A BUDGET OF TIPS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16938, 12 January 1923, Page 3

A BUDGET OF TIPS

Windshield wipers may have their place, but experienced motorists know that a, little glycerine rubbed over the glass will keep rain, or even sleet and snow, if not too heavy, from obscuring the vision. if the carburettor is doing its duty the exhaust gas forced out of the exhaust should be quite colourless and almost entirely odourless. Novel* use gasoline to clean the car’s upholstery. It cracks the leather and unless the gas or the dye is of verv high grade may take out the colour. 1 lie drip-pan of a car may not seem very important, but it had better be kept clean. Gasoline upon its surface is the producing cause of many Realising the constant danger that the people of Paris face on the highways. it lias been proposed to use identification tags, sucli as hung from soldiers’ necks during the world war, for the pedestrian. These would preclude the necessity of taking the unfortunate to the morgue when he finally falls a victim to reckless driving. Ordinary cotton braid, such ns every admirable silencer with sheet metal Heavy cotton taps is hotter whore there n heavy wear. as. for instance, under the hood. In the case of squeaking lenders. n length of cotton braid" bunched under the fastening nuts, winch arc. then drawn up tight on lock nuts, will be found useful as a. silencer. Many motorists leave much to be desired in tlvoir manipulation of the clutch, the engine is often raced and Hie clutch then let in with a bang Ilns nuts a great strain on the transmission system, as a flywheel rotating at high speed, possesses great momentum. and something must give way sooner or later. In fact, several manufacturers, who fit heavy flywheels, have experienced considerable ~ trouble in this respect, and have been forced to make their transmission system much stronger, and therefore heavier, simply to make it fool-proof, and not because the transmission showed any signs of weakness when treated in the correct and legitimate way. Skidding cannot always be prevent ed. but with a few simple precaution •- its frequency can be greatly lessened The first essential is a smooth rmnim: engine ; if the power is transmitted in spurts the chances of skidding aregreater. The next point is >i clutch which engages geutlv. s„ that a sudden application of power is avoided. Brakes