Show Have You Mechanical Ears Can You Distinguish Serious Noises From Harmless Ones By Gy ER GREET GREER Greer College Collect of ot Auto Auto- motile and Electrical Chicago Ch ni ru You either cither have havo hav mechanical In a tow few ears catS or you haven't nords you fall Into into one on or the tho theother other class of motor car drivers On driver Is La forever hearing things The other driver hears nothIng Neither of o these theao drivers driver enjoys enjo's because became the th one on Is al- al always nl ways looking for tor cur car c r trouble and n th the other who does docs not under under- understand understand stand the tho knocks and rattles usually usually usually ally has to tu phone phon for tor the tow to car cal to haul him home to differ differ- II It Is not always ars easy say noises noes harmless between bel and those tho e other noises which of ot a breakdown The Th real realor pr T Is It to bo be b able abl to have an ear eai-eady eai eady for tor evidence of or serious rouble trouble which enables ono to tomake male make the th annoying squeaks and rattles a 8 closed book that nothing noth- noth ing can be b done about for tor the I rime being never O tightens a 0 loos bearing nor noi greased a differential Yet rot how bow h be- be because be because spoil spell a trip Just lust many of ot you OU cause you ou cannot find a 8 lar squeak or rattle I do for forone forone to one However How ver that Is I Iam Iam am cursed curled with mechanical cars WHICH IS SERIOUS All AU this explains why a 8 a water wate ateI pump squeak will spoil a a perfect while the da day tor for one on motorist screeching of an oil hungry wheel bearing will tall fall all to annoy another driver Take your our famous race rac pilots for tor Instance All 11 ot of o them are cursed with mechanical ears I had the th good tood fortune or misfortune tune recently to ride from Detroit to Chicago with one of ot them Now No this chap had spent days das In tuning up his hla bus for the run yet et neglected ne d to tighten a R door that rattled All the th way through his right rl hey eye would cock toward that rattle and one could Imagine him mentally men men- mentally tally sendIng that harmless rat rat- rattle rattle ratI tle to the devil de every other min min- minute minute ute And 1 1 lost out on A great chance to discover more about abou tho iho new new Inch tn-Inch racing motor simply because of ot the th rattle rallie The I poor chaps chap's chap mind was so o confused with It ft that he h couldn't stay on ona ona oa a particular subject to save s ve his hilife life life And a all the tho time he ho knew that t It was merely a door rattle that that It couldn't possibly do any n harm FIX IT on OH LX r IT So you Ou who want to enjoy your trip go so over the th car ear before you start tart and ace sc that It Is right Then TherIt It if a a rattle rallie develops develops-a develops a rattle that can do no why harm harm why Ignore lenore It and show the th rest real ot of o the th family that you ou are ar conscious of their too Then when you OU get to tho the place you are ar going either take takO tak an ax and ruin that rattle or OT fix just It-just It just as a your our little mind dictates Self-control Self Well Weil here Is la a good way to practice up on that thai control self you ou preach to friend nite Ite 00 |