Evening Star Newspaper, December 10, 1922, Page 70

R o THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, DECEMBER. 10, 1922—PART 3. THE OWNER-DRIVER'S 'THE HUB Combination Davenport Bed o le e e Apcte ity A Ty ALty AR ALY AL TRy 2 ,’ Laying Up for Winter. Many car owners who have just finished thelr first season’s motoring will be at a loss just how to go about laying up the car for winter. With many such the car was a new one at the beginning of the season. It may have run 5,000 miles or over, but it is not likely that anything like an averhau! will be required this winter. All it requires is the application of common sense, before laying up, in the way of, first, a thorough cleanaing and a few other attentions, which we hall enumerate now. The radiator should be drained and flushed out clean and the petcocks should be left open. After the car has been washed thoroughly the en- ne should be cleaned up. Remove the pan below it and the bonnet, £0 that the engine can be more readily gotat Then with a stiff bristle paint brush and a small pail of kerosene thoroughly scour the engine. —All road dust, oll and dirt should be ‘washed off. When this is done a few nLours should ba allowed for draining. when it should be wiped over care- with_a_cloth moistened with This will assist the rapid ng of the engine. the bearings have shown mno gns of a rap or knock, it will not ho wise to tamper with them. They S e usually good for two or three asons of private driving. The ol ould, however, be drained from the crank-case, preferably just after the engine has been run for a spell to warm it up. Then a small quantity of kerosene or special flushing oil should be put in the crank-case, the engine again run for a few minutes, and this drained out, after which it is ready for new cylinder oil. Take Off Cylinder Head. The cylinder head should now be oved and t arbon cleaned from e piston heads and inside of the explosion chamber. During this operation carbon should be carefully handled. The water-jacket holes and ~hreaded stud heles, if any, should be ed with a bit of waste. While raping carbon from the piston heads great care should be taken to prevent bits of gritty carbon from finding its way down between the cylinder wall and the piston. To pre- Vent this it is best to move the crank s> as to bring the piston being cleaned to upper dead center before commencing to_scrape the carbon Joose. When it has all been removed, turn the crank so as to move the pis- ton down a bit; a little carbon will ba found adhering to the cylinder wall: this can now be wiped off. The on is now let down a little far- er, when more will adhere to the wzll. In this way it is possible to do! a good, clean job of each cylinder. | Genuine Cedar Chests A gift_that will surely please. 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