One of the annoyances which usually seems to occur when the motorist is far from home, is the breaking of one of the small but very necessary valve springs, and the consequent embarrassment if no springs are carried among the accessories. The remedy for this, which was discovered some time ago by an ingenious motorist, but which bear frequent repetition until all drivers of cars have learned its value, is the use of a common washer. Of course, the washer must be sufficiently large so that the broken spring ends cannot pass over it, as it inserted between the two parts of the spring where the break occurs. Neither must the hole in the center of the washer be so large that the spring ends will pass through it. If this washer is wired in position, it will not impair the action of the spring and will serve its purposes in every respect.

March 1912
Motor magazine