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Show HOW TO PREPARE CAR FORSUMMER Proper Attention Now Will Insure Freedom From Many Trouble. ' (BrW. I tRHERSOOn.) After short and slow running under inter conditions a thorough checkup ef the ear Is advisable at this time in erder to guarantee a spring and summer sum-mer of carefree operation. Assuming that the car has come through a hard winter's service In fairly good mechanical shape the service serv-ice operation should proceed In tblt order : First clean the engine, chassis and body thoroughly. Check to see that spring clips are tight; take up any excess play of aprlng shackles. Clean Steering dear. Clean and grease steering gear; check front wheel alignment after adjusting ad-justing the wheel bearing and filling the hub caps with fresh grease: see that the nutt holding rear wheels to the axle are tight and fattened with a cotter pin. Drain the old oil from the transmission trans-mission and rear end, and put shout a quart of kerosene or flushing oil In each. Put a couple of handfuls of sal soda In the radiator and run the car for a few miles until It Is well warmed up. The toda cleant out the scales and rust In tbe radiator while the kerosene will loosen and wash out tbe eld oil In the transmission and differential. Drain these as soon aa you atop, then drain the water from the radiator and flush with fresh water. Remove the cylinder head and scrape out all the carbon and grind the valves. Now t . new gasket when yon put back the head It makes a belter Job and no chance of leaks. New rubber hose on all the water connections Is well worth while, too. Fill the radiator with fresh water snd tart the engine. Run slowly till warmed np. Valve tappets should be adjusted, motor being warm while this It being done. Follow the manufacturing manufac-turing recommendations for clearances. Oil the starting motor and generator, gener-ator, and check for 'proper summer , charging rate, as covered by latest Instructions In-structions by manufacturers of the Ignition Ig-nition system; this may prevent a damaged battery due to overcharging on long, fast summer trips. Overhaul Spark Plugs. Clean the breaker points lu the distributor dis-tributor and set them to their proper opening. Clean the spark plugs. To clean spark plugs limply fill the lower part of the plug with alcohol and al- low 10 nana tor a lew seconas; tase a piece of wire covered with one thickness thick-ness of cloth and rub the carbon from the Insulator then wipe clean and dry thoroughly before replacing In the engine. en-gine. Clean sparking points with emery cloth or a knife. It plugs are badly sooted or points worn to any degree, Install a new set Clean off all the Ignition wires and ee that the contacts sre tight Clean the storage battery with ammonia water, wa-ter, or ordinary baking tods (one tea-spoonful tea-spoonful to one cupful of water), tighten the terminals and coat them with vaseline or grease. Be sure that the battery It securely held In place. Check the liquid level' and add distilled dis-tilled water If necessary. With these servicing Items attended to yon should have ahead of you a summer of carefree driving, free from ' all mechanical troubles and annoyances. |