Pages 16–19 (4 pages)
Gasoline System
From the Chalmers Light Six Model 26 Instruction Book
The gravity-fed fuel system: the 18-gallon tank in the cowl, the sediment cup and shut-off cock, and the Rayfield carburetor with its float chamber, mixing chamber, supply valve and auxiliary air valve. Also covered are the dash mixture adjustment for weather and altitude, the hot-water and hot-air carburetor heating, the butterfly throttle valve, and how to use the hand throttle and foot accelerator.
Read this section free, starting at page 16What this section covers
- Gasoline tank, sediment cup and shut-off cock
- Rayfield carburetor float and mixing chambers
- Dash mixture adjustment
- Auxiliary air valve adjustment
- Throttle valve, hand throttle and accelerator
- Make
- Chalmers
- Vehicle
- Passenger Cars
- Type
- Owner's Manual
- Models
- Chalmers "Light Six" Model 26 (5-passenger touring car, coupelet)
- Pages
- 51
What’s inside
Book of instructions
- Title Pages, Contents and IntroductionThe cover, a frontispiece of the 5-passenger touring car, the title page with the coupelet, the contents and illustration lists, and the Chalmers introduction to owners.pp. 1–5
- Operation and How to Drivepp. 6–10
- Directions for Lubrication and Semi-Monthly InspectionA chassis plan view (Fig. 2) showing where to lubricate and with what, a lubrication schedule by mileage from every 100 miles to every 2,000 miles, and a checklist for inspecting compression, ignition, water system, gear shifting, brakes, steering, springs and bolts.pp. 11–13
- Principle of the Four-Cycle Motor and the Five SystemsThe four strokes of a T-head motor explained by comparison with a muzzle-loading rifle, and an outline of the car's five systems: gasoline, circulation, ignition, lubrication and transmission.pp. 14–15
- Gasoline Systempp. 16–19
- Ignition Systempp. 20–23
- Water Circulation SystemThermo-siphon cooling with no water pump: filling the radiator, the overflow pipe, fan belt tension set with the eccentric bracket, and flushing the radiator, cylinder jackets and carburetor water jacket.pp. 24–25
- Lubrication Systempp. 26–29
- Power Transmission Systempp. 30–34
- Electric Starting and Lighting Systemspp. 35–40
- Proper Care of Motorpp. 41–45
- Running Gear, Cold Weather, Troubles and IndexAccording to the contents list, these pages hold the running gear chapter with brake construction (Fig. 16), cold weather procedure, troubles, miscellaneous suggestions, how to wash the car, and the index. The scan has no text layer for most of these pages.pp. 46–51