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Show GIVE HEED TO I AUTOBATTERY Spring Cleaning Should Bring Real Test of Car Feature By JOHN Li. SAliVATOKE Now that the time for spring cleaning clean-ing is drawing near, and you are tinkering tink-ering around your car. do not neglect I the storage battery, which is responai- ble for the ignition starting and lighting light-ing of your car. The battery is also i sometimes referred to as the heart of I the automobile and care should be 1 taken of It. I As you cannot see what the battery j does or how It nets, If you understand ! little about it you often are negligent j In taking rare of it. In thu first place remember that its action Is electrochemical, elec-trochemical, and anything that la I composed of the materials that go Into la lead" storage battery Immersed In ! acid, is bound to wear out by constant use. So, therefore, in order to Insure la season of motoring without battery j troubles, attend to It from the begln-' begln-' nlng. I Here ore 1 few suggestions :hat the , motorist should consider, Of course I If the battery Is newly purchased or repaired they do not apply Does the top of the battery show that the acid Is leaking around the top of the jars? Does your batter) box I show a white substance where It touches the metal box or container that holds it in place? Does your bat-Itery bat-Itery hold its charge to the running of: ypur car ' Is your battery, held solid - Idly in place? Dou any of the cells j It a U ? Are i he terminals in good con- i dltlon? Give your battery a food looking over and make eure that cver thine is all shipshape 11 your battery net to be reiealed have it done before the acid leaks out and eats the box and container it' the frame that hold the buttory Is covered with n white .-ubstance. clean it oft by scraping and then take BORie bicarbonate of soda common baking Boda) in n glass of Water and dissolve it and then apply tn the frame This is an alkull and it neutralizes the acid. Then drj ofl aftd apply some paint to the frame. If your battery does not hold a charge well It is time to do some re-1 re-1 pairing. In any case a battery shoulii be cleaned out and gone over at the end or start of each touring season, K owning the battery the plates carr be Inspected. If the plates arc in good condition, wash the lodlment off the 1 bottom of the Jars and have the insulators insu-lators (separators) replaced. After tin battery Is gone over by an expert I repair man do not let It worry you except to have it tested and water add-I add-I ed at stated intervals. Renewal of the Insulators Is Important Import-ant ind by having it done, say at 1 the end of eight, ten or twelve month" lit will greatly prolong the life and service f the battery The battery must ! hold rigidly in place by hooks 01' blocks or other methods, for It rc-Cclvei rc-Cclvei B great many Jars ami bumps ami In many can It is exposed to the elements. This must be guarded I against. After seeing that the battery is all O. K. In every respect, see that the generator and starting motor are in goqd shape, because no matter how well a batteryman does his work, the I battery will not be able to hold It a 1 charge unless the K'nerator puts back Into he battery what has been takl tl out in starting the 1 1 1 .Many auto owners do not ask nbout the battery when the salesman sells them a car. Most of them take It for granted that the battery will last SI ! long as the car Many autolsts hav 'found out otherwise and take intelll-Bent intelll-Bent care of their battery. Putting water in a battery Is very' important, j but 19 about the most neglected duty of the motorist toward his battery. Have you ever heard of the silent thirst' If you do not have oil in your trankcasa you soon hear- about It, If you do not fill your radiator you can notice It by overheating, but If your I battery is dry it does not complain. It keeps on delivering curront as long ns it is chemically possible, without a murmur or groan, until lta very l'9 I is spent. But after this happens It 1 costs money to remedy the dimw I Take the battery aa an Investment and care for it to see that It pays back the principal and interest by the service it gives and the labor It saves. oo |