Show SPRING WORK ON AUTOS IS URGED O May Pre Pre- Prevent Prevent vent Serious Damage Late in Year WASHINGTON D Co C March larch 27 27 Many of or the lh car owners owner's costly cost cost- costly coat ly ly repair bills as well as a It con con- considerable considerable con number ot or accidents which the th spring touring season always brings could be b avoided It If all motorists motorist made it-a it It a point to give their cars can the th necessary up clean up and overhauling before they take to the th open road Toad de- de declared declared de declared a II statement issued 1 by the thi American Automobile association today Winter Winters ravages rava es on mechanism mechanism And machinery ry the th hundred bundred andone and one ODe strain produced by exposure to cold nights under the th open sky or In unheated garages garage by snow or wet wot pavements by the Invasion or of rust and the th dross of ot oil and gasoline all combine to put the car In need of attention before the motorist launches hI hi season of t long distance driving the theA th A- A A A AA A A warns I The Th A A A bulletin based on the experience of ot or a a host ot of f trou trou bl ble men attached to the emer emer- frency emer-frency J gency ncy service stations of or its Ita at- at affiliated af affiliated clubs throughout the coun coun- country try lists this advice Drain your crank case Clean out your cooling system being sure sur that the th fan tan belt and andall andall andall all hose hos connections connection a are ar in good order Inspect the th bearings In the tho wheels Tighten all chassis and body bolts Flush radiator and be b sure hero are ar no I leaks aks In It Insure proper lubrication of transmission and differential Clean up gasoline dis- dis distributing dis system m I i Test the th alignment of alignment of the th steer steer log gear ecar and the th wheels Oo 00 over the tires and the tb rims Test TEat th the batteries Give the generator and starter a house cleaning Tire Tr average motorist the th A AA A A A A add adds cannot always do this himself But the th garage around the tho corner will do It tr for 30 10 or orIS IS 15 rarely oln going above 20 This may look like a big bir sum aunt to many but there are arc thousands of or cases CASe where the tho th expenditure of or It would have saved or for tor ma- ma major ma major jor repairs at a later date With Americas America's twenty million cars tak tak ing to the highways In the spring n 1 Trifle terrific saving Is sure sur to ensue It if prevention Instead of ot cure cur I Is practiced The Th modern car Is s mechanically me- me mechanicallY me mechanically fool tool proof but ft Jt Is not proof against det deterioration and there thero is no doubt that many acct dents are due to weakened wakened and deteriorated mechanism and parts pars out of or proper alignment The Th statement continues During the tho th winter gasoline seeps throughout the th crank case and It If left causes valve trouble lack ot of o power friction which reo re- re results In and wear r and tear on all moving p parIs The Th fan tan belt which Is not needed In winter because the weather Itself pro prevents vents overheating o may have hav slipped sUpped Its condition might not make itself known until untila a geyser of or steam suddenly spouts from the tho th ra radiator It may not cause caus serious dam dam- damage damage dam dam-ar age to run with the tho th radiator halt empty In the winter but In warm weather It must ho be b full rulL Obvious Obvious- Obviously Obviously Obviously ly it Ir there ther are ar leaks no matter how minute the radiator cannot remain full rull Winter does very much the tho some thing to an automobile that thata a wad ot of o tl e tU t stenographers stenographer's gum would do to the tb mechanism of or II a clock The Tir waste wast ot and gaso- gaso gasoline gasoline aso line gelatinized by winters winter's winter al- al aIch alchemy al alchemy ch chemy my spreads through the th car damaging e It touches Most motorists either do pot ot know this or Ignore It until their cars stop atop suddenly unable to go so on because the fuel will not now flow or because some som other vital part has haa ceased to function Thus the th spring overhauling Is Isan isan Isan an investment tm nt for tor the th future The life lite of or the th car car- carIs Is I prolonged the possibility ot or accident reduced the tho owner Is saved ed money and motor motor- motorIng motoring Ini Ing is made mad a vastly more mor agree agree- agreeable agreeable able able and safer sater affair |