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Tuneâ€"up rated as top car care list | with grease and faded from countless bleached washings, comes through the garage door, chomping simultaneously on a cigar butt and a toothpick as butt and a toothpick as he ambles in your direcâ€" tion. He draws nearer and you can almost read a name encircled in red over his left shirt pocket, but by then your heart is beat: ing so fast you can‘t put the individual letters toâ€" gether in your mind. He removes the cigar, shifts the toothpick with his tongue and leans down close to you, a small smile cracking the edges of his mouth as he pronounces sentence ... TUNEUP t11" Courtesy Richmand (Va.) Should read manuals It sounds like perfect material for a nightmare, and for many car owners it has become just that. The mere thought of a tuneup of that mysterious tinkering with the even more mysterious inner workings of the automoâ€" bile, leaves many a motorâ€" ist in panic. Public lacks knowledge The stereotypes, howâ€" ever, no longer fit the computerized mechanics‘ trade, and the panic is the result of a general lack of knowledge on the part of many car owners. "You do get into a panic situation with a lot of people," admits Buster Birdsong, service manager at Richmond Chryslerâ€" Plymouth Corp. "but it‘s because they don‘t underâ€" stand the details of what it is and why it‘s needed. And then, when you try to explain what‘s involved, a lot of people still ask, ‘can‘t you fix it without doing all that?‘ and things like that. "A lot of it is that peoâ€" ple don‘t want to get inâ€" volved with it, some just don‘t want to understand," added Birdsong. "An ownâ€" ers‘ manual is given to them when they get the car, but most never read it or anything else to know how a car should work, or what should be done to it, or what kind of mainteâ€" nance it needs, or anyâ€" "YOUR CAR NEEDS A If you travel any distance, in the traffic lane. Keep up the you‘ll be using expressways â€"â€" pace set up by the majority. also known as freeways, turnâ€" Don‘t stop in a traffic lanc, pikes, superâ€"highways, limited and never back up. If you miss access highways or thruways. an exit, go on to the next one. The technique for driving on In case of vehicle breakdown, them is different from that pull as far on the shoulder as used on regular roads. Here you can. are some driving hints for exâ€" _ When passing or changing pressway safety: = _ .. lanes, use your signals, check map and be sure you know your exit; check your tires and fill the gas tank. Keep it as full as possible. as possible. ror before returning to your Upon entering an exprossâ€" original lane. way, speed up in the accelor»> _ One of the most important tion lane so you can match the factors in safe expressway speed of through traffic and driving is the space between blend in smoothly. you and the vehicle ahcad. Watch for motorists entering Often referred to as the "livâ€" the expressway on the right. ing room," it is the only factor Watch for motorists entering Often reféerred to as thnt â€" UV _0 o ipay g the expressway on the right. ing room,‘" it is the only factor vent other c Motorists already on the oxâ€" a driver can control outside Y°4 O" the pressway have equal responsiâ€" his own vehicle. Keep your disâ€" YOU 3TC still bility to permit traflic to tance â€" at least one car length _ Nigh® dr merge smoothly. When possiâ€" for each 10 miles per hour. ways tempt ble, signal and change lanes or _ Read the signs. They are al YOu head! slow down to allow the new arâ€" jmportant. You have little high beams rivals to make a safe entry. chance for secondâ€"guessing. 3(:?‘ &:egg 'l: Never slow down drastically _ When leaving the exPrESSâ€" grive blind. Use care in driving on freeway start, study the maintenance requ The tuneup involves the two major areas â€" igniâ€" tion and carburetion â€" that supply the impetus to make everything else in the automobile work. The: carburetor supplies a mixâ€" ture of gasoline and air, and the ignition supplies the electrical spark to igâ€" nite that mixture and beâ€" gin the energy train that eventually turns the wheels and propels the car. "I think the majority of car owners know that you have to put new spark plugs in, I think they know that," explains Clyde Grifâ€" When passing or changing lanes, use your signals, check to the rear and side, and get into position early. After passâ€" ing, wait until the passed vehiâ€" cle appears in your inside mirâ€" QUALITY PAYS â€" A fresh coat of paint applied by a wellâ€" equipped and experienced body shop can renew most veâ€" hicles to near new condition for extra years of pleasurable use. It will likely pay for itself at tradeâ€"in time too. Whether it be a complete refinishing job, or repair of accident damâ€" age or rust look for cleanliness, upâ€"toâ€"date equipment and professionalism in the shop you choose. Ask to see previous work. Quality work costs more, but is well worth the inâ€" vestment. (Photo courtesy of The DeVilbiss Company ). hiads â€" Miniindithicnl Alibidntinndiibass kc Acnrnr id a driver can control outside his own vehicle. Keep your disâ€" tance â€" at least one car length for each 10 miles per hour. nis own venicic. neep JUuUl Ul> â€"= © + tance â€" at least one car length Nigh® driving on express for each 10 miles per hour. ways tempts you to overdrive Read the signs. They are all 3041 niape nis lhake suoat important. You have little 35(8) feetm‘l‘):t al:m’;ona ne‘ pah "it chance for secnnd~g|nssung. takes 37'5 feet to stop, so con‘t "But if the car isn‘t runâ€" ning right, of course most people don‘t know what‘s causing it, and there could be three or four things in the tuneup that could give the same signs. That‘s when it takes somebody who knows what he‘s doing to tell exactly what‘s Here‘s the beginning "You just don‘t have the ‘The spark plugs are only r in today‘s cars like the beginning of what ggeonce nad," Birdsong should be included in a added. "The octane on gas standard minor tune up. has been‘ lowered, engine Distributor points. and â€" compression has been cut condenser, air filter, fuel way back, rear ends are filter and PCV (positive geared higher for better crankcase ventilation). mileage, and it all means valve should all be reâ€" you need to keep a car placed, battery terminals | really right to keep it cleaned, spark plug wires, â€" running right." ignition coil and distribuâ€" . tor cap and rotor inspectâ€" . Caufeaty nolish ed (and replaced, when necessary), and the carâ€" buretor, choke and igniâ€" tion timing adjusted. _ _ "I‘d say there is probâ€" ably somewhere in the way, slow down in the decelerâ€" ation lane to ramp specd. Beâ€" lieve your speedometer, not your senses. _ _ _ L _ Watch out for fatigue in exâ€" pressway driving, and fight monotony with a rest at least every eyes moving, open the winâ€" dows often, check your inâ€" struments, sing, and chew _ Never stop on an expressâ€" way; pull completely off the wouis PA n t i o 7 road. For help, raise the hood and tie a white cloth on the radio antenna or left door hanâ€" die. Turn on low beam lights, flashers and interior lights. If you pull off because of fog or mist, turn off all lights to preâ€" vent other drivers running into you on the assumption that you are still on the road. at neighborhood of 50 or 860 1 1c,* per cent of the cars on the :; road today fheed mainteâ€" .. x nance work on them, and n; almost all of it would be a right in the tuneup area," . explained Birdsong, who Y° added that the motorists t‘s are only hurting themâ€" dy selves by not getting the ‘ 8 proper maintenance. 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