roadster. It is a
friction drive. The wheel that grips
the friction plate Is worn uneven, and
the machine will not pull steady. Do
you know of anything to lino this
wheel with? Or do you know where
I can buy a new liner?
Another question I want to ask you
Is, why does the self starter on this
car reftiso to turn tho engine over
when you push the foot pedal In? It
turns It over when the cylinder head
is off, but when it la on it Just pulls
the chain tight, but does not rnovo the
engine. Jo you think there Is too
much compression? If so, what
remedy would you use to overcome
it?
You can get the spare part from the
Met Motor cpmpany, Waltham, Mass.
The starter is weak, due probably
to a weak battery. When the head is
off.
Resourcefulness of Ameri
can Industry Empha
sized in Incident. '
TOLEDO, O., Dec.
-Although
NEW "SMILE" CAR IS
BEING DESIGNED
Humors are about to tho effect that
the American Motors corporation has
something interesting to disclose In
tho new Smile Car, which has been In
process of development at the com
pany's Plalnfleld plant for some
months. This model Is said to be the
personal achlerement of Uuy Morgan
who Joined the American Motors cor
poration as vice-president and gener
al manager last July.
"It Is a fact that we havo some
thing up our sleeve," said K W. llancl
vice-president and supervisor of sales
when questioned, "but we are not
quite, ready to let the socret out.
Krnnklv the famhIIm nf niir tAt tt the
nev car are so startling and the fea
tures of Its construction so unusual
that we hesitate to give out the de
tails. However, It will all come out
at the national automobile flhown,
where the chassis will- b exhibited
for the first tlmo. We sre confident
that this new model will more than
Justify the reputation for 'Miles of
Smiles' which our product has already
von by its unequalled performance
on tb road."
Tho exact character ot these features, 1
has not yet been disclosed, but It Is
known that they are distinct Innova
tions. The company plans to get Into
production' on the new model lit
March, when building operations now
under way at Its Plulntlcld plant will
enable It to undertake a production
schedule of 00 cars a month. In or
der to provide for the rapidly grow
ing demand for the company's pro
duct, which has exceeded all calcula
tions, particularly In aouthers terri
tory. It Is also reported that arrange
ments have been concluded for tho
establishment of a separate assembl
ing unit at a central point In the south,
New York Sun.
it taken verv littlo noarr fn rrnnlc
inf.ro rfiniAv.il rf rinvpni-sa hv riff ih-hiiiih hub nt.i.i.i-u m m- ..j,. rr. ., it v... v,
tho Wilms or rtuuovlnpr a lamination is i'". . or yourself Thore Wn't inn much
. . m,. ...... - i t DiKtk r.nr at lino nm fiD-nin trmililf '" J"'f,r"- intie i. 11 i luutii
noi propeny aajiiHuiiK in1 urarinK- - i cumnresBlon,
win ri'wuii. i
i cetfl ritl of the play tomponirily but
fl does not srive an accurately mtins' I mrntionoa tno aansor or cna niay nrnv
bearing. When the bearing' is simply I which tends tn cause bucking at slow. j have a 1918 Colo Hlght. The same
tightened against the shaft In this
war tho original looseness will de
velop again before long, l-'or this rea
. son the only wholly satisfactory
method of doing the work Is to put the
engine on the bench and proceed as
follows: The crank pin, or that part
of the crankshaft that runs In the con
necting rod bearing, is spread lightly
with ,. Prussian bluo or lamp black
made into a paste with a little oil.
The connecting rod shims are made
Just a trifle smaller and the connecting
rod Is placed In Its proper position on
the crank pin. Tho crank pin con
necting rod is then turned around so
that the bearing surfaces will rub
against eaoh other. After this has
been done about a dozen times tho
connecting rod Is removed and a cloth
Is used to take off the excess color,
from the bearing. This will leave the
high spots on the bearing Showing.
