Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-17 | Page 33 | Practical Hints on Winter Car Driving

PiinciiHsor lira DRUG Care of Vital Mechanism; Timely Suggestions on 1 Operation. Danger of discharging the battery- is greater in winter than in summer. Few-long Few-long drives are made and there is not the same opportunity to get up the speed to do as much recharging as in summer, while the demands on the battery are heavy. Lights are used more because ot the short winter days, and drivers are prone to hold down the starter button rather than prime the engine. As the strain upon the steering mechanism mech-anism is more severe in winter driving; than summer driving, the steering gear itself and all of the linkage should be examined closely for the chance presence of any excess lost motion. A few drops of oil should be placed upon all of the moving parts where grease cups are not provided. The transmission case should be examined exam-ined and the old lubricant removed then cleaned thoroughly with kerosene and re-tilled re-tilled to the proper level, which is approximately ap-proximately even with the countershaft. The differential should be cleaned in the same manner as the transmission and refilled with clean grease to a point about one inch below the inspection plug at t-he rea r. The spritig leaves should be spread with a device for this purpose and a graphite lubricant inserted, or. better yet, the surfaces of each separate leaf, after which a graphite, grease should be applied and the springs reassembled. This will insure more satisfactory spring service and at the same time will prevent break-in break-in c. Many owners do not give springs anv attention, though they are large contributing con-tributing factors to ease in driving. The gasoline supply system should be gone over very thoroughly, that is. tiie tank on the rear, the vacuum tank in the cowl and the curburetor sJiould be drained frequently, by the means nro-vided. nro-vided. for. ow ing to the low quality of gasoline, there is always a heavy collee- tion In each which should be removed to j prevent the possibility of freezing and i insure proper ,arburetion. To get proper earburetion. the carburetor adjustment j should be made as lean as possible for ; satisfactory pei ; orniar.ee. and the hot air arrangemt nt should be put in proper working condition. When stopping the car. the choker on the dash should be pulled out to insure' the cylinders being tilled with, a mixture of clean gas. This will insure easy starling, starl-ing, but rs soon as the motor has become thoroughly warmed after starting, ci ose this adjustment to save gasoline and pie-vent pie-vent carbonization. Tires should be given the same treatment treat-ment in winter that 1 hey are given in summer: that is. all cuts should be promptiv repaired and th.e tires should be kept inflated to the proper point af al: times. It Is also advisable to provide full set of chains, making sure t'at they are of the proper size for the tiros.