Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1926, Page 59

John Smithgand His Car BY FREDERICK C. RUSS John Smith is a character whom every motorist should welcome. He is not seltish: rather he is a motoring martyr, a chap willing and glad to have exploited. in an interesting way, his experiences for the benefit of the other 20.000.000 or more members of the motor elan. No. 156: Borrowed Ideas Risky. |the bhetter. That was good enough One man’s « is another man's | advice for the driver of a car with wson, and the maxim 1s widely ae- | @ cone clutch pted’ by almost every one except | wadays too gentle engagement of \tomobiles, Those who own cars, | clutches is burning out their plates iriously enough, seemn to think tha nd causing: slippege. chattering and hat goes for one situation will prove | many ills of the riodern clutch. One - valuable for another. jo ot another into trouble by Recently 1 had occasion to turn this against pressing the clutch bject over for a little closer inspec- the way down to the floor .d Smith in the | W ar shifting. In offering the of throwing away o bottle half |@dvice no consideration was given | lea with £ood body polish., 1t was | 10 the fact that the amount of pedal | ident that he movemsnt varied in the two cars. | i Abide . Brakes That Take Oil. A, because the paint on his s : Spies 2 t There is one make of car on the f s onowion and 4 which has a brake control @ a this only to we upon | i B rment of such a distinet ¢l | that both internal and external ;| brakes on the rear wheels frequently are applied siimultaneously It is cus- tomariy for owners, and for service men, to put a drop or twe of ofl on \ 1o | the ~external brake drums when than he ' screeching becomes chronic. On some mentioning | ., g this would be a good way to put wther | he lrakes out of commission fe E : few days, bt jorild l‘r\' the en : | cause of the fr plication to cause the oil to e polishing | . polish- | Smith had hagined, bec: rown’s car an’s ton inter. It was u v to start with Bty b e ke ied the tew drops of oil | nd and tha treated with s all brake drums of his four | axakion i, wheel system. Because four-wheel | 1 Dolish brakes provide a greater distribution Brown. hut ¢ o e | of bral force there is less heat at [ RENSIE ular brake du 1 When Polish Is Needed. fore, was 4 Door who thonght | In the first place Smith leaves the as good r out in the sun quite of en. Polish ary to keep the paint from so | K and chip | 1 to use auickly One motor his means | noisy d “ourse. s car e right kind of polish, avoid THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 27, | DOWN THE ROAD—*“Into Each Life a Little Dust Must Fall.” KRN /5 1926—PART 3. NEW NOTE SOUNDED | IN TRAFFIC THOUGHT| Ernest N. Smith of A. A. A. Holds Congestion Is Largely a State of Mind. Traffic, like business, is largely a state of mind in the Ernest N. Smith, general manager of the American Automobile Association. “Traflic does not seem the same to all automobile drivers.” s M. Smith, striking thought. “Trafli drivers want t ence demonst is as as much mental congesti there is of the street or highway kind “If individuals get to thinking that business Is not what it ought to be a depression follow sntually b cause each man curtails his p chases and abandons his plans for expansion and improvement. It has been my experience that the drivers who complain mo stion on the streets of the ¢ those who do nothing to impro They never get away from the main streets during the rush hours to make it less confusing than they think it is. “What we need are drivers with a better ment attitude toward traf- i who will opinfon ot expe ested point stead of gel arguments a dels v through temper- REPAIRING ALL MAKES HUDSON and GARDNER FRANK BAUM Gabriel Snubbers are a desirable cquipment of any bile. Huds have the Gabriel S addition to the 1torno recommend their Neumeyer Motor Co. Frank Baum. Trea 1823 14th St NW. Hudson and Essex Dealers Gabriel Snubber Sales 1 € /% 0/ W ' 77 ady dull, | tel i s i< a great idea.” Lo explained. | Copy tan N s o (74 | “Here I've been burning the head lights off and on with the idea of | keeping the battery from getting too full of pep and now all I have to do mechanical type, and most of them | run the starter-wotor a little now | are plates or discs. Some of the discs and Service Co., Inc. L. S. JULLIEN, President 1443-1445 P Street N.W. hich contains to much drier. SERVICE A SPECIALTY T. J. CAMFIELD Rear 1118 13th St. N.W. Main 5917 Tires and Accessories Adily than one that is the other fel e 100 freel tion and upkeep of nd_then attached to the fly-wheel of the [ at makes vou think ne, the others runnin’ with the | your battery needs this sort of care?” t that transmits the power to the | I asked. “Don't you know that your smission. | engine is heavy with high compres ith all sion and atively tight bearings? It's because car owners don't under- | much about how it worked, or what | Wl the fundamental ideas in it was for. 1 was tryin’ to tell him | and operation that keeps | that in startin’ w clutch should be | vou've got to figuré on friction. It's I Bonttison: jzelithat your batteryiis v mistakes. I don't | treated gently but that once started | friction between these clutch plates or drained 11 it can stand each ! of repair work on | it should be left alone, unless it is | giscs that make for the gentle start s L by t of con: | necessary to stop and start over again | jf the driver lets in the pedal gently Ken when I ie | or shift gears. That didn't mean |So far so good. But when the driver 1 [ much to him until T drew hini i roush | ceeps slippin’ the clutch, or ridin’ with | picture of a clutel i | his foot on it enough 1o keep it half | The engine. as | showed him, is the | engaged, friction gets beyond the a little Jesson in prev rotatin® source of power. The car i8 [ point of bein' useful and promptly | And the best prevention 1 know of is | the load that power must propel Biitns and warps) the platess ! a general picture of how the particu- | between there has to be somethin’ to | bl lar part of the car works | couple engine with load. That's the One custon been havin' a lot | cluteh Whether these are plates | An “alarming” e in automo of trouble with his clutch. Needs to | pressi nst each other and re- |bile deaths due to intoxicated motor | have the plates relined too often and | ieascd when the clutch pedal i is reported by the Care in Car|can’t seem to get very smooth action. | pressed down to the floor, or magnet . Other motor I asked him a few questions about the | that follow each other makes a di ans are victims utch and found t iy so widely e letting in thei because they an earlier motorist who found th e more gently a clutch is engeged mechanical _construction the engine? small engine that re e twice for a to tell 1 == | friend quires very little efior ank els quite a log battery can't help but become overcharged.” Smith hadn’t thought of the differ | ence between cars as well as betwes | the conditions under which those are operated. Yet that is the v important thing to cor Avoid the other mu m how to HREE WASHINGTON - ROADS LEAD TO RESORTS ON BAY COMFORT EXTRA POWER “Continued from Fifth Page.) foules = w is barricaded and under <o that traflic must de- " to Conoways and Millersville, re- to the Defense highway from wder and dirt rond swnsville. The Defense riptions for this wor astern Shore Travelers. zh this highway is gather isfactory in its present condi wd it will be one of Maryland, providing < along the vern River and northward along hay. Tt wil lastern BIG CAR POWER AND COMFORT WITH LIGHT CAR HANDLING EASE en branching off d th t ut Benning. F e of a dirt s h. this road not to be recommended for cor rtable riding all the way. | his middle route passes through | pat. Ple: . 1 and vidson. with the South | ver it is ind gravel. Beyond point the road is concrete into | nnapolis. The unpaved link lies be hcen Hall and Davidsonville. 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