The Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-10-16, Page 214,
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Wingliani Advance -TliCles, Thursday, Oct. 16. 1969 Par 9S-
ays to
Fetv . Of us keep our cars
,equipped for the pneXPeeted,
. which may confront us eSpe.,
'Cially during .tte. .season of
inclOnlent weather,
If you are amino the mil-
lions of unprepared motor-
istS, you can correct the con-
dition quickly and inexpen-
sivelY:i •
Begin with the following
• shopping list of ten items.
Stored neatly in a carton in
the trunk of your car, these
should '.prepar yoU. for most
roadside ernergenclea.
1. FIRST 'AID KIT . Check
the American Red Cross for
Prepared for Any Roadside Emergency
proper contents—such things
as. water, PaPer cups, a blau,
ket, certain bandages, etc.
2, FIRE EXTINGUISHER .
Buy a good one and practice
using it before You have to.
A CO2 or 2',4 pound for larg-
er). dry chemical extinguish-
er is recommended.
3. FLASHLIGHT.. . Use it
tc),read a map, find a key or
house number at night. And
get• one with a magnet so it
can be placed on the side of
the car to free your hands
'while you are changing a flat
tire.
4. TIRE INFLATOR . . : The
pressUrized can is easy to use
and Will help you get to the
nearest Service station for a
tire change. In fact, there are
times when it is downright
unsafe to try to change a tire
yourself —, traffic conditions,
weather, position of the car,
time of day, etc.
5. SPARE FUSES . . . Your
auto store or service station
man can tell you how many
of what type you will need.
If you cant figure out fuse
locations from your owner's
manual, ask your service man
to help you. It -can be a frus-
trating search on a rainy
night when .you have
lights.
no comes to your aid.
li. TWO 4 x 4 WOOD
BLOCKS . about.= inches
long, to biock the wheels
while you Jack up the car for-
a tire change — if yclu've
forgotten your tire inflator.
"Chocked" wheels keep the
car from rolling Off the
bumper jack.
9. A 'DIME . . . in case you
have to make a phone call.
10. A DISPOSABLE WASH.:
CLOTH. You'll be glad you
haie it after you've worked
with the battery jumper
cable.
6. FLARES When you're
in trouble on a dark road, re-
flector flares or emergency
flashers are friends indeed.
These, are available at most
auto supply stores. Place
yours 50 feet behind and
ahead of your car to- alert
oncoming traffic of your pre-
dicament.
7. BATTERY JUMPER CA-
BLE , . , This can he worth its
weight in platinum when you
are stranded with a dead bat-
tery and another motorist
You Sure All Lights are Working? Better Check
How long has it been since
someone made a left turn in
front of you without signal-
ing? Probably not since yes-
terday: •
You snarled at him for not
using his turn signals. But did
it occur to you that maybe his
turn signals were out of order,.
and ;he didn't even know it?
• Incidentally, are yours
working? For some reason, we
seem to know less about what
lights are working on our cars
than about anything'. else.
When you hit the brake pedal,
do you really know whether or
not your brake lights turn on?
How many -drivers have
mumbled to themselves about •
you 'recently? .Burned out
lights account for most dis-
crepancies in reports from
agnostic centers around the
country.
Even the driver whose lights
all burn like blazes may have
his lighting problems, too: Im-
properly aimed headlights.
This is the driver who appears
to have his high beams on as
he heads your way. But your
up-and-down flash warning
finds that those were his low
beams blinding you — aimed
too high.
Meanwhile, there is some-
one else groping along, unable
to see because his lights —
at least one of them — has
drooped so low it can't light
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Get your
Cur
Ready
Now!
• - COMPLETE RADIATOR SERVICE
Radiator fiusfied,. hose connections checked and
tightened, antifreeze installed *
$ANINAWIN*.
WINTER. Brings out all the nasty
little troubles that never bugged you
when the weather was warm.
A thorough checkup now will NM
you cold feet and hot tempers when
the going gets , rough a few weeks
from now.
LET US SERVICE YOUR
CAR BEFORE THE RUSH
STARTS
AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT SNOW TIRES
WINTER IS NO FUN WITHOUT THEM!
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MOTORS
WINGHAM
PHONE .357-3460
• BRUSSELS
PHONE 249
the road that lies ahead.
Drooped. That's the term.
For headlights can do just
that, even if it is barely per-
ceptible to you. But they are
adjustable devices which me-
chanics can keep aimed where
they should be aimed.
Too high, too low, or too
much to one side or another,
and a driver is temporarily
blinded, -for all intents and
purposes.
The adjustment should be
checked every six months. if
your man is properly eqUippecl,
he will have an electronic
• checker to keep you right on
the beam.
• It will tell him if your beams
• are up to power, tdo. Head-
lamps can lose their brilliance
after a while.
'Whether your lights are out,
drooping or crosseyed, they are
trouble, for you if they are not
up to snuff. Better have them
checked now. • •
Rusty, Misty Coolant Warns
SystemNeedsYourAttention
, The next time you're adding
water to your car's radiator,
take a close look at the • color
of the coolant already in the
system. If .it's rusty or dirty,
better have your service at-
tendant cheek your car's cool-
ing system.
Rusty, dirty -looking water
in the radiator could warn
that the radiator hose is dam -
'aged and flaking, possibly
clogging the cooling system.
And radiator hose failure can
result in serious engine dam-
age.
Murky -looking water could
also signal that the radiator
cap probably is no longer hold-
ing its rated pressure. Again,
you'll not want to tempt fate
by. allowing your car's sophis-
ticated engine to operate un-
der less than its recommended
BELTS SAVE LIVES
Seat belts do save lives. .
Studies of actual auto crashes
• by investigators at Cornell
• University prove it. The Na-
tional Safety Council estimates
that at least 8,000 to 10,000
lives a year would be saved if
every motorist used a seat belt
every time he got into a car.
pressure.
Or, it could be that the ther-
mostat is not opening at the
proper temperature—and this,
too, could lead to major engine
repair bills,
Rusty coolant is awarning
to you that something is wrong
in the cooling system, and the
whole system should quickly
be inspected.
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