Motor-car Principles

About this eBook

Author

Whitman, Roger B. (Roger Bradbury), 1875-1942

Title

Motor-car principles; the gasoline automobile

Original Publication

United States: D. Appleton and Compay, 1907, copyright 1909, pubdate 1910.

Credits

Bob Taylor, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TL: Technology: Motor vehicles, Aeronautics, Astronautics

Subject

Automobiles

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70194

Release Date

March 3, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MOTOR-CAR PRINCIPLES
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.CHAPTER I GASOLINE ENGINE PRINCIPLES — INLET STROKE — COMPRESSION-COMBUSTION STROKE — POWER STROKE — EXHAUST STROKE
7. 7.CHAPTER II ENGINE PARTS
8. 8.CHAPTER III ENGINE BALANCE
9. 9.CHAPTER IV TWO-CYCLE ENGINE
10. 10.CHAPTER V CARBURETION AND GASOLINE FEEDS — CARBURETOR PARTS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI IGNITION
12. 12.CHAPTER VII IGNITION—( Continued ) — MAKE-AND-BREAK SYSTEM — JUMP-SPARK SYSTEM — THE TIMER — THE VIBRATOR — THE SPARK PLUG — THE CIRCUIT
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII TRANSMISSION — THE CLUTCH — CHANGE-SPEED MECHANISM
14. 14.CHAPTER IX TRANSMISSION—( Continued ) — FINAL DRIVE — DIFFERENTIAL — DRIVING-GEAR RATIOS
15. 15.CHAPTER X RUNNING GEAR — BRAKES — TIRES — SPRINGS — DISTANCE RODS
16. 16.CHAPTER XI TROUBLES — IGNITION TROUBLES — THE BATTERY — THE MAGNETO — THE COIL — THE SPARK PLUG — THE IGNITER — THE TIMER — THE SECONDARY DISTRIBUTER — THE SWITCH — GASOLINE TROUBLES — THE TANK — THE CARBURETOR — COMPRESSION TROUBLES — COOLING TROUBLES
17. 17.CHAPTER XII LOCATING TROUBLE — MAKE-AND-BREAK IGNITION — JUMP-SPARK IGNITION — THE CARBURETOR — ENGINE WILL NOT START — ENGINE DOES NOT DELIVER FULL POWER — WEAK EXPLOSIONS — MISSING EXPLOSIONS — MISSING AT HIGH SPEED — ENGINE STARTS WELL, BUT COMES TO A STOP — OVERHEATING — ENGINE COMES TO A STOP — NOISES
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION — INSPECTION — WASHING — THE TIRES — CARE OF THE ENGINE — CARE OF CHAINS — VALVE GRINDING — CARE OF STEERING MECHANISM — CARE OF SPRINGS — ADJUSTING VIBRATORS — MATCHING COILS — ADJUSTING THE CARBURETOR — SETTING THE VALVES — THE WIRING — LUBRICATION TABLE.
19. 19.APPENDIX
20. 20.OPERATION AND CARE OF LOW AND HIGH TENSION MAGNETOS AND MAGNETO IGNITION SYSTEMS — GENERAL PRINCIPLES — MAGNETOS IN GENERAL — MAGNETO TROUBLES — LOW-TENSION IGNITION SYSTEM — SETTING UP THE L. T. SYSTEM — TROUBLES — L. T. MAGNETO WITH SECONDARY COIL — SETTING UP THE SYSTEM — CARE — TROUBLES — H.-T. MAGNETO SYSTEMS — SETTING — CARE — TROUBLES — FOUR-SPARK MAGNETO — SETTING — CARE — DUAL IGNITION SYSTEMS — INDUCTOR MAGNETOS — MAGNETIC MAKE-AND-BREAK SYSTEM — A HANDY TESTING CHART* — WHAT TO DO WHEN THE ENGINE STOPS
21. 21.INDEX
22. 22.Untitled
23. 23.Untitled
24. 24.Transcriber’s Notes

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