=e fINTS FOR THE ALBERT L.CLOUGH.. Preparing For. Springtime Driving The Most Pavoradle Time For So Doing 1s At Hing THERE IS NO BETTER TIME to have necessary repairs made fipont a car than during the transition period between winter and spring In many parts of the country, roads are particularly bad just then and & short lay up fis less annoying then than at any other Season. By choosing this time for repairs, a car is th readiness to Elve its best service, as soon as the strenuous driving season opens, Planving For Repairs It is good judgment for every motorist to find out at once what Aftentions his car needs and t the necessary work done. Among the Jobs which are most commonly required may be mentioned the following: Grinding valves and carbon removal. Ad. Justing valve clearances and replacing worn valve-parts. piston-rings and piston-pins. Having cylinder-bores reconditioned and oversize pistons fitted. Cleaning out the oil-pan and oil strainer. Reset- ing timer contacts and spark-plug gaps. Cleaning out radiator, tight. ening pump packings and renewing hose connections. Flushing out and refilling transmission, rear axle and steering-device housings. Tak. ing up lost motion in the steering gear. Aligning front wheels, and lubricating and adjusting front and rear wheel bearings. Relining and adjusting brake bands. installing new clutch facings and adjusting the clutch. Readjusting spring bolts and replacing them and their bushings, It necessary. Painting or lacquer finishing the car. LOW GASONJNE MILEAGE by a single pressure of a pedal? A 1 far as we know, these magazine chassis lubricating systems are not offered for installa. tion upon oid cars, but are supplied ponly for factary fitting to cars that are In produciion. The installation of the delivery tubes to the various bearing points is something that needs to be carefully provided for, in the design of the chassis to in. Sure satisfactory results, and it has néver come to our attention that this apparatus is sold for universal application, However we may be wrong about this. ---- i INOPERATIVE CJ RCULATING rome? F. J. writes: My cee six car, which has been driven but 10.000 miles aid has had extra good care, Fives me but ten miles Per gallon of gasoline, although the manufac. turers claim a mileage of twenty miles per gallon for it. Can you Suggest an explanation for this low fuel economy? Answer: Even after making full allowance tor the high gasoline consumption usual fn winter driv. Ing, you are certainly getting very low fuel mileage. Among the pos- sible causes for this are the follow. log: Carburetor adjusted for an unnecessarily rich mixture. Poor retention of compression in some of the cylinders, due to leaky valves or. loose plain fits. Ignition not set as far advanced as the engine will stand without knocking. Cireulat. Ing water too cold or intake heat- Ing insuMicient to secure proper vaporization. Engine ofl not of suitable quality, Dragging brakes or underinflated fires. i ---- WANTS A "SINGLE SHOT" OILER W. J. B. writes: A few mornings ago, 1 found the water in my engine had frozen. 1 got it started and drove it into a nearby heated garage and as no water-leak showed up, after thawing out, I concluded that no damage had been done. However, the first time I took the car onto the road, I did not drive a mile before steam came out of the radiator and I had to let the engine cool off before drive ing the car home, What do ypu think has gone wrong? Answer: There is but one ez- planation which we can think of, namely, that there was ice in the pump housing. when you started the engine and that the pump im- peller, being thus prevented from shaft or broken, so that it no long- er turns and circulates the water through engine jackets and radi- ator. You can have the pump chassis lubricating systems, housing taken apart ana ascertain, 1 supply oil to ail spring bolts. I at once, whether any such derange- siverlng connections and the like ment has occurred, Questing of general interest to the motorist will de answered by Mr, Clough wn this column, space permitting. If an immediate answer is desired, enclose self-addressed, stamped envelope, pr sen Fitting new * turning, was twisted loose on its ts tin, bts) mend 7 _ THE DAILY B INSTALMENT SALES | OF AUTOMOBILES A New and Useful Wheel In a Oountry's Machinery 6f Credit. ! ---------- { "In the stunendon total of fastal- | ment sales of moto cafs In the | United States. approximated for { 1926 at not less than three billions of dollars, is furnished the most striking {llustration yet developed of the application of recognized bus. | Ress standards to personal financing, | One dollar in every eight in the Am-| erican pay envelope, it {x estimated | fs pledged in advance In instalment | payments on articles of high value, | 8 situation that some economists | view with great apprehension and | Which others regard complacent!ly | as an incitement to thrift that is] greatly needed in this extravagant | nation, | Buying on instalments, so long re-| garded as a method only for the thriftless, Is now seen In its true light as a new and useful wheel in the machinery of eredit. It has brought home to hundreds of thous- ands the method and the value of a| budget in the distribution of the in- dividual income, along the lines that j corporations have found to be the only sound method of conducting business. : Time buying is by no means a new element in the economic structure. It has been practiced for years in the case of furniture, planos and | other articles running into greater amounts than the average wage ear- ner is able to lay out at the time of purchase. It has been the motor car industry, however, that has brought instalment purchasing to a more or less exact science, with risks of one kind or another all accurately work- ed out after the manner in which life insurance companies estimate the various probabilities in regard to human life and limb. In this form of purchase, whether | of a motor car or a piano, the way | has been opened for ten to purchase ! where one would be in position to lay out the full amount of cash in- volved. There has been, as a result, an enormously increased volume of production and sales, reacting fin the form of lowered prices and a saving to the consumer that far more than offsets the nominal inter- est charges involved in time sales. To be more specific, tLe average interest charges on the purchase of & motor car on time is around $80. On the other hand, the list price of the car is from $200 to $500 ley | than if sales had been restricted to the comparatively few able to pay the complete price at the time of taking delivery, ---------- MoLAUGHLIN-BUICK ENGINEERS ELIMINATE OBJECTIONABLE RUMBLE m---- Rumble in closed cars. has been one of the chief objectipns to this body type. McLaughlin-Buick e+. A NA cr main innin | og FINEST of FOURS 70 WINDSOR MORE POWER ~ GREATER SPEED ~ GREATER COMFORT v FULL SIZED BODY v 30 MILES' TO THE GALLON i #v LR 5 " During the past week millions all over America have seen bog Skil "50", ye ; and thousands have > en or oy od theustads Have bro hich outstanding Chrysler superiorities are first time available ac thi fw Pari : Pick-up of 5 to 25 miles in 8 seconds that rivals many a costly car-- Speed of 50 miles and more per hour for sustained periods -- And with such the combining amazing economy of 30 miles to the CLARKE BROS, 371 King Street Telephone 2357f. gineers have eliminated it from the closed McLaughlin-Bulcks for 19237. Live rubber insulates the body of the McLaughlin-Bufck from all out- cide 'influences which might cause noise. The engine is suspended at all thrée points of eontact with the frame, in heavy rubber inserts. The engine has been made smooth and quiet at all speeds, with a complete absence of vibration periods. This, in addition to they rubber engine mountings, prevents any - engine noise in the interior of the car. The frame often transmits road rumble through to the body, but this cannot pass the rubber barriers m «the new McLaughlin-Buicks. This silence in the interiors of the cars Is aided by quiet operating me- chanism throughout - the chassis, which starts with the balanced en- gine and includes silent valve oper- ation, new giant gears and gear teeth to reduce hum, and a muffler and exhaust system designed espec- fally to keep all noises out of the body of the car. New Building "of Motor Car Manufacturer to Be Ready In September. Chief item on the building pro- gramme of the Red Motor Car Com- pany for the summer is a Jarge ship. unit, three stories in height having Rumble Seat For Sport Roadster it is deeply upholstered in bilge Trt Geter advo comfort, proving unusual