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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-04-21, Page 11Corer Everything WITH SIMPLE, LOW COST INSURANCE Accidents Can Happen To Safe Drivers Too! Play it SAFE behind the wheel of your car: De- pend on AUTO INSURANCE to meet the cost of repairs, injuries and liability claims. GET THE FACTS from Seaforth Insurance Agency Limited .A Kilometers as well as miles on late models Due to Canada's con- version and pending U.S.. conversion to the Metric syltem, some of the new 1976 model speedometers are calibrated to show both miles per hour and kilometers per hour, A kilometer is approxi- mately 60 per cent of a mile, The needle indicators on the new models show both at a glance; miles in. black and kilometers in blue!. AUTO FACTS 11115 MOST LIKELY TO TAKE P LACE WHEN A CAR 15 USED PRIMARILY IN. 51-1ORT, LOW - SPEED RUNS WITH MUCH STOP-AND -GO. lision [IA 4 he coo. :mo re ;.et. lu 5, 4i igham I single 10.j1 Wova ycle 4 of RI Donal injure to jun AT1NY CARBON DEPOSIT... PERHAPS NO BIGGER THAN A SHARPENED PENCIL'S POINT...CAN CAUSE YOUR CAR'S ENGINE TO TURN OVER . FITFULLY AFTER NOU TURN OFF THE KEY. THIS STARTLING CONDITION IS KNOWN AS "DIESELING: El El DO 12 01110 .,:cP.;10-gr2,;--RECOMMENDED • 5pEc IF ICA110145, COMPIEIE PERloPic„.Tune -uPs ARE' ALSO RECOMMENDED. Make sure windshield A TRAINED, EXPERT MECHANIC CAN'OFTEN HEAP OFF THE "DIESELING" PROBLEM BY MAKING SURE YOUR. CAR'S IDLE SPEW CONTROL. AND IDLE MIXTURE wipers are in shape for use in bad weather 39 Main Street S., Seaforth As with so many other vital components on your car, your windshield wip- ers are most likely to ,fail just when you need them the most like, during the next storm. In the summer, heat, smog, and even your serv- ice station attendant's windshield washer spray are working together to reduce the efficiency of your wiper system. It's no wonder, after sitting quiet- ly on your windshield and deteriorating day-in and day-out, that they often fail to do their job. Cheek when raining The best time to check your windshield wiper sys- tem is during a rainstorm. Or you can check it the next time you go through a car wash. You can also perform a good check while someone sprays your windshield with a garden hose. However you chdose to check your wipers, you should check thern on both the fast and slow speeds. If any trouble symptoms are present, you should replace as much of your wiper system as is neces- sary to eliminate the prob- lem, In many cases, all that is needed are new squeegees (the rubber Parts that contact the .windshield). Itepiae e both blades When You do replace all or part of your wiper blades, Make sure you re- place both sides at the same time. If one wiper is shot, it's a good bet the other one is about to go, too, Safe VisiOn during hazardous road conditions is too iMportant to risk for a few dollars. Here are five visikile or' audible indicators that will signal the need for attention to your wind- shield wipers,. Clear drly- ing vision is especially im- portant during the bad weather season. Check for the following signs of mal- functioning: . STREAKING arcs of unwiped moisture with- in the ,wiping area. 2. HAZING -7, a thin, hard - to - see - through -film covering most or all of the wiping area ,even after the blade has just been wiped. 3. CHATTERING — a "stuttering" motion of the • blade accompanied by a "chattering" noise as the blade sweeps across the windshield, with some areas left unwiped. 4." SCALLOPING — a ragged outer edge in the wiping pattern. 5. RATTLING — no viS- ible signs of -problems, but. the wiper blade sounds as if it were very loose'. Can be reduced or eliminated by switching _to polycar- bonate blades, Self service gas growing everywhere After a sloWdoWri,dUe to the oil' embargo, self serv- ice pumps are .noW in- creasing, Today about 12% Of all gas is self fo r and estimates, are' fOr 40.% by 1980., The hire fOr the' consumer IS lower prices — as much as 5 dents a gallon. on some brands: 'pelf service also points to fewer inifibt'repaiit and other service ,work per, formed at g-o. stations., Station'attendants with ;mechanical 'know-how - are moving ' the inde- pendent repair' market... 'Meanwhile :the number of service 'stations has thoWn a dramatic increase iii the last two years, principally gas only Donald G. Eaton 527-1610 Kenneth J. Cardno 527-1610, 527-0490. CARE FOR YOUR CAR ****************************0(**** SEAFORTH COLLISION CENTRE YOU BEND 'EM . WE MEND 'EM All Types of Collision RePairs LARGE AND SMALL CARS TRUCKS--VANS RV's Rust Repair- * Custom Work Vinyl Roofs * Body Side NIOuldings Windshield Replacement *Phone 527-05.88 AND RON :Seafort s.Centre Seaforth Onititio ********4******-***************** THE BRUSSELS POST APRIL 21,, 106 •ft 0 0