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��MOTORING MAGAZINE AND MOTOR LIFE

��November, 1913.

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���FOR TOWING WRECKS.

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towing, where

Holmes Towing Device. ^^"^ wheels

have received damage in collisions or otherwise, is be- ing made by Robert Holmes. This is an appliance under the rear or front axle of an automobile to tow in crippled cars. These trucks have two cast-iron wheels three inches in width, twelve inches high and equipped with hyatt roller bearings. By using this on either the front or rear wheels, a car can be towed in at full speed.

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A NEW VALVE TOOL.

A New York company is marketing a tool for dressing and reseating valve seats without grinding. It is called the B. B. Valve Tool, and consists of a valve dresser which is so constructed that it will dress valves of any size of material at a perfect angle at forty-five degrees, and a reseating tool which reseats the valve seat quickly and accurately at a

���G. R. Valve Tool.

perfect angle to meet the exact angle of the valve. This tool not only removes all carbon deposit, but will also dress off all imperfections on valve or seat, such as ridges, grooves, pits, etc. This tool is drop-forged, case-hardened steel, and the blade and seat cutter, high speed, oil- tempered tool steel.

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NEW SHOCK ABSORBER.

A new shock absorber has been put on the market. This new absorber is of un- usual and inteiesting construction. In- stead of dampening the vibration of the car, caused by road inequalities by some sort of friction device, the force of the shock is absorbed by rubber cushions. This device consists of three balls, which

��run in tapering runaways, three in each arm of the shock absorber, these arms be- ing forced together by two rubber cush- ions, the whole held in place by a bolt and castle nut. When the body springs are compressed, the balls run up into the ends of the race, and force the two arms apart, thereby compressing the rubber

���Riihhei Disc Absorber.

cushion. The greater the spring move- ment, the more the rubber discs are com- pressed and the more resistance they offer. Adjustment is obtained by screw- ing down the castle nut, being adjusted more tightly for use on heavier types of vehicles. Information concerning the shock absorber can be had at the office of the News Letter.

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HUB ODOMETER.

The Stewart-Warner Speedometer fac- tory of Chicago have added to their line a hub odometer which is said to fit any make of truck or electric car. It is a Stewart Odometer, such as used in the Stewart Speedometers, enclosed in a cylindrical casing with the dial on a flat face. It registers up to one hundred

���SteiVLirt Odometer.

thousand miles, the numbers being black on a background of white, except the tenths of a mile, which are red figures.

The drive is positive, consisting of pinions with worm and spiral gears, each pinion being made from a single piece of steel hardened and heat treated to re- sist wear.

��Through an ingenious application of the "Geneva stop" mechanism, the dials are locked except at the instant of regis- tering. Only those which are to be moved are then unlocked. There are no springs, pawls or ratchets in the entire mechanism.

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EXIRA JET FOR EASY STARTING. An extra jet for easy starting purposes, which can be installed by any automobil- ist, has just been brought out. This de- vice can be placed on any carburetor, and when starting the motor it furnishes a rich carburetor mixture directly to the upper part of the intake manifold. It carries the gasoline from the bottom part of the float chamber to the manifold through an independent lead, and is cai- bureted on its way to the motor by a de- vice in the line. After mixing with the gasoline, the mixture goes straight up by check valve and out the top through the copper tubing to the manifold at the highest possible point. The name extra jet describes this device very closely. It is impossible to leak because the gasoline is drawn up to the opening by suction,

���Extra Startiriii Jet.

and instead of putting simply raw gaso- line into the intake pipe, it delivers a vaporized mixture, which will ignite eas- ily. It is used only at the time of start- ing, and does not affect the carburetor in any way. The method of operation is as follows: Through the dash handle to open position when it will lock, then with the throttle closed, crank the motor; it will in most cases start on the third or fourth pull if the spark is good; then, unless the weather is cold, release the dash handle, which will spring closed. If the engine starts, and after running a few revolutions stops, it means that the jet is giving too much gasoline, and the needle

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