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Show W1DTDR!!IG AT US BEST Doctors and others who have occasion occa-sion to make frequont stops and starts of the motor devolop often T.hat appears to be a defect in the electrical sjstein The piobabillty is. when the car used under such circumstances circum-stances tails to start with the start-er( start-er( that the battery current has rapidly rapid-ly been used up while no fresh supply sup-ply has been generated Look first to your storage battery .under such conditions It is not likelj there is uuyilnng senousb wiong Stopping, and therefore starting, the car frequently on the staiter discharges dis-charges the battery rapidly. Your car in motion generates current for the batterj when it is moIng at a speed of IS to 20 miles an houi Gne pppfEg m . ii u m in i in the cai a good run to the country und back, and your battery will bae a lot of "pep " Thus, a pleasant drive may save you some supposedly repair costs. That "cricket" jou hear in the air dnd which you cannot put your finger on definitely may be in the ) w ludshield Keep the windshield tigntened up now and then or it will produce squeaks and lattles that will defy detection. Always loosen one of the storage battery connections before you attempt at-tempt any repairs on any parfof the electrical apparatus. Wash our car immediately after it has made a trip through muddy go- ing. Do not lot mud cako and dry on 1 1 It. To do so will deHtroy the lustor j of the finish more rapidly, and ne- ' gleet in this way also -will count against you in monoy when you havo the car repainted, for It will make a repainting cost you more. Use 3 our horn. It putb the obligation obliga-tion on the other fellow. Never speed in a "now car. All motor? are given workouts on. the blocks at tho factories, but the car In jour hands should b kopt within a speed of 20 miles an hour or less during the first few weeks you have it. The moving parts aro more or less light whon tho car is new and they should not be thrown into violent vio-lent operation until they have had time to "set" with one another and become a ell lubricated. It Is for this reason that racing cars usually show better speed their second year out. A chamois skin will catch any water wa-ter in gasoline while permitting the gasoline to flow freely Into the tank. In these days of gasoline costs it Is wise to employ the chamois. Care ehould be taken to keep the funnel in direct contact w ith the metal of the lank at all times while gasoline 13 pou-fyg through. It has been discov 1 ereel that static electricity may be de- cloned by the chamois, with a ie-n.oto ie-n.oto possibility of an explosion, If the funnel is held away from the tank opeiiing. Considerable battery trouble de- e'ops with any number of annoyances annoy-ances and vexations resultant, thiough neglect of such a simple duty t.is putting fresh, distilled wator into 4he batterj' each fifteen days. The plates in the battery must be kopt roeied with water. Tho water evaporates. evap-orates. If tho supply is not mainlined main-lined battery efficiency goes fast. A li. If filled battery can take half the joy out of motoring Putting in fresh water at "frequent intervals" means putting It in each fifteen days. One good policy of motor pleas-1 pleas-1 ure insurance is to hae the ales sround and reseated for each 2000 or 2B00 miles of. travel. Gasoline properly carbureted goes into tho cylinders in the proportion qf sixteen partB air to ong part gaso-' line. When tho proportion of gasoline gaso-line to air is too great there 1b a tendenoy to carbonization. It is not pell to enrich the mixture too frequently fre-quently and it 1b wise to watch the carburetor carefully. Carbon in the cylinders becomes red hot and thus ignites the fuel beforo It has been compressed. This wastes the gasoline gaso-line and gives no power from the motor. mo-tor. Ordinary care enhances motoring pleasure at all times and is certain to save repair bills in the end. Practice Prac-tice it. |