Traction Engine Troubles and Their Elimination. Location of Defects and Remedies-Loss of Power-Poor Compression-Carbon Deposits-Valve Grinding-Timing Valves-Care of Piston and Rings-Noisy Operation- Adjusting Bearings—Mixture Troubles—Ignition System— Derangements-Cooling and Lubrication Group Faults- Running Gear Derangements-Tractor Hitches-Utility and Uses of Modern Gas Tractor-Home-made Gas Trend of Design-Requirements of All-purpose Tractor-Three- wheel Tractors-Tractor that Acts as Horse-Two-cycle Oil Engine Used-Motor Cultivator-A Garden Tractor-Dust Separator Anti-friction Bearings for Tractors-Specifications Cost of Various Fuels Per Brake Test Horse-power-Rules for Calculating Horse-power-Horse-power Formulae-Calcu- lating Brake Horse-power-Anti-freezing Solutions-Road Signs of American Motor League-Composition of Common Alloys-Melting Points of Metals-Rust Removers and Preventives-How to Measure Grades Without a Grado- meter-Rules and Tables for Figuring Capacity of Cylin- drical and Rectangular Tanks-Strength of Modern Automobile Steels-Rule for Changing Common Fraction to Decimal-Decimal Equivalents of Fractions of an Inch— Money Conversion Tables, English, French and German Coins to American Values-Thermometer Scale Conversions -Metric Conversion Table-Revolutions of Various Size Road Wheels Per Mile-Irrigation Tables-Horse-power for Pumps-Horse-power of Shafts for Given Diameter LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece-The Tractor and the Plough, an Invincible Fig. 1-The Method of Ploughing in Vogue for Over 5,000 Fig. 2-The Modern Method of Soil Tillage. Mechanical . . Fig. 3-A Man Easily Carries Fuel and Water Enough for an Fig. 4-The Caravan Needed to Keep a Steam Traction . Fig. 5-Side View of Holt Illinois Traction Engine, Showing Fig. 7-The Lambert "Steel Hoof" Tractor, a Three Wheel Fig. 8-The Wolverine Eighteen Horse-power General 53 Fig. 9—The I. H. C. Twenty Horse-power Tractor Utilizes 58 Fig. 10—The Russell Gas Tractor with Four Cylinder Power 60 Fig. 10a-Side View of Phoenix Tractor, a Compact 63 Fig. 11-Diagram Showing Method of Calculating Grade Percentage 64 Fig. 12-The Denning Motor Machine Carries a 16" Plough under Driver's Seat and is Well Adapted to General Farm Work . Fig. 13-The Hackney Auto Plough Carries Three Ploughshares under Frame and Uses Front Wheels for Traction 78 80 84 85 Fig. 14-The Hackney Auto Plough With Road Scraper 86 89 Fig. 19-An English Tractor With Three Bottom Gang Fig. 20-Simple Diagram to Show One Method of Making a Brake Test of Small Engine. an Fig. 21-Making a Brake Test in the Field Fig. 24-Longitudinal Sectional View of Four - Cycle Fig. 25-Views of Simple Four-Cycle Engine Showing Fig. 26-Views of Simple Four - Cycle Engine Showing 98 100 102 104 . Fig. 27-Defining Action of Two Port Two-Cycle Motor Fig. 29-Single Cylinder Power Plant Used on I. H. C. Two Fig. 30-Diagram Showing Advantages of Multiple Cylinder . Fig. 31-Fly Wheel Side of Two Cylinder Horizontal Fig. 32-Double Opposed Motor of 45 Horse-power Used on Fig. 33-Sectional Views of Three Cylinder Vertical Motor, 111 112 115 116 118 Fig. 34-Sectional Views of Typical Four Cylinder Tractor 120 Fig. 35-The Holt Four Cylinder Power Plant With Valves 122 Fig. 36-Four Cylinder Engine Used on "Tiger Pull” Fig. 37-Views of Well Designed Four Cylinder Power Fig. 38-Single Cylinder Four-Cycle Motor With One Half Fig. 39-Cylinder With Both Valves on One Side, Four Fig. 41-Sectional View of Valve-in-Head Vertical Motor 123 124 126 130 131 132 Fig. 42-Valve-in-Head Cylinder Used on I. H. C. Horizontal 134 Fig. 43-Exterior Face of Detachable Cylinder Head 135 Fig. 44-Front View of Power Plant With Timing Gear Case Cover Removed, Showing Conventional Method of Driving Cam Shaft A-Piston Fig. 45-Types of Pistons Commonly Used. Fig. 46-Piston With Packing Rings Removed Fig. 48-Types of Single Cylinder Crankshafts. A-One Fig. 51-Typical Fly Wheel and Method of Attaching to Fig. 52-Base for Single Cylinder Heavy Duty Motor 138 140 141 142 144 145 146 148 150 151 152 155 Fig. 56-Sectional View of Simple Vaporizer Valve 162 163 Fig. 58-Diagram Showing Action of Float Feed Carburetor 166 |