Pages 41–45 (5 pages)

Proper Care of Motor

From the Chalmers Light Six Model 26 Instruction Book

Motor maintenance with views of the intake and exhaust sides. It shows how to time the valves by the flywheel marks seen through the clutch case hand hole, how to prevent and remove carbon (with kerosene or a kerosene and alcohol mixture, or by scraping through the cylinder plugs) and how to adjust connecting rod and crankshaft bearings by removing liners.

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What this section covers

  • Valve timing by flywheel marks
  • Valve tappet adjustment
  • Carbon prevention with kerosene
  • Removing carbon from cylinders
  • Connecting rod and main bearing adjustment
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

  1. 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
  2. Operation and How to Drivepp. 6–10
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Gasoline Systempp. 16–19
  6. Ignition Systempp. 20–23
  7. 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
  8. Lubrication Systempp. 26–29
  9. Power Transmission Systempp. 30–34
  10. Electric Starting and Lighting Systemspp. 35–40
  11. Proper Care of Motorpp. 41–45
  12. 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