Show F i Bine o I 0 1 I II r THE SERVICE YOU I OUGHT I TO GET r By Barney Oldfield r Q Co Copyright rl h l O. O D by KIa r l r Features S cat ca t- t Inca Inc j Last Lut week I had occasion to have a 1 radiator repaired The top tan tank Ie of or orthe the radiator was lea leaking kine- kine kinen a n little and all It needed rs ti as a a. tow few ow drops l of oC solder around a 11 Joint made mado with the tho top pipe I told th the repairman to fix the radiator meaning of ot course t to solder the hole holo I didn't say sa It right and I I also didn't know the ways was of ol some somo shops so 50 It cost me about ten times s more than it ou ought ht to but you jou youcan OU can profit b by m my experience That radiator was waa taken off ot the tho car carand carand and ind sent to a radiator repair shop about two miles away and kept there for Tor four tour hours I had to wait walt sen seven se hours to get my car and I had to pay for the soldering soldering- Job for Cor the time Ume of one ono man and for tor transportation to the shop back bacle and forth Corth for tor cleaning cleaning- the radiator which It didn't need for re repairing repairing re- re pairing some som fins whIch t the they didn't need and what else well I 1 didn't have havethe tho the heart hoart to ask about I 1 could have hac done dono the whole hole Job myself In less than thirty minutes The Thc moral is Is never let et a shop take a radiator Job Joli and I have lave them send it out to a radiator mender Take rake It to the radiator man i yourself and save sa a lot of ot mone money Tell him exactly what you wan want l done and i you ou might also tell teU him some of ot the I things you dont don't want him to do The same thing that applies to radiators radiators ra ra- ra- ra applies to tires Ures batteries and battery charging generator and startIng starting start- start Ing ng motor repairs and even een general re re- re pairs Take a a. battery for tor example If It you want It charged and the tho shop dont don't do charging the they send it out and add 5 25 or 50 SO cents profit proUt for tor handling he time Job You can take tako It to a chargIng lag Ing ng shop yourself lt and save that mone money Same Samo with battery repairs All AU accessories such as those mentioned above aboe should bo be taken to a a. service station that hat either cither specializes in that work worle or that hat has good facilities for tor doing it lt I If f you dont don't do that you are arc going to Set get et stuck for tor an extra profit proUt for tor th thi the i shot shoji imply Amply t takes kc th the tho part and sends It t out to someone who ho can fix ix it Youcan Youcan You Youcan can do that too On top of ot it all you jou OU dont don't get a guarantee guarantee guar guar- ar- ar antee on the work usually because the shop says sas Wo 0 didn't do the work so sowell sowell well we'll have to take tako It up with so-and- so so And if it the fellow tellow who ho did tho the work thinks thInks' ho he did it rl right ht you OU have o no redress Tire Tiro repairs ought to be done in the place where you Jou bring the tho tires and not in some somo outside shop In small towns repair shop hasn't the machines for tor handling big big- casing repairs though they the might have a for lor doing tube work Dont Don't leave your Jour casings with a a. shop hop unless you ou know that that's where tho work is gon going to be done Then you aro are sure youre you're not paying a 1 double profit The boat best thing to do with a ter generator a-generator a or starter Is to take it to the service station of f r the maker of or orthe the device If It there Isn't one in your town then there is an electrical shop and If It there thore Isn't one bf those o Id I'd send It out of or town to bo be sure the work Is done dono right I know some somo owners who always 1 ways send gend such things back to tho time factory factor oven though the express charge has hns to be paid Lamps and fenders tenders are aro similar J parts that hat ought to be repa repaired rod Tod b by specialists Straightening a fender fendor may be a simple enough job but if It you you you-don't dont don't know how to do it it takes a n. lot of oC time and you are aro charged by bythe bytho bytho tho the hour not b by piecework All of ot this just emphasizes the importance im im- of or tho owner educating himself him him- self telf BO so he will 1 Know his car c. c r. r When you take your Jour car to a 3 shop and ask the repairman to fix it up ho can toll tell you ou almost an anything thing and you OU have e to believe it unless It-unless unless you OU are aro and can tell teU him him a n thing or two If It tho motor Is la misfiring because there thero Is something wrong with the you OU might be bo told that the mot motor r needs an nn overhauling with new rings and pistons and half halt a n. dozen other things Sometimes of or course the mechanic is no me mechanic at all and doesn't know know- an any more moro than you do That is what 1 makes It hard to set get gOod brood service Bu BuIt If It you ou will study your car you will Ceto pc Ce to know about what hat is wrong and nd hoi hog ho long tons it ought to take to fix it for tor Ina hi Take a L valve grinding Job stance In somo some shops they take h tho the time that others do because tie tiemen UI thi about the wor men know how to go In others the they waste time b because the dont don't know the best way of ot doigg th tb work Overhauling a a. rear axle Ie Is h I n i. i a who doesn't hs ha hap happen casy easy Job for a man of ot t th pen to know the tho construction th the ar armade armade particular axle Since Sinco made mado on a a. time timo basis you pay for w Inefficiency of ot tho the poor workman J 1 to gothe so go t tho the end It is 15 always cheaper tho the best mechanic and pay him himi a n. litt ii he will tin fin hour because more moro per tho the job hotter better and quicker than waa t i J cheap chelp man |