Evening star., 1937-02-28

long as the automobile goes
T it is likely to have its spells
~ of going wrong, the service
profession is preparing for busy sea-
son of checking and double-checking
according to Frederick c. Russell. The
volume of new car sales and the extra
serivce to which older cars are being
nut combine to accelerate the need
for more and better care than auto
mobiles have ever before received.
Much will need to be done to bring
the motorist himself in line with this
thought, service men point out. Too
often the act of acquiring a new car
fails to carry with it the realization
that if it is not Immediately put on
the list for regular attention it may
develop strange troubles and serious
maladies.
Some of the 1887 car ailments have
already reached the offices OF the
motor M. DIS and have set into mo-
ton the best thought in appropriate
remedies.
THE 1887 troubles are not connneo
l. to detailed adjustments, P one
would naturally infer from the high
state of development to which the
automobile has now been raised, but
include some of the garden variety
of ailments. This is always surprls-
ing to the motorist. He should be
made to see that where cars are
turned out by mass production meth
ods there is the element OF error 10
be considered. Yearly INTRODUCTION
of new models adds to the risk O. en-
gineering errors. There Is, more
over. the possibility of oversight when
cars are passing through the deal
ers' hands. Finally, and most I'M
portant of all, is the failure OF many
motorists to have their new cars care
fully checked at least once, prefer
ably twice, during the break-in period.
Among the leading troubles likely
10 be encountered during 1887 are
those involving the carburetor. Ell
forts to design carburetors that will
provide more power and economy.
with a reduction in the chances OF
failure over the entire range of per-
formance, have not been successful
in several instances. This has re-
suited in engines developing what
service men call fiat spots" There
Is a certain portion of the perform
ance range where the engine fails to
respond as the driver feels 1t should.
Such troubles are being corrected by
suitable changes in the carburetor.
Another difficulty is the discovery
that some of the exhaust lines and
muff1ers are not of sufficiently heavy
stock. This causes noisy contraction
after the car has been running. The
remedy is to cover the piping with
asbestos, or, preferably, a heavier
muff1er.
There is nothing new about not
having the clutch adjusted for suf-
f1cient clearance at the fioorboards,
but it is the type of thing buyers of
1887 cars are as likely to find, as they
have in former years. This sort of
thing can easily be remedied through
a suitable adjustment, but the motor
ist who keeps away from the service
station is likely to put up with the
condition until he faces actual clutch
trouble.
7 Usually the mechanical bugs"
show up readily because many of
the early buyers of new models are
travelling men who run up high mile
age in short order. However, many
troubles will not present themselves
until warm weather arrives. 1t is also
true that many Of these unforeseen
troubles are sectional in character.
They are not common to all parts Of
the country.
Your country cousin may not have
The same experience with his car as
you do in the city. Yet the cars may
be identical as to type, model and de-