Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-09-24
BE FAIR TO DEALERS
AND MANUFACTURERS

The writer recently saw "A comic"
in some paper III which a man was
shown carefully busting his new car
and worrying because there was a
speck of dirt on IL Then there was
a blank left 20 Indicate the flight Of
time. and then the final picture. Here
the same man was shown in a car
covered with dirt and mud, while a
bystander says: Mister. your ca. looks
awful" 10 which the man replies: II
don't care. "a long as IT runs
There was as much truth as comedy
pictured in this comic That man,
when his car was new. was also eX-
tremely careful TO fill his grease cups
regularly; 10 keep his radiator rilled,
and. In short. do all he should do
10 take proper care Of his car; and.
unfortunately. when he became care
less about the looks OF his car. he also
began TO neglect the mechanical parts
Of II. and now seldom nils his grease
cups. and is coaterted rs long as the
runs.
If, when a spring. or steering me-
chanism bolt breaks on this mans
car. he be told that Il broke because
OF his neglect. and not because OF
defect. he would probably become quite
indignant. Mr. Reader, are you this
man? Are you the man who was bur
admit that the comic made him feel
little guilty himself.
Wherever there Is Il grease cup on
your car there arc rubbing parts. and
where there is ~ jbine. there Will be
wear unless "a rIoricaut he used 4
pin two inches III diameter is not only
twice As strong as a pin one inch in
diameter; il is about eight times as
strong. tho strength being proportional
to the cube. Thus you can see hoW
greatly the strength of the various
bolts is decreased by small amount
OF wear.
Failure TO use the grease cups resu-
larry means that annoying rattle and
that disaGreeable squeak.
While you may sometimes feel that
about twcnty-nine Of the horses arc
dead in your thirty-horsc power ma
chine. nevertheless that machine Will
do as much work for YOU as thirty
horses could do; ii Will take You far
Their In FIVE minutes than horse will
in half an hour, without counting the
time taken to harness. So why not
give little of the time required for
harnessnc one horse to the lubricat-
ing OF the equivalent Of thirty horses.
The Starting and Lighting system.
While the starting and lighting sys-
tenn is automatic and requires little at
tention. it is electrically operated;
which means that, by incorrect use, il
will quickly go wrong. ! would ad-
wise all owners never to do anything
with any part of 1t even 10 the taking
out of the battery, without first study
ing the instruction book furnished by
the maker.
For example. many cars. especially
those equipped with n magnetic. re-
quire that certain wires he discon-
nected from the generator when the
battery is taken out 10 be charged
as IL the engine is run without the
battery, the lights will be burned out
and possibly the generator be ruined.
Instruction to do this will be given
I'm the book, and possibly there may
be some other precaution of q similar
nature which you must take I3y know
ing little of your car and by failing
to study your instruction book, you do
a wrong TO the car and your rocket
book.
Too Much Oil.
AS rule, YOU will not err by Civ
ing too much oil, but there is one kind
Of mechanism to which much damage
can be done by giving too much oil