Text Book FOR Dyke's Home Study Course OF Automobile Engineering

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ... About Gasoline and Fire Gasoline must be handled with care and common sense. It is dangerous if handled carelessly but need not be so if the operator uses judgment. Gasoline vaporizes easily and as the vapor is heavier than air, it sinks to the ground. tank is to be filled at night, don't use a lamp, use a pocket electric flash lamp instead. Have a funnel for gasoline and do not use it for anything else. Also see index for "gasoline." When filling the tank, be sure that there are no open lights near, or a fire. If the In case of fire, do not try to put It out with water, for the burning gasoline will float and spread the fire. Always keep a pail or two of sand handy and smother the flames with it. In case of fire, the first thing to do if it is possible, is to turn off the supply cock from the tank to the carburetor, and then push the car away from the blazing gasoline on the ground. Do not let a pool of gasoline drip from the carburetor when priming it as a chance short circuit may give a spark that will set it on fire. 'Fires are usually caused by dripping gasoline from carburetor and a stray ignition spark. Be careful the carburetor does not drip. See also pagea 158 and 161. the bearings should be "taken up." The bearings are "split," that is, arranged in two halves bolted together, see page 74. Between the halves, "shims" (very thin strips of metal) are placed. As the bearings wear, one or more shims can be removed and the bearings drawn up. See also pages 200 and 651; "running in a new engine" and page 489 for "running a new car." Engine bearings: After an automobile has run a great many miles the crank shaft ("main") bearings wear and allow play as also do the connecting rod bearin...