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| Automobiling Merit Badge
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| Field of study:
| Automobile Safety
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| Status:
| Discontinued
| BSA Advancement ID:
| None
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| Created:
| 1911
| Requirements Revision:
| n/a
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| Discontinued:
| 1963
| Pamphlet Revision:
| n/a
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| Automobiling is a discontinued merit badge. Automobiling Merit Badge was one of the original merit badges in 1911. It was discontinued in 1963, being replaced by Automotive Safety.
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Merit badge requirements
- 1. Demonstrate how to start a motor, explaining what precautions should be taken.
- 2. Take off and put on pneumatic tires.
- 3. Know the functions of the clutch, carburetor, valves, magneto, spark plug, differential cam shaft, and different speed gears, and be able to explain difference between a two and four-cycle motor.
- 4. Know how to put out burning gasoline or oil.
- 5. Have satisfactorily passed the requirements to receive a license to operate an automobile in the community in which he lives.
| The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Boy Scout Handbook, 1911 Edition
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