Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-22
STUDY YOUR CAR,
| IS ADVICE GIVEN
To OWNERS
|Bein0 Familiar With Machine
Means Greater Efficiency
and Longer Use.

bsorgte essentials in the self education
= the motorist if he or she would be-
,~a competent and safe pilot, and
r7- a mere driver, practically helpless
hen the first little road difficulty oc-
curs
Assuming a car has been purchased
s-,,, reliable house and that a ca
r.b,s driver has been assigned to in
.,,7,rr the buyer of 1t as t. how to
s,srf stop. reverse, use the spark and
,rot+ra to increase or decrease speed,
I. release and engage the clutch, crank
nm steer, turn corners and guard
against szidding That is about as far
ss ary instructor will go, unless spe-
cauv engaged and paid.
The newly fedged motor owner, on
trs strength Of this. should not by any
means assume that he is the master of
the car and competent TO start out on
tour His motoring education can
hardly he said to have begun. and to as
sumo that he is finished is to invite
disaster
Training is Needed.
He should rather remember that
locomotive engineer must have long
training before he is even intrusted
with a machine which runs on rails
and needs no steering, and the motor
pfIot who would become expert must
also serve an apprenticeship. The
r-eat wonder is that in so few short
Years so many people have been edu-
eated 10 handle these vehicles. not only
with pleasure 10 themselves, but with
81 fetv and convenience 10 the public
Rt large.
On the first week or even the first
month. Of your ownership do not start
but on a long trip imbued with the
idaa that your car will run forever
with no more attention from you than
is required by the steering wheel the
Throttle. the gear levers and the brakes.
tContent yourself with short trips, owe.
good roads. frequent inspections and
determine to learn and fix in YOU
mnd what each individual part of the
ca- is for how it is put together and
what 1t should look like when in per-
feet working order This can only be
accomplished by tracing every part
Through its connection with other parts.
lt is not enough that you should know
.the gasoline must be strained into the
tank and that, somehow, it finds its
.vay TO the engine and furnishes the
motive power.
See How 1t Works.
Follow that flow Of gasoline through
the second strakper and the feed pipe
10 the carburetor. or mixer; study how
it is regulated there by the float and
Z .t7e needle valve, how IT passes TO the
atr tube, how it is throttled, how the
inlet valves feed 1t into the firing
chamber how It is compressed. fired,
Exhausted and muffled. In short. trace
that gasoline flow over every inch that
Pr travels, to the end that you will be
|aola to trace any stoppage which may
occur, promptly locate the trouble
.WheH trouble occurs, and not be ma
rooned on some country road. far from
ANY habitation.
10 the same with your electrical lg-
.nluon system. Inch by inch, follow
( Four wires from the batteries and the
K magnetic to the switch box on your
dashboard and back again to the coil
ahd the spark plugs. Make it your
business to learn just what causes the
fpaFh to occur and at what intervals
should occur. These are primary
an essential things for you to know,
To- nine-tenths of all engine troubles
be located either in the gasoline
Fec or the ignition systems.
knowledge Is Valuable.
'arefully examine and study the
transmission gears, and learn from
YOU own examination what gears give
he different speeds. and when, and
my. Learn the exact location Of ev-
bearing and the proper oiling 1t
same. Study the adjustment and
Poper condition of the brakes.
Don even overlook the radiator and
engine cooling system, and learn
the water circulates
inevitably you viii find use for all
knowledge, at some time or an
'.- but even though YOU did not
would still have the satisfaction
showing that you are the absolute
es'ar Of your car, and this conscious
Of power viii give zest to the
Pea Hes Of touring