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Putnam's Automobile Handbook: The Care and Management of the Modern Motor-Car

Chapter 66: LUBRICATION TIME-TABLE
By H. Clifford Brokaw
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A practical manual for early motor-vehicle owners provides step-by-step guidance on purchasing, equipping, operating, and maintaining a four-cylinder automobile. It explains engine principles, carburetor and ignition care, lubrication, cooling, battery, tires, brakes, gears, bearings, mufflers, and chassis troubles, and offers diagnostic methods for common faults. Seasonal advice covers winter heating and cooling, hot-weather management, tire expansion, and fire prevention, while practical chapters address driving technique, skidding, gear shifting, touring, and minimizing fuel and repair costs. Emphasis is on hands-on first-aid repairs and systematic troubleshooting so owners can identify and remedy most ordinary problems and avoid unnecessary garage dependence.

LUBRICATION TIME-TABLE

Lubricate as often as is necessary. The safest rule always is to follow the manufacturer’s instructions.

Every 100 miles: Use oil can freely; turn all grease cups down two or three turns.

Be sure that these parts are well lubricated: Steering apparatus, clutch, spring-shackle bolts, crank handle, fan, valve-rocker arms, wheel hubs.

Every 250 miles: Give same care to braking apparatus, emergency brake, and gear-shift levers, and rocker shafts, water pump, torsion and radius rods. Clean force-feed oil system.

Every 500 miles: Inspect transmission and differential cases and refill if necessary; pack steering worm housing; apply neatsfoot oil to cone clutch facing; clean gravity and circulating splash systems.

Every 1000 miles: Pack universal joints, ball and socket boots, hub caps; oil magneto, electric motor, electric generator; clean disc clutch; clean splash system; lubricate spring leaves by jacking up frame of car, spreading leaves apart, and putting graphite mixed with gasoline between leaves.

Every 5000 miles: Drain transmission and differential cases and clean with kerosene and renew lubricant; clean wheel bearings and repack hubs with grease.

Give all bearings a careful inspection and take up all play.