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Show START MOTOR IN SEVEREWEATHER Brief Instructions Given to Inexperienced Inex-perienced Drivers to Simplify Sim-plify Operation. QUICK RESULTS GUARANTEED In First Place Releasa Emergency Craks Lever as Far as It Will Co Heat Intake Manifold by Pouring on Hot Water. . To inexperienced drivers, starting a cold motor ufter It has been standing In extreme cold Is quite u problem, but the following brief Instructions will simplify the operation and guarantee quick results. The most Important consideration con-sideration to cold weather starting Is to relieve the sturtlng motor and storT age battery of undue strain, In low-temperatures low-temperatures the oil becomes congealed and earburetion Is not so efficient to overcome these difficulties by merely grinding away at the starter Is uot at all practical. In the first place, during very cold weather, when the car Is left In an unhealed un-healed garage for the night or is standing stand-ing on the street for any considerable length of time, relensoMhe emergency brake, lever us far as ft will go after the motor Is shut oft. This engnges the clutch, bringing the clutch plates together to-gether and excluding oil which would otherwise flow betweeif the plates and congeal. Then. Just before startin? the motor, by pulling the emergency lever the plates are separated and can turn freely without the heavy drag of stllT nil between tl.em. To start the motor, pull out the choke and turn the motor over foar or live times with the starter before turn-'ng turn-'ng on the Ignition switch. AfUT this has been done, turn on the Ignlthi, re-lease re-lease the choke and the motor' will start readly. Thus the buttery !s relieved re-lieved of the heavy duty of turnl.vg the motor over and over again before It lire.'. In mse the weather Is so eo'd that the above method does not succeed, the Intake manifold should he Invited by poiirlt g boiling hot water over It. It Is best to have an nssistant pour the water on ti e manifold while you are In the driver's seat In order that the darter may be used as si on as the mauifo!d Is heated otherwise the i!!!;!f'"!d mny beeomo c-uh! ag;i!n by the time you have reached the driver's driv-er's sent and are In a position to use the starter. It Is not very often that I tills method will he required, but It Is a sure-lire program when actually j necessary. I In ail cases, retard the spark lever all the way when starting the motor, i With the spark advam-cd, the motor ! is very liable to "kick". |