Evening star., 1933-10-22
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.

Now that appropriations are going
through for renewed roajhU!!dlng "
may look forward to considerable tau
detouring.
Again the new cars are going to cater
to milady. She is to have an cHccp-
tioually lucky break with both the
clutch and gears. Two other leadnE
parts makers are Offering special types
of automatic clutches. l personally
believe that the woman who wants TO
ing is going 70 have her wish before
another year has rolled around,
Much trouble in shifting Gears IS
direct result Of the cap It the Bottom
of the shift lever bciuE too loose OF
too tight. On one readers car TINS
cap is threaded so that il IS an easy
matter to loosen or tighten Il. WITH
opportunities for running to extremes
Sometimes this collar Is found 50 loose
as to make it impossible to go safely
from one gear combination to the
ether. while in other cases the collar
fits so snugIY IS to Cramp the Shntec
forks If ycu have a service r1n try
this hint and It fails to work, then
suggest that he Gil the shilter forks
under the collar.
This weeks safety scrnCrettc con-
Germs the importance Of waning up
the brakes at this season Of year be
fore 1t becomes necessary to use them
fC~ an emergency Ston. DamPnesS al
fects the lining on many cars. Wh9t-
ever variation in brake equality results
from this is likely to combine with the
wet. slippery leaves On the street to
produce a fine skid.
MANY readers have asked me- what
SORT of special oil should he used IN
the radiator to keep the cooling fund
from becoming rusty. This Cugh- to Re
a logical season OF the year . pass
along the fact that some of the new
anti-freeze solutions. ard the latest
versions of several that have been quite
popular. now contain enough of such
oil to keep the fluid clear. Ask your
service man about this.
Once in these columns I suggested
the advisabllity Of noting at what par
ticular speed the car seems TO develop
any trouble that proves annoying. To
peg this speed helps 2nv mechanic in
his work of making a diagnosis. Now
1 should like TO add a further thought
| based on a readers experience.
| The woman Who tried this idea dis
covered that if she drove above or
below the particular speed the noise
! vanished It was her way Of finding
handy temporary remedy.
It is characteristic Of an automobile
| that if you drive at a speed where a
! trouble is less pronounced. or out OF
! the picture entirely. the car IS not
/ ,,,r m 17f-F,
sticks in slow driving. and clanks in
its inefficient way. it often can be saved
burning by driving faster This VIII
depend on whether the noise vaniShcs
and the motor smocths out If no i'm
provement is noted with higher speed,
then, Of course. the idea isn't working
cut But give it trial.
Do YOU leave the garage doors open
when YOU are backing out the drive
way at night? II so, you are simply
making it more difficult to Go the
| lob Why not close the doors and
benefit by the indirect illumination
from the headlights, assuming the
doors are painted white. as in most
| instances?
It's indicator hickers nerVously all
the while you are at the wheel, but
probably the ammcter means very lit
| tie to YOU. To understand its purpose.
however, is to capture the essence OF
the cars electrical system.
Picture the battery as source OF
electrical power on one hand and tie
generator on the other When the car
| is starting or the motor IS running
slowly naturally the generator hasn't
sufficient output to make it useful. In
| fact, to protect it against the tendency
| of the battery to discharge into 1t we
have to insert what is known as a
"cutout" or relay This little device
cuts out the generator below certain
motor speed. 1t occasionally falls IN
its lob and permits the battery to run
! down.
To be sure about all this We insert
the ammeter in the line between the
battery and the generator. When cur
rent is drawing straight from the bat
| terry the ammeter pointer will swing
over to discharge; when current comes
from the generator direct the pointer
swings to charge. Under such cOndi-
tions the generator is not only offering g
enough current to provide ignition and
lighting, but to boost the battery as
well.
! These broad highways are creating a
problem in safety little realized by the
average driver. If you happen to be
a little more observing than average
you may notice that because Of the
higher rate Of speed at which you
travel you reach intersections more
quickly.
Driving over one of the newer boule-
wards, a motorist declared that the
highway department had added num-
| Der of new intersections 1t was later
demonstrated to her that the intersec-
tions were no more frequent than
previously, but that she was reaching
them more quickly. Not realizing this,
| she was not on her guard for the