Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
MILADY'S MOTORING

For safety's sake no thouehtful wo-
man will attempt to describe spiral
staircase when at the wheel.
Even the automobile needs a hope
chest. Into this should go two spare
headlight bulbs, two spare spark plugs
and a spare fan belt. The lights usually
are needed when automotive stores are
closed for the day and the plugs and
belt are not easy to obtain along the
road.
There's a time and place for every
thing, as the sageS have remarked
on occasions too numerous to mention.
with respect to sounding the horn. as
q warning to the driver to be overtaken
on the road, it means that the signal
should be given before starting to pass
Most cars still are equipped with mir
rors that show only what Is directly be-
hind
If you start to pass, and then horn.
the person ahead is likely to see Moth
ing behind and assume that the signal
was meant for somebody else.
When next parking the car re-
member that:
It makes the work more difficult to
cut the wheels all the way to the right
or left.
IL u EHcICI W SOCCI Al Vic WHICH, 10
graSped at the rim instead Of the
epokes.
The placing of the rear wheels is
the most important point.
Don't be alarmed some morning If
the gas tank seems to be empty. It's
just the gas gauge acting normal In its
queer way. ANY pressure gague, no
matter how accurate, is likely to
register empty if the car has been
standing for a week or more. 1t will
function normally as soon as the engine
gets into action.
There would be more time for try
ing on the new hats and wraps If
woman shoppers would learn to leave
the car more speedily after having
parked It, Too many plans are made
after the car has checked in on its
limited parking period and often a
lot of time is lost in going back to close
the windows or to see If the ignation
IS locked.
Women who take their cars to the
service station for general tuning up
invariably hear lot about spark tim
ing. But what does it all mean? There
are lot of wires, spark plugs, coil
and puzzling unit known as the
distributor. What has all this to do
with timing?
The distributor is Just what its name
implies. It deals out high tension cur
rent TO each spark plug in proper
order, The spark for each cylinder
must come just slightly before each
piston reaches the top Of its compress
sion stroke. This is when the pistons
are COMPRISING unburned gas vapor
and when the mixture is ready to be
ignited. Unless this timing is very ac-
e. nsk ais-
necessarily or drags.
This current that the distributor
sends to the plugs is of the high volt
age type capable Of throwing a spark.
It is induced by the low tension cur
rent from the battery and is stepped
up through the coil. Each time the
low tension current is interrupted by
the breaker points (Which are just be-
low the distributor rotor the induced
nigh tension current passes through the
rotor above to whatever ignition wire
contact 1t Is under at the time.
Lock your car" cautions a leading
manufacturer. II the car is stolen he
points out that you many have to stay
home, stand up in a crowded street
car, miss an appointment or other
wise be Inconvenience.
It's all too true. But many will agee
that 1t takes more than a lock to keep
a car these days.
One motorist whose luck in the stock
market has been better than average
now drives a $4,000 vehicle equipped
with chimes. When he passes other
motorists he treats them to a cordial
tune and finds that he is instantly &C.
corded the cooperation he desires.
Perhaps there is something in this
for the average woman who horns just
"a little nervously and thus irritatingly
Women do not as a rule give the
familiar blast of the male road hog, but
1t does not appear that she has dis
covered the value of friendly horning
Purchasing parts for the car is otter
complicated process because there arr
so many models for each popular make
and such an abundance of stock or
hand. One of the simplest ways for {
woman to get what she really needs To-
the car is to identify the part as giver
in one of the instruction book H.
Illustrations and then show the book {.
the man at the part department
counter. He Is not likely to go wronl
If he has the book and the illustration
to 60 by.
(CopyriRht By the Russell seryiee.l