Show CLAIM SKILLED MECHANICS i iARE ARE CHEAPEST IN lONG RUN 1 1 I Work Work 4 io Done In Time Means Longer Life For Foi ForIr J Ir Automobiles Says Car Specialist t ti Fori i 1 By H n CLIFFORD BROKAW Technical or dl cst Side I M rl c V A Automobile mool St-hoolI St I I j hess Ctt cn lork orl This I Is an age of ot specialists The modern man doe does docs not under under- under pull his own teeth or oc oak a I his hll neighbor to perform such Auch an operation He goes to q s dentist t Mho ho is tin nn e expert In dental af- af at the He down doesn t even wait gait until he ho his s a toothache He lie goe goes at regular als for Cor an examination whether hether he needs treatment or not rot In In InI i I other realms he ho exercises ar good until he bu r ran an automobile It should be said s ld that he ho often doe does docs cart his good Judgment even Into Inlo this thi field When something I Is the thc th matter matler matter with Ith his machine he takes take take take-It It to an expert c- c pert automotive mechanic me- me mechanic Some ln eten take tahe theIr cars to sen en Ice stations regularly for lor II Inspection whether hether they need repairs or not On the contrary many do not see the wisdom ot of such a policy y f la GET SPECIALIST While lIe there are arc possibly some exceptions a as a general rule the theroan theman theman roan man who o n owns an automobile u u- u has a car that will III Clop de troubles of ot various kinds sooner or later As cars are arc being made better and better troubles of all kinds become less and less But when troubles do como come unless the owner of ot the machine is Ss an expert automobile mechanic him him- himself him himself self he will do w well 11 to a reliable repair shop This Is merely an application of ot com com- common common mon on sense to motoring Even Iven It if Ithe ithe he Is a fairly competent mechanic he may find it desirable to call callIn callin callIn In another expert automobile me- me mechanic mechanic me mechanic to get Ket the ad advantage anlage ot of otI his experience He Ho will do ell cell I to take the adIce ad Ice of ot the man I whose business It Is to know with and andI I what Is Js the matter a car what ought to be done to 11 It to I fix it right t I The time for the owner to seek Reek the advice of ot an expert Is at the first Indication of 01 trouble Instead I A of putting It oft off until the machine ma- ma machine chine Is ts all run down or until It Ith has s reached a 8 serious stage ot of disease e When such uch a policy to is followed repair bills In the long longrun longrun longrun run are likely to be bo smaller r The owner of 01 a car sometimes fails Calls to appreciate the time lime and material Involved In making malting e even een en mInor repairs or what a minor repair may lead to by way ay ot of other essential attention FINDS DS TROUBLE II For Instance a man dr drives es his ear Into a repair shop and sa says s that the engine occasionally runs IrregularlY He thinks the spark plugs need changing The rhe me- me me mechanic I cleans the spark plugs He cleans and adjusts the points and drains the cal carburetor and vacuum tank He pill mill III also test teet the compression and in so eo doing ma may find a salve alve alve leaking In such Buch a 8 case It could be necessary sary ary to remove the cylinder head and grind grind the es I This may seem to the owner like la a lot of ot work work but the me- me mechanic me mechanic I must do all thes these these things tp assure himself that he has remO re- re mO mosed Id I'd the cause of ot the trouble j and In order to ghe gite the owner the r f y they satisfaction he be really desires This I Is not by any means an extreme Illustration A minor trouble might result In the necessity ot of f entirely disassembling the engine Such unexpected work Involves considerable time and expense Yet I the mechanic would not glie gite gh e the theo 0 owner ncr real service It ho did not I I I i completely repair the car While tho expense e pene to the owner 0 ner maY seem seem large In r reality t a It is real economy In the long run to hale ha ha hatho the tho complete job done Leaders In ht the automobile in- in appreciate the need of 01 o gh In motorists complete sets pen Icing facilities After Arter a 0 car has been properly designed is manufactured tilled till cd In qu Is efficiently sold and to the buyer the fourth e essential to the Indus Indus- Industry's industry's Industry's try's prosperity and the tho customer's custom custom- custom custom-ci's ers er's satisfaction Is superior sen Ing Ic lIng lug 1 Manufacturers In their sortie sortie- servicing ing lug program ha hate haie e developed epe- epe Iclal I Iclal tools and jigs tor for doing cerI certain tain tain repair work nork on the automobiles automobiles automo- automo automobiles I biles they manufacture This Thia often otten enables the service station of ot a aI I certain make of 01 car to cut the I time of repair from 25 to 50 per pel percent percent cent under what hat a general me- me me would require LII Id LIKE ItE I FLAT T n TI An Increasing number of ot manu- manu ers ers ha have e des de de eloped certain systems of ot performing repair op- op operations op operations orations These are aro printed and sent to the stations ser their thelt cars Such tan standardisation atlon of Service sen et Ice work nork ork makes for tor good and quick results It makes for Cor uniform uni- uni form toi m work w ork all over the country and also alo for tor 10 lower er costs of ot repair re- re repair pair to the automobile owners In Inconsequence Inconsequence consequence of ot all this thia every one Is bettor satisfied s The natural outcome of these Is another ment namely the flat rate system of 01 charging for tor service This system Is growing In popularity because It lets the customer know before the work Is done just how much it will cost In some In- In Instances instances In Instances stances he may rutty get an hours hour's work nork ork done In 30 minutes use because two experts are arc working or king on it at atthe atthe atthe the same time The motorist will do well to hate hae his family repair shop ne as his wife Ife has her favorite butcher or baker When In doubt about the condition ot of his car it will be bewell ell tor for the 0 owner ner to consult the thee e expert pert automobile mechanic I i |