Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-22
THE EXPERTS SAY.

Undoubtedly the jack Is ono OF the
| most difficult tools to carry In the
cars equipment. If it is carried loose
ly in the tool box it is so heavy tina,
| 1t Is likely to break something. and
| yet 1t must be so located that it car
| be got at easily. when needed. In
| many cases it is a good plan to carr!
| the jack strapped to the running
boards or the footboard
| The best utensil for removing dust
from the engine is thick soft brush
of the sort that painters use. There
are so many split pins and projections
about the engine that waste is gen
orally provocative of regrettable Ian
guage.
mixture of fake graphite and
grease applied to the screw threads is
excellent in preventing the formation
of rust which causes the part to stick
just when it is most inconvenient.
Do not forget that the very best
water with which to fill up the cool
ing system is rain water or water
produced by melting snow. This is
what is known as soft water" which
means that 1t is free from mineral
constituents. which are deposited on
the pipes and jackets from ordinary
water.
A very convenient method of keep
Ing cotter pins of assorted sizes Is to
string them through the eyes on bit
of string or wire. In this way when
the whole lot is picked up it is easy
to select the size needed, whereas in
fishing through box Of loose pins
there Is much chance for lost temper
Repairing the tread is important.
not only because it improves the APP
pearance of the tire, but because it
makes smooth running possible.
Dumping on tire ruins the inner
fabric; the regular and continuous
strongest body. When the tire fabric
has been seriously injured an entirely
new section must be inserted-that is
about eight inches of tire must be re-
built. The repair man must exercise
as much care as the workman and in
spectors in the factory where the tire
was made.
1t may not be out Of order to sug-
gest to the new car owner that one of
the tools" that should always be car
ried in the car is the chart of the wiz
ing system. Without this he may find
himself in difficulties with the cleo
trical system that will be almost i'm
possible to locate.
Many car owners have trouble with
leakage at the radiator cap. The rea-
son for this is that the velocity Of the
water circulation exceeds the capacity
of the radiator. or there may be some
condition in the cooling system
whereby boiling takes place faster
than the overflow will take it off. To
cure the trouble make a gaSket of red
fiber lie of an inch thick and place 1t
over the filter cap. This serves to pre-
vent the cap fron. working loose and
also keeps the water from leaking out
to stain the radiator with blotches of
rust.
One Of the most useful things to
carry in the car on tours is twenty
FIVE feet Of half-inch manila rope,
which has almost endless uses. In the
first place, it Is an admirable tow
rope. 1t can be wrapped around axle
and spring after some of the spring
leaves have been broken, to get home
without breaking the rest of the
It is comparatively easy to make a
self-lubricating bushing for the spring
bolt by drilling, say, eight holes. each
three six teenths of an inch in dame
ter, through a new bronze bushing.
These holes are packed with graphite,
when the bushing Is in place. By re-
moving the spring bolt every six
months and repacking the bushing
with graphite a nearly self-suff1cing
bushing. as far as fabrication goes,
will result.