SHORT CIRCURTS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 188, 1 April 1932, Page 7

SHORT CIRCURTS

•Many motorists forget that the shock absorbers need occasional atjtention and that they shoUld • he adI justed from time tp time. Car bourice on rough roads, providing the tyre pressures are correct, can nearly always be traced to slack absorher ad- - justments. A little attention to- these parts can provide a lot of comfort. * * * Acid should never he added to a storage hattery except to replace that which has been spift qr has leaked out/ and then only hy an expert. A°dding acid will pep the hattery up for a short while, hut it, will cause the plates Ito become badjy sulphated and will shorten the life of the battery considerahly. , * * * Slamming the door of a car when the glass . is partially up frequently e^uses breakages. If the glass is in the fully closed or fully opened position there is much less danger of breakage. I * * . * All kinds qf damage can he dqnd to the rear end of the car if a clutch is permitted to grab. This condition, if severe, will eventually cause rear axles to break, strip the master gear, or break . the drive shaf t. • . * • , . ff= New consideration for. the "backseat" 'driver is shown in .thh construction of new* models of a -well knptyn mahe of c^r which/ has >a special instrument hoard huilt intp the rear of the front seat; A. speedom^ter,. clock and stop.-watch. enable the passengers in the;.rear seat to- know just how fast they are going and when they will get there. • . * * * , ■ . A great many car owners, tire men find, , still do hot know all the tricks of getting a flat off the wheel. One generally missed really is quite important if it h^ppens .tp. .hr h he^yy tyre; That 4s the tfick of pulling the tyre free at the bottom — while the valve is at the tap — and then rolling the. -wheel ground to affow the valye stem to drop free naturally.