Putnam’s Automobile Handbook

About this eBook

Author

Starr, Charles A. (Charles Ackerman), 1862-

Title

Putnam's Automobile Handbook: The Care and Management of the Modern Motor-Car

Credits

Charlene Taylor, Brian Wilcox 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 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65673

Release Date

June 22, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Putnam’s Automobile Handbook — By H. Clifford Brokaw Principal And Charles A. Starr Of the Staff of the Automobile School of the West Side Young Men’s Christian Association of New York City
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.Putnam’s Automobile Handbook CHAPTER I WHAT TO DO UPON PURCHASING A CAR
6. 6.CHAPTER II SOME THINGS TO AVOID
7. 7.CHAPTER III WHAT AN AUTOMOBILE IS
8. 8.CHAPTER IV WHAT MAKES THE ENGINE GO
9. 9.CHAPTER V EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES
10. 10.CHAPTER VI IF WELL “SLICKED” THE ENGINE RUNS
11. 11.CHAPTER VII WHERE LUBRICATION IS NEGLECTED
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII SOMETIMES THE CAR SMOKES
13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE CARBURETOR AND ITS FAILINGS
14. 14.CHAPTER X GETTING THE MOST OUT OF A GALLON OF GAS
15. 15.CHAPTER XI THINGS WHICH MAKE GAS BILLS HIGH
16. 16.CHAPTER XII CARE OF THE TIRES
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII SKIDDING MAY BE MINIMIZED
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV “CAN’T-SLIP HEELS” LESSEN SKIDDING
19. 19.CHAPTER XV AVOID NEWLY OILED ROADS
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI WATCH YOUR BRAKES
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII WHY THE AUTO STEERS EASILY
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII THE ELUSIVE “JUICE”
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX PUTTING THE KICK IN THE SPARK
24. 24.CHAPTER XX WHAT’S THE TROUBLE WITH MY BATTERY?
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI WHY GEARS STRIP
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII THE GEAR-SHIFTING BUGABOO
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII THE MUFFLER
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV YOUR BEARINGS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV DRIVING THE CAR
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI WHERE EXTRA CAUTION IS NECESSARY
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII AN AUTO FURNACE FOR WINTER
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII THE COOLING SYSTEM IN WINTER
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX OVERHEATING THE ENGINE IN SUMMER
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX SOME OTHER HOT-WEATHER TIPS
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI HOT-WEATHER TIRE EXPANSION
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII GUARDING AGAINST FIRE
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII DON’T RUN AWAY FROM A FIRE
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV DEATH IN THE GASOLINE
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV SHIFTING GEARS ON HILLS
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI KEEPING THE CAR SLEEK
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII SOME THINGS A TOURIST SHOULD KNOW
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII LITTLE KNOCKS ARE HARDLY BOOSTS
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX SOME OTHER CAUSES OF KNOCKING — Mechanical Looseness, Due to Improper Adjustment, or Wear: — Faulty Ignition: — Faulty Carburetion: — Faulty Lubrication: — Overheating of Engine: — Faulty Compression:
44. 44.CHAPTER XL CHASSIS KNOCKS
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI KEEPING DOWN THE AUTO UPKEEP
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII HUNTING TROUBLE — CHAPTER XLIII MORE TROUBLE
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIV DON’T TAKE THINGS FOR GRANTED
48. 48.CHAPTER XLV BLOWING YOUR OWN HORN
49. 49.CHAPTER XLVI WOMEN AS DRIVERS
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVII MISCELLANEOUS RULES — FOUR THINGS TO DO BEFORE LEAVING THE GARAGE — FIVE THINGS TO DO BEFORE CRANKING THE ENGINE — THREE THINGS TO DO AFTER CRANKING — TO ADJUST A CARBURETOR — TO ADJUST CAM SHAFTS WHICH TIME VALVE OPENING AND CLOSING — RULE FOR TIMING THE MAGNETO — RULES FOR CARE OF CLUTCH — RULES FOR CARE OF TRANSMISSION AND DIFFERENTIAL — RULES FOR CARE OF OTHER PARTS — LUBRICATION TIME-TABLE — CARE OF STORAGE BATTERY — INDICATIONS OF A DISCHARGED BATTERY — CAUSES OF DISCHARGED BATTERY — LOCATING TROUBLES IN LIGHTING AND IGNITION SYSTEM
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVIII THE GOLDEN RULE OF MOTORING
52. 52.INDEX

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