Evening star., 1925-01-18
Winter Repairs Held Essential,
Rather Than Wait for Sprin 9
Putting Off of Needed York Likely to
Cause Damage, Greatly Increasing To-
tai of Expenses When Finally Done.

| trouble and decreases engine efficiency
through poorer ignition. but he pavcs
the way for a worn generator coupau-
tator and the expense involved in re-
finishing it.
If the carburetor needle valve Is worn,
| or 4f the entire unit needs rebuilding,
Winter offers as good an opportunity az
any for having il attended to. Every
DAY the owner postponeE lne work he is
| paying premium in losses through en-
| gine ineflciency. The engine wastes
| gas loses power and. in falling to de-
/ liver a smooth flow Of toruue occasions
| a lot of strain throughout the entire
| drive from the transmission to the axles
AS matter of fact, even II il were
| possible to get prompt and entirely salts
| factory action on repairs in Springtfme
| and no possibility OF further damage to
| the car by waiting, IL would be moro
| logical TO have majority OF jobs done
| during the Winter, owing 10 the many
| opportunities afforded by the weather
An unpleasant cold spell, or a bad SLOW
storm, offer the motorist the chance II
! run his car in the repair shop and mako
good use Of time that would otherwise
! be wasted.
| Chance of Real Damage.
| Some owners will go all Winter with
| .. leak in the radiator, WORRYING con-
stantly for fear something serious will
| develop and buying alcohol at tho rate
| Of a quart every few days. II you ask
| them why they don't run the car into 4
repair shop and have the radiator mend
| ed they will explain that If they wers
| TO do this the chances are they might
| have the radiator freeze up before the
| Winter is over, thus making two jobs OF
| what should be but ono. The answer 10
this is remind them of the risk they
| take in running with tho leak.
| Alcohol Will leak out quicker than
water. which suggests the possibility
that some cold night the radiator with
| a leak may spring one or two more,
| with a cracked cylinder block TO boot
| The reasoning behind d lot Of car
| ownership today is very much on the
| order Of the man who postpones hav-
| ing a good tooth filled for fear he
| may have to have it reflIed before he
dies. He usually winds up with a
/ store tooth and lot of suffering IN
| between.
Just because one does not put as
| much mileage on tho speedometer in
! Winter is no reason to assume that
| the car doesn't have to be UP TO par
mechanically. The trouble that so
| many car owners experience on their
| Summer and Fall tours can be traced
| directly to the habit Of postponing
| until pringtime those repair Jobs
| that should have been done in the
| Winter. There are some things, they
| forget, which cannot be remedied en-
| tirely after they have gone to q. GER
| tain point.
| Clutch Causes Trouble.
| A mean acting clutch viii often oc-
/ casion n lot of lost motion through
out the final drive and will cause a lot
| of wear on the transmission gears.
When Springtime rolls around the
| owner can have the clutch fixed as n
| general rule, but when 1t comes to
| undoing the damage the clutch has
| caused, the repairer will draw hts
| brow into a. puzzled knot and make
| no promises.
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