Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-11
MILADY'S MOTORING
ny FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

According TO modern standards In
this age VI automObillng q woman Is
only rs old as she wheels.
Some Of the leading car makers now
furnish q special type OF reference book
owner aud another part covering Serv-
ice instructions to mechanics. Take
the reference manual with you when
seeking repair work. II the mechanic
feels insulted you will save time and
money by going elsewhere. The man
who knows all 9bout all automobiles
hasn't as yet been admitted to the Hall
Of Fame.
Every car is equipped with contact
point in the main electrical circuit so
that when the output of the generator
is less than the reserve of the battery
there won't be q discharge from the
latter into the. former. Sometimes
these points stick and cause trouble,
but the ammeter always warns OF this
by showing discharge when the engine
is stopped and the lights are of. Just
another reason to give the instrument
board parting glance before leaving
the car.
A brand-new cAanIOis is not suitable
for drying on the car or for cleaning the
windows. SO the woman who is good
manager will see to ii that chamois are
used around the household before being
pressed into service i'll the garages -
Recently a woman stepped from her
car at a resort hotel. She was a trifie
tired from driving and readily agreed
to the dO0rmanS suggestion that he run
the car down TO the garage for her.
Because she immediately went inside
to register. however, she probably never
will know that the trouble she'll have
with the clutch some of these days was
the result Of her assistants careless.
ness in handling the car.
Most Of the men stopping at the hotel
knew from experience that the door
man was not qualified to handle a good
car and that he welcomed the arrival
of women for the opportunity 1t would
give him to drive.
Women who pilot the family car may
find that some OF their narrow escapes
In driving are due to not having the
rear-view mirror adjusted for their own
convenience and safety. Perhaps an
other member of the family has been
driving the car, adjusting the mirror
to suit himself. Or the mirror may be
loose with the result that 1t moves out
Of focus.
When the attendant at the filling
station is putting water in the radiator
1t is a good time to consider the fact
that even a water-cooled engine would
overhead and become useless IL depend
dent entirely on water for keeping the
temperature down. Bearing this in
mind will help any woman avoid some
of the troubles that are common to au-
tomobiles in Summer.
The picture of the cooling system Is
one of heat dissipation. The oil. form
ing q cushion between the pistons and
their walls. wipes away much Of the
heat OF friction. The walls themselves
conduct combustion heat from the CYL
inders and transfer 1t to the water
which surrounds them. Since the water
circulateS it Is apparent that the heat
is transferred to the radiator where it
is given off to the flow Of air created by
the movement OF the car and the fan.
There is also a considerable amount OF
direct air-cooling through the passage
of air over the entire engine.
Even the gas mixture from the car
buretor serves to cool the engine. In
addition, the condition Of the>engine 1t.
self plays q part because IL it is not
properly timed, for instance, 1t Will run
hotter, regardless Of the number Of ar
AtCtAON1o' ChAPiOJCA w 'AOCp ~
cool.
The sort Of heavy paper that is laid
over floors in q new house that's open
for inspection is excellent fer keeping
the garage floor clean. Place q clean
six-foot strip of this paper under the
engine and transmission and replace It
when 1t becomes oil soaked.
I have been especially interested to
note how many women swing around too
far when making a turn at an inter.
section or when rounding curve on
the highway. They seem to indulge in
this on the theory that It serves as a
convenience, yet their diff1culty in
strengthening out the car along toward
the end of the turn is evidence enough
that the plan Is anything but what 1t
Is intended to be. The wide swing
causes excessive Sidesway, especially
where the street or road Is crowned, and
sideSWay always complexities steering.
Does YOU car seems to dump
through" when you 60 over q rough
road? This is technically known as
"bottomins" and 1t indicates that the
springs collapse on their compression.
Where two-way spring controls are
used this can be cured by suitable
adjustment, but without such controls
the remedy Is to have the springs re-
set. Meanwhile take the rough spots
more carefully.
(CopyriGht by the Russell service)
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