HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-12-03, Page 5Pedal Pumpin' Patty Learning
Way to Make Her Motor Hum
By JODY CARR
Pedal Ptunpin' Patty was
her name. A cool kid from
Kingston who thought she
knew what her car should do
when she turn-
ed the key.
But Pedal
Pumpin' Patty
had a bad
habit, one she
couldn't kick.
She thought
the' harder she
tromped on the
gas, the faster
she worked the
pedal, the bet-
ter Old Bessie ought to start.
It was like with the old
church. organ Patty played.
If you want to get things
movin', pump it up real good,
It worked on the player
piano, too, so why not with
Old Bessie?
One day Patty was on her
way to recital, the big one.
Big Dad Dalton, the cabaret
owner from Dude City, would
be there. If Patty played
right, Big Dad would discover
her.
So Patty slid behind Old
Bessie's wheel saying, "Come
on, Bess, take me away from
all this. We're gonna give a
fine performance, and we'll
be headin' for Dude City and
fame and fortune."
She gave Old Bessie a cou-
ple of extra pumps for good
measure, because it was a
cold December night. But Old
Bessie just groaned. Started
smelling like a gas station.
Then she wouldn't even
groan any more.
Young Tom Sharp hap-
pened by just then, the clever
boy who worked at Parson's
Garage.
"You've flooded it, Miss
Patty," he said ."Takes a good
battery and ignition system
to fire up the kind of raw gas
you're pumpin' into that en-
gine. Old Bessie's tired. Needs
points and condenser. May-
be spark plugs. You've just
socked it to the old girl too
hard this time."
Too bad, Pedal Pumpin'
Patty. Too much pedal and
not enough kindness when it
counted. Now you've missed
your big chance at Dude City.
When the chips were down,
you had them all on Old Bes-
sie and she said, "Nope!"
Bessie has plenty of com-
pany. If any of you out there
is a Pedal Pumpin' Patty,
Peter or Paul, remember the
stakes. Too much pumpin'
and not enough attention
blew Patty's big chance;
Don't blow yours.
Best Way to AssureWinter Starts
EveryTime;Keep Engine in Shape
If you want to avoid those
long waits for starting help
on a cold or rainy day,
Champion Spark Plug Com-
pany has some advice for
you. And it's not move to a
warm, dry .climate.
The best way to make cer-
tain your car starts every
time this winter is to put and
keep your engine in shape.
Champion Spark Plug
Company conducted surveys
of hard starting experience
in the U.S. and Canada and
found that engine condition,
rather than weather severity,
influences starting ability.
Take the Province of Que-
bec and its sister Province of
British ' Columbia. Quebec
has severe winters, British
Columbia has mild winters.
Yet 19.5 percent of Quebec •
motorists had starting trou-
ble while 32.2 of British Co-
lumbia's car owners experi-
enced difficulty.
Why? Rate of tune-up
purchase in Quebec was 43
•
There is no better insurance
against' winter-time starting
trouble than an expert tune-up
performed by a man with the
right tools and diagnostic
equipment. Champion recom-
mends plugs he serviced every
5,000 miles along with minor
engine work and a major tune-
up be performed every 10,000
miles.
percent while B.C.'s rate was
only 23.4 percent.
A comparable picture de-
veloped in the U.S. Cold,
blustery New England states
had a 22.3 percent rate of
starting failure against a 31.9
percent rate of tune-up pur-
chase. The balmy-climed Pa-
cific Coast states suffered a
25 percent rate of starting
failure and a 21.3 percentage
of tune-up purchases.
Like the economy, your en-
gine is affected by the law of
supply and demand. In foul
weather, a sub-par engine
demands more voltage to fire
and the supply is generally
lower.
More specifically, when the
weather
car's
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car
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tr iccoalld soyrs twe me t,
lo
the
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Power. Aggravating the situ-
ation, the presence of worn'
ignition parts can "leak"
voltage or "block" electrical
flow, making greater de-
mands on voltage available.
Further complicating the
problem is the presence of
worn spark plugs. These re-
quire more voltage than new
plugs to fire.
The critical function of
spark plugs in starting is
is shown in the following
statistics. Engine with new-
ly-installed spark plugs ac-
count for only 12 percent of
all starting failures. Plugs
with 11,500 miles or more
usage have 41 percent start-
ing trouble, more than triple
the rate of new plugs.
So, to decrease your
chances of starting trouble
this winter, get a tune-up.
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