. Thcsei high spots are now removed
by means of a bearing scraper. Bome
tl -es the entire half of a bearing
: wiil show high color and obviously it
all needs scraping. When only scat
tered spots show color, these must be
carefully scraped, care being used
that the cuts do not go too deep. The
cuts must be cleaned so that the metal
is not left with a; number of rough
spots. This scraping process will have
to be repeated a number of times, the
rrank pin colored and the rod placed
lit position and twirled a few times,
remove! and the high spots scraped
after-each operation. When this hns
been done often enough, there will
be formed what is knowii as a bearing
surface, that Is to say, little spots all
over the, bearing surface of both
ear speed. Phis trouoio usually re-1 helt is used for the fan nnd nwair
suits from worn flanges and when ill .;very week or two 1 have to have the
flange U badly worn, It Is difficult to
overcome, except by replacing the
whole bearing.
In conclusion let me say this about
fitting bearings; while the operation
is difficult and calls for real skill, no
ear owner who alms to become a com
plete mechanic will want to pass the
Job on the repairman. He should not
make it the tlrst Job he tackles on
hi car, but he should make It his
aim to learn how to do It when he
feels that his skill Is able to meet the
test of a real workman's Job.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Barney Oldfleld:
Kindly publish something on the
care to take of leather upholstery in
a car. Is there a preparation for it?
A. C. B.
Use double boiled linseed oil, sweet
oil, or go to the supply store and get
some good leather dressing. Ask for
upholstery dressing. Moisten a cloth
with the oil tind rub over the surface,
then go over the surface again with a
clean cloth.
Barney Oldfleld:
I want tojask you for your help. I
have a Willys Owrland .Runabout
Model 1 No. T-60388, you may per
haps be able to tell the horse power
stroke and bore.
Will also ask you where I can get
an Instruction book for the same car.
You can goC all of this information,
including tho instruction book, from
generator raised. Then In time drop
ped and have a link taken out as the
belt stretches so. I have had two belts
which are links of leather (I think)
with little pieces of asbestos between.
Could you suggest any belt I could use
that would bo more satisfactory?
I should also like to know what you
think of C-4 fuel. Will It injure the
motor?
C. L. If.
I really cannot help you In suggest
ing a better belt, but I can- say avoid
allowing the belt to get dirty and don't
put too much tension on it. I do not
know what C-4 fuel Is. Knllghten
me.
Barney Oldfleld:
I havo a Uegnl car, 19J5. I can find
no trouble with flow of gas or spark.
When running In low. If not pulling
too hard, it seems to run O. JC but
when pulling hard in any gear or
when running even idle In high some
cylinders don't fire and then all cease
firing and sho goes dead. Tho bat
teries are strong.
Can you tell mo what the trouble is
and how to remedy It?
C. L. 8.
This may be caused bv tho nlmrs
being partly fouled or dirty. You then
get a weak spark which will idle the
moj.or and Arc under weak compres
sion but not under load. Look to the
spark plugs and make sure you get a
good fat spark. Also sea that the1
float Is full right after the engine goes
dead. If It is not clean out the fuel
line.
the Mllburn Wagon Company was
expected to be greatly handleappped
by the million dollar fire that swept
Its big Toledo, Ohio, plants early in
the week, all distributors and dealers
of the company, largest manufactur
ers of electrical vehicles in the world,
are promised deliveries In" Jtfhuary
und February. And by March 1, the
rebuilt plant will bo on a 100 per
cent production basis.
The wonderful resourcefulness of
American Industry, so marked during
the war, lutis not been emphasized to
n greater extent than In this week's
experience of the Mllburn. . While the
fires still raged large temporary quar
ters were engaged nnd architects were
on tho ground making plans for re
building on a better and larger scale.
Ho remarkable has been the progress
that the company 10 days after tho
life will be producing electric auto
mobiles. Through the rescue of practically
all uncompleted electrics and a
bountiful quantity of materials, im
mediate "deliveries can be had by all
Mllburn dealers. Production may be
somewhat reduced for a few weeks I
but it will go right ahead and by
March 1 will be larger than ever be
fore. b
One of the reasons for Milburn's
ability to, resume production so
promptly was a nre freak which left
its body department Intact and un
harmed. The buildings that house
the body departments escapod the
flames.
Itulldings Destroyed.
The departments that suffered so
greatly were the painting and trim
ming buildings. These were de
stroyed, but before the Are had been
pronounced under control, the com
pany had made arrangements to
house these' departments in other
buildings. .
The buildings which housed the
partially completed and completed
electrics were the last to take flame,
giving ample time to remove all of
them to Mllburn Plant No. 2 where
they will be completed and shipped.
The main offices of the company
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