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Show MOTOR'S FRIEND, ISMLCAN Auto Owner Should Have Well- Filled Squirtcr and Squirt Lubricant Frequently. AVOID OVERHEATING ENGINE lake Careful Study of Lubricating Chart Which does With Car and 13 e come Acquainted With Mech. anltm Oil All Bearings. Home lnj I mil Koine to wrlto nn es-oj es-oj about tlio 'oil din." It will' con. lulu such plinuon ns "The Motorist' i .est Friend" "Klin of the. Medicine i i) .t"'A f'rtund In Need," etc., nnd rerj word will he true because tho i'i mil rnnks IiIkIi anionc autnnioblla . 1 1 essorles nnd Is used only too scl-iloin. scl-iloin. says ii writer In nn exchange. ltecenlly a friend who I bad alwnys riiiHiiIcred n enrcfuf driver, Invited me for n short run, lie suddenly seemed to lime cbunKod from a careful driver to one of the most reckless. If any our happened to cross the street ho would nlmost drlvo Into It and then Jam on the brnkes. I noticed his strained expression, nnd nsked, him what wns tho trouble. "The throttle wilt Insist on staying open." he replied, re-plied, "and I have to hook my toe under the accelerator pedal to close It." Visions of broken bell-cranks, bent rods, a broken spring or n tight bear Inn Hashed th rough my mind. lie stopped the engine and worked the accelerator while I traced tho thrnttlo nctlon. The spring which operated tli pedal rati along n guide nnd this part looked piiitlcularly dry. A few dropx of (ill from our faithful old friend, "Hie oil can," loosened the nctlon nc-tlon so that the pedal wuikcd freely once more, A few more ill ops on the helt-ei auks uinl other Joints iiul a complete cine wns effected. Sometimes nn engine overheats uuil the owner Is peiplexed. He Is oh-M'tvlnu oh-M'tvlnu nil the rules to ilreent oer-litutliig oer-litutliig f mining wltlippnrk nilvnnced, keeping on high gear, not letting the engine rnce nnd taking proper care of the pump anil the rest of the cooling s.xiteui. Investigation In one case disclosed dis-closed Hint the fun belt wns broken, In another that It was slipping. A seized fun benrlng was found to be the oiuso nnd an expeushc replnce-nient replnce-nient might linve been iioIiKd by timely recourse to 'our little friend Hit oil can. ,8tudy Lubricating Chart. Such Incidents could he multiplied alinoit lmlellnltel.. Study the lubricating lubri-cating chart which goes Avlth your car. Take up Itodr boards and licinme acquainted ac-quainted with the mechanism. Trace out the operating rods, nnd conncC' ttons and put nit wherever metal Is In contact. Some bearings may be found IA he Inaccessible. In one car, which shnll he nameless, the brake equalising tubes under the body cannot can-not be oiled from below except by an nil gun with a curved tip. Economy Not Worth While. I ii ni sometimes asked If It will pay to use a cheaper oil In the oil can, ln hle.ul of" the expensive cylinder oil. I'miuvstlnnnhly ii good lubricating oil fi r sin Ii purpose can be obtained for le- money, one Hint will meet ordinary lenulrements. Hut economy In this respeei Is hardly worth while. If you have no churt with your machine, ma-chine, inn oil on every hearing whore thereU no gieuse cup. Trace out the connections for clnlili, brakes, accel lemtor, spurk and tluottle lever, and oil them frequently. Po not oveilnok fun bearings, s'nrter nnd generator, uingnoto, or nnj other purl of the mechanism. It will he lime well spent. Iteplncnnieut will be lessened nnd your maintenance expense reduced accordingly. accord-ingly. m - |