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Show SUCCESS SECRET IS PLAN OF TOUR Car Should Be Thoroughly Cleaned and Careful Inspe I tion Made of the Brakes. (Bj ERWIN GREER. President Greer College of Automotive Engineering, Chicago, Illinois.) The secret of success Is to plan your tour not only where you are going, but what you need to insure that you go at all. First of all, there Is the car to be gone all over, and If you are to do any real touring you need a real car to do It In. Naturally, the car should be thoroughly thor-oughly cleaned before going on a tour; this means not only the parts which show, but the working parts underneath, under-neath, particularly the foot and hand brakes. The transmission and differential differ-ential gear cases should be drained, washed out with kerosene and have fresh lubricant Grease cups and hub caps need refilling, steering gear the same, cleaning needed and every working work-ing part should be Inspected for wear while being lubricated. Clean the crankcase and run kerosene through the lubricating system, draining x this off and put In fresh oil. Make sure that your fire extinguisher extinguish-er a real one is filled and in working work-ing order. It is good to empty them once In a while and test by filling with water and pumping It through, drying and refilling with the carbon tetrachloride tetra-chloride preparation. You will not need the extinguisher often ; when you do it Is worth the price of the car. Needed for Emergency. Some of the things you need to take along for emergency, In addition to what has been previously suggested, are : Pet of ignition brushes, boxed and labeled. la-beled. Tow rope. Jack and handle and two blocks of wood to reut Jack on. Box of plungers for tube valves. Three-in-one valve toot Pressure gauge. Wrench for interrupter points. File for cleaning the points. Hydrometer or voltmeter for testing storage battery. Oil squirt can filled. Box of assorted nuts, assorted cap crews, lock washers and cotter pins. Spool of copper and one of soft wire. Extra set of electric light bulbs. Clean waste or rags. Set of fuses. U used on car. Folding canvas pall. Full set of tire chains and chain tool, extra cross lig)cB. Regular Tools for Car. Most of these things should be boxed and labled, as they will be seldom sel-dom used. Naturally pliers of one or two sizes, a small hammer, wrenches to fit car nulg, a cold chisel or two, tools for tire removing and engine valve removj.ig and the regular tools used about the car should be In the tool box and your particular fancy may suggest otter equipment. Alway carry an extra gallon of oil, and unless there Is a reserve gasoline tank on the car, take a gallon can of gasoline. This will get you to a gas station. Remember that morning and evening in high altitudes, especially, or stormy days, call for added wraps. Carry sweaters, raincoats and rubbers. It might be necessary to change tires in the mud, If nothing else. |