The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-10-16, Page 16w
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Page, 46 -.., Wingham Advance -Times. Thursday. Oct. 16, 1969
ig Long Trip This Winter,
en Give Car `Shock Treatment'
Planning to visit a distant
relative . over this winter?
Counting the days until. you
head for Florida for a week or
two?
• Your dreams of a beautiful
Christmas could turn into a
nightmare if you should en-
• counter snow as you mush over
the river and through' the
woods to Uncle Charlie's house
or that .place in the sun you
aim to claim . . , if you are not
prepared, that is..
Snow tires, studded tires or
chains, a shovel, a bag of rock
salt, plenty of anti -freeze (in
your windshield washers as
well as in your radiator) , and
all the mechanical parts of
your car working right can
help you get through the worst
Leak, Drib
May
Trouble
weather with the' least prob.
lems.
• Hidden Snow Lazard
One of the hidden dangers
of snow driving is the effect of
snow packed by hundreds of
wheels in a short time. Some-
times this forms huge bumps
of ice. Hit a. series. of these ice.
lumps at even moderate speed,
and your wheels may start
hopping. This can be the first
step toward a hopeless slide.
It is not uncommon to see a
car in a snow drift or a ditch.
because the driver lost con-
trol on bumpy, packed ice. •
This danger is greatly in-
creased when your car's shock
absorbers are weak,. Because
springs. and ,tires want to
bounce when they hit a bump,
your wheels would hop up and
down with every irregularity
in the road unless they had
some arresting force to keep
'diem where they belong �.. in
contact with ' the surface of
--the highway.
This is what shock absorb -
1 ers do or are supposed to do
when they are working right. '
• When they are worn, they are
Have you ever noticed the
dirty looking areas on concrete
highways right between the
paths thousands of wheels
have traveled? Part ' of that
dirt is grease and oil from oth-
er peoples' cars.
On your driveway or garage
floor, the same- kind of dirty
marks may be from your own
car, and this can be -a house-
keeping problem particular-
ly painful if you have Justin. -
vested in yards of. new con-
crete for the driveway: or if
someone manages - to step in.
the grease, then track it all
over your brand clean carpet-
ing. '
Taking a positive look at this
messy business, a leak or drip
is a danger signal. When cars
are new, they don't drip grease
or oil. At least, they shouldn't.
But time, wear and vibrations
take their toll on seals and
gaskets.'
Think of all the parts that
could be leaking: the engine
or the differential, the power
steering, a brake cylinder, even
a shock absorber.
A spot of grease or oil under
•• your parked car can mean you
soon will have no lubrication
on expensive gears such as in
the rear axle or transmission.
A drip can indicate that raw
gasoline is getting on your en-
gine (right next to' 15,000 volts
of electricity) . This kind of
thing spreads car fires.
Your car sounds a four -
alarm alert, in its own quiet
way, when the drips are leak
ingo brake • fluid. This usually
drips onto the inner surface of
a tire; so you may not see it
unless you happen to climb
underneath your car to look.
But your service station man
Can spot it When he has your
car on the lift for service,
which is a good reason, among
others, for getting the car up
on the lift front time to time.
U you see greasy or oily spots ►
on the floor of your garage, on
your driveway or your wall-
to -wall carpeting, check into
things. Put some newspaper or
lege pieces of an old sheet ybu
were going to tear up for rags
anyway under your car's regu-
lar narking place. See how
-much grease or oil accumu-
ernight and approxi -
a the leak seems
�1.
Next , ,m.
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the evidence
man and ask him to
up. This can save your th
your money and even a life.
just going along for the ride.
Essential on Ice.
So when wheels,, or :some-
times the whole car, seem to
begin a bobbing motion, the
only'answer is shock treatment
new shock absorbers. This
-kind of control, .plus generally
stable, tight steering, is essen-
- tial when you must :drive over
rutted, icy street,.
Sometimes at this time of
year we get so carried away
with all the excitement — with
Aunt Minnie's first fruit cake
of the season or the way Sister
Suzie is going to flip over her
new ski togs, we forget all
about one of the most impor-
tant parts of the whole vaca-
tion trip: the faithful friend
that will haul all of us there
and home . again, hopefully
without any problems.
Before you set out on that
trip for the big family get-to-
gether, or whatever else you
have in mindfor the holiday
season, give your. car. its
Christmas present early. Give
it, a full . treatment check up
and servicing at yourfavorite
auto shop.
NO FURTHER
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