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Show GAR INSPECTION IS WINTER NEED Overhaul Battery, Brakes, Tires and Radiator. .Winter Is the most exacting time of year on automobile performance. It Is during this period that the little things about the car which ordinarily would go unnoticed during the spring, summer sum-mer and fall months develop Into serious seri-ous trouble. Motors get cold and hard to start, with the consequent drain on the battery, valves do not always function func-tion properly, oil congeals In the transmission and differential and makes gears hard to shift as well as cars hard to get under way; the clutch ! shifts harder, and down through the j thousand and one things that, co-ordi- , eating, make for the satisfactory operation op-eration of an automobile. Profits by Experience. The experienced motorist remembers remem-bers troubles of other years and sets about to" profit by It. He takes his car into the service station and has it checked over and whatever work necessary nec-essary done. Next he visits his battery bat-tery man, if the service station does Dot operate a battery department, and eos that his battery is lu good condition. con-dition. A good battery is more essential essen-tial during the winter months than any other time of the year. Cars are harder to start and lights ire I'Urned more hours a day, with the consequent greater drain on it. To offset this there are not the long trips over week-ends or even the drive t nights to help charge the battery. s in the summer months. It is estimated esti-mated that in ordinary service the battery is called on to do cO per cent ciore work than during the summer. In the matter of oil care should be used. A lighter oil is recommended for winter. Likewise it should be changed more often because the frequent fre-quent use of the choke in starting a cold motor means that there is going to be more or less crankcase dilution, which destroys the lubricating qualities quali-ties of the oil. Use Antifreeze Mixture. Every motorist puts cue of the nu morons antifreeze mixtures in his radiator. ra-diator. Before doing so he should flush it out, thereby removing any ac-mumulatioD ac-mumulatioD of sediment or rust that may have gathered, thus insuring a freer circulation of water. It is well at this time to examine the hose connections, con-nections, f.cd if the car has had considerable con-siderable service it might not be a bad Idea to replace them, because the rubber rub-ber has a tendency to disintegrate, thus impeding the circulation. Brakes should be adjusted, for during dur-ing bad weather more dependenc-must dependenc-must be put in them than at any other season. Tires, if worn, ought to be replaced, for the water, snow and ice will work Into the tread cuts and perhaps cause trouble at a most inopportune time. |