Things To Do To Your Car Every Month

NZ Truth, Issue 1145, 10 November 1927, Page 14

Things To Do To Your Car Every Month

Pay the instalment. Pay the garage rent. Pay the repair bill. Pay for benzine. Pay insurance. . . *Pay the , • *Pay the ....,.........'. .... *Pay the . .... . . . ; ♦Fill m to suit yourself. If you need more, help yourself.

A VERY common cause of missing at ** low engine speeds is a leak m the gasket connecting the intake pipe. To locate the leak, : allow the engine; to run at the missing speed and squirt gasoline around the intake pipe joints. -If any difference whatsoever is detected m the running of the engine a leak m the gasket has been located. "It must then be replaced. # # * TYRES to-day, are very reliable in-. A deed, but a novice should find out as soon as possible how the cover is removed from the ; wheel and' the air tube extracted. It sometimes happens that two punctures occur m one day, and it is better to patch the hole m one of the tubes with a modern, rapidacting patch at once, than to attempt to drive the car a N mile or so on a flat tyre to a garage to get the work done. *-. # x - ■ * ' * « TF a fuse is burned' out and no spare ones on hand, wrap a piece .of tinfoil around an" old fuse, and replace it. Be sure, however, there is np short circuit to drain the battery or do other serious damage. '*"•■•...•• • . ; WHEN using a. wire to replace a blown-: • out fuse, it should be a very fine strand, preferably one from a flexible cord m the trouble light. If a heavy 4 wire is used, it throws the load to another point, " burning out the wire or doing further damage. t