Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-16
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SPRING TONIC TOPREPARE II FOR SUMMER

Grind valves and adjust valve
sappsts.
Clean out carbon.
Free up and take play out Of
oteering gear by adjustment.
Clean, adjust, and refine distri-
butor and ignition.
Clean gas lire and gas tank.
Free up, adjust, and equalizs
brakes.
Pack universal joints with
grease.
Adiust and pack wheel bearings.
Clean and refill transmission and
rear axle.
Tune. up and test motor.
Overhaul the generator.
Overhaul the starting motor.
Repair lighting wires, horn, and
lamps.
Clean and adjust the clutch.
Grease and tighten spring
shaekls bolts.
Fill all grease cups.
Tighten body bolts and Tenders.
Recharge battery.
Clean crank case, new oil.
lubricate the springs.
Tight overhaul" The cost, of course
will vary with the car. But for the
average medium priced machine the
bill should not run over $72.
To expect a motor car in continu-
GUS service all winter to pick speed
and pep" in the spring without care
full overhauling is unreasonable. Fail
ure to inspect the car often for little
troubles makes the motor business
bad, because, while 1t ultimately ne
cessitates the purchase Of a new ma
chine, the owner generally does not
become a repeat" buyer, because his
first car went all to pieces in less
than a year"
WINTER HARD ON CARS.
Winter is hard on a car, whether in
service or in storage. For practical
purposes the car used at Intervals dur
ing the winter and that used uninter-
rupedly need attention to the same
matters, except in different degree
The car which has given no service
during the last few months will not
necessarily require a mere filling of
the gasoline tank and water system,
depending on the attention given il
before the Information period.
If bare metal parts were not CREASED
to prevent rusting, if part indicated
mechanical trouble before laying up,
If the tires We're left on the wheels,
If the car was not properly covered and
so on, this car may need as much at
tention as one run all winter. These
are matters for personal decision by
the owner, but much of the informa-
ton which follows, while it is general
in nature, can be selected by the owner
as applying to his particular car.
GET CAR IN GOOD SHAPE.
If the car is taken to a service sta
ton it is given expert scrutiny. A
written indictment, when handed to
the service manager by the tester,
brings q verdict in dollars and cents,
and 'in about ten days" The service
station will do anything asked of it,
everything there is to be done to make
the vehicle as good as mechanical skill
can make it. Or il will take the own
er's suggestions, check them over, then
do what it thinks ought to be done.
After the owner studies the methods
of the service station he begins to real
ize there is only one way to do things
properly and only one way to get the
car in the best of condition. That is
to do all there is to be done, tighten
oil, repair, tune, etc, instead of doing
only those things which actually are
necessary to keep the car from falling
to pieces on the road.
A service manager dislilles to have 9
car come in for work and see it go Out
with a dozen minor things wrong
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ON in the season, just because the
owner does not desire to spend the
money right away, or more likely does
not want to give up the use of the cal
for long enough period to have il