Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28
PRESENT SEASON BEST
FOR YEARLY CAR REPAIR
End of Winter Offers Opportunity to
Avoid Annual Spring Rush-Advan-
tage to Owners Outlined.

| car repairs is left until the last min
| ute. If the work is planned before
| Spring arrives, however, there is more
of desire to do 1t now, with the result
that the owner starts talking things
over with his repairman.
There is the typical case of the car
that is torn down before the owner
| realizes low much cheaper it would
have been to have sold it and bought
new car That is the annual Spring
time plight of many an owner. He
ruShes into a job before fully appreCi-
ating the cost involved and the first
thing he knows he is forfeiting an
excellent opportunity to make a good
| trade fer a new car.
All the Spring styles in automobiles
are out months in advance nowadays
so a motorist has no excuse for walt
ing until Winter ends before deciding
| whether tc repair the old car or buy
new one.
One fallacy is quite common. The
motorist keeps telling himself that
when Spring arrives the weather will
be ideal for meddling with the car
himself. He will crawl under and
examine the universals. He will drain
off the transmission case and the
differential as well. He will tighten
up all the nuts that hold the pan to
the frame He will tighten up the
shackle bolts, spread the spring leaves
and grease them. But when Spring
comes he finds the weather not as
good as anticipated. Business is
booming, pleasure is calling and time
is limited.
Car Suffers as Result.
So the car suffers The owner
starts to do things backward, with
results in accordance. New tires are
added to the car before he he's had an
opportunity to see If the front wheels
are in proper alignment. He may
even go sc, far as to have the car re-
painted before the transmission has
been repaired and the new timing
gears installed.
When vital parts of the car are ad-
justed, even by competent repairmen,
it always is advisable to watch mat
tiers carefully for a few days. This,
however, is not possible in Spring
time, for thoughts of touring are in
ones mind, and the car is often
pressed into the sort of service for
which it Is not quite ready.
After working on the distributor,
or taking up slack in the front end
timing chain, mechanic may set the
spark a little faster than the driver
Is accustomed to having 1t. The en-
CINE may knock quite a bit, loosening
any piston pins that may be on the
danger lire. The spark may also be
too late, in which case the engine
will overhead and cause variety of
troubles.
One Of the greatest economies in
servicing cars is in being sure to have
all the work done to vital parts when
the repail ers have gone to lot OF
trouble TO uncover some ailment. If
the crankcase is down, for instance,
it is economy to install new piston
pins. AT least the old ones should
be examined. When leaving every
thing until the last-minute rush, how
ever, parts are put back without care
full examination that might we'll be
given while the car is apart. In other
words, much of the work is only half
done.
Do your Springtime repairing early.
Do 1t now while Winter still offers its
exclusive advantages for such work.
Copyright. 1890