Dodge MD Series - Page 15

GROOMING YOUR
TRUCI(
Wc h opc that yo n ar c vc ry pl"oud of thi s tru ck, and if you ar c, of
co ur sc yo u wallt to k cc p it alway s as clcall, nc at and trim-l oo king as
it ca n po ssil)ly b c.
That 's n ot hard to tl o. But I JC forc wc g i\ 'c yon S OIll C s illlpl c dir c ction s
for k('c pill g your tru ck fit to pa ss th c most c xaclinl! in spc ction. wc
sho uld lik c to point o ut that rn t inhibitiv c pl 'illlc r is now a f ea tur c of
tllc finish 011 th c fe nd CI ·S .
Care oj the Finish-JVashing
TIIC fini"h on YOllr trll('k sh o llld h e wa ~ h l' d oft cn e nongh to k cc p it
1'r c(' frolll dllst' alld road sc um. Thi s s hollid I, c dOllc by II sing e ith cr
('olt! or warm wat c r alld a s pong e. Jf a s oap is desi rcd , wc r ce ommcnd
th e lI ~e of a Jills (·( ·d oil ~oa p with a Ihorolll!h I'illsinl! aft e rward s.
YOllr trll ck s hollid alway" he wa sh ed ill a s haded pla ec, as wa s hill g
it ill s trung "lIl1light Ilia); res llitin wat e r s poiling amI s laillillg which
an ! d ilTicult to rC llIU VC.
Pulishing I;he Budy
rnd('r o ... ]inary (,OIH]ilion" a liquid c mlll "io n polis h. whi ch ('ontain ;; 110
alll·a"ivl'. ~ hollid Il c lI ~cd. 1I0 we\'c r, an ahra s i\ 'c poli sh llra~ ' oc cas ion -
alh ' I, c lIetTs "al '\' for s alisfa clol'v r C5 1111 5; hilt ahra s i\ 'C poli shcs s hollid
1I 0i ],c 11 " ('.1 f ... ·(jllc lIl h-. In all C;I SCS, a poli sh of kllowlI fIllalit y s hollid
III' S(·I(·( ·lpd and 11.1' dir ('( : lion ~ 1'01 ' it s II S(' fo llow pd do se lv . YO llr (!Paler
ha ,; a puli sh fo r your tru ck PI 'oc lll 'e d from th e Part s t)ivi ~ ioll of th e
Ch r~ ' :; lcr Co rpora tioll.
JVinter Driving
DlIrin p: Ihc " ' inl cr m o nth s carc sh o uld h e cxc rci ;; C'( 1 so Ihat allti-
f ... TZ C p ... · paralioll s do 1I 0t gN 0 11 th c finish. 11 is (,OlllmOIl pra('ti cc ill
Illost !.:U llIllIlIllitie!' to II SC c-Il C' lIlic al". parti c lliarly cal('illlll (· hlurid c, 011
II. I' s lr l'els tn nH'it sn ow and i e·c . Th c II SC of slI('h ('hl'lIIiea l" "' ~ S IlIt S in
a " Iu ~ h which. if it cO llta c l ~ th c finish on YO llr tnu ·k, will hc harmful
1I111( '~" il i ~ \\'a" I)( ·d ofT as sooI1 as po ss ibl c.·
Tar or Road Oil
'fh e . ." :I fJ"r , /I " '" R"d, ' p"/i"h, ·,,
(;"" II,· OU/rtilll'{/ Fr"l1/ Yll llr /)('(I/ " r
Tar or r oa (1 oil can he 1' el11o\'('d from
th c c al. alul hod y without illjllr y to
th c filii h I) y lI ;; illg on c of th c ;; tan(]-
anI III 'a l1d s of tar r Clll ovc r. If th e
tar ha s ha ... lc ll c (l illto Jump s. so ft cn it
first I I~ ' milll! lard. lJUlI c r or gaso lin e.
(Be S
III 'e I he gaso 1 i nc do cs not ('on-
lain c olorinl! lIIalle l' 01' Eth~'l flllid .)
FS llall y it is a(h 'is ahl e to apply a lilli c
poli "h aft 'rward s 10 r es tor c th e hil!h
lu st re.
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Clea. ning Glass
JII clc aning window s. wind s hi c ld and o th e r glass c ljuiplll c nt , li se a
clc an lin c n cloth. Lin cn po ssesscs a sp ec ial alld p cc uliar pr ope rty of
rC Ill O\' ing dirt and grcase fr olll glas ! in addition to I, e in g e ompara-
tiv cly fr ec frolll lint. Si n ce lillcn ), CCO IIl .... S Illlletl so fi e I' aftcl ' it ha s
I, cc n wa shcd se vc ral tim es . 0 1<1 lin en is IlllICh hc ller than new ]in e n.
Wh en th e glass is es pe c ially dirty , warm water in whieh a Jittl e hOll sc -
hold allllll o nia ha s IJ cc n lIIixcd i" pr o ha"ly th c 1I1 0,t efI ee li ve alld
('on\ 'e ni ellt d c aninl! flllid that YO Il ca ll li se . YOllr d('a le r al ~ () ha s avail-
aid e appron ·d I! la ;;" d c an cl' in a ('ollvcllie llt s pra~ ' t~ · p c cO lltaiIl CI·.
Rllnning G('ar
Cle allinl! th e IIl1d e r side of th c tru ck alld tile in ~i d c of tlli' whl,p ls ('a ll
Il('sl I) c dOlle with a slIIall. p owe rflll s tr ea lll of waleI' frolll a hu "e. Thi ~
~Irl'alll di slo dg es 1111)(1 alld dirt Ihat Illay hav c a( ,(, l1l11l1laled. Occa s ion-
ally th e II SC uf a s tiff hnl ~ h lIIay l,e lJ( ·t·('~s al · )'.
Ch nJlnill Ill . Trillf,f"illg
:\"u poli sh is lI e('c;;s ary to k ec p th e dlrolllilllll hl 'ig hl 011 YOllr tnl('k -
jll"l
II SC (' lear wat c r and a c le all cloth . ( Of cOllr~('. I JO th ('11J'Olllilllll alld
('olor finish es ar c e asicl' to k ec p ill I!0od cUlldilion if IIl1ld and dil ·t
al
'C not all owl' d to ),( ~ lllain on th(,111 1 00 101l1! . II is II111ch f' a"ie r to k cc p
Ihc
lII l 'ea"o lla"ly cleall all th c tillle. )
U IIlIlp( 'r~
]Jl'eall se of th e se\'e re II :;C to whi ch th ey ar c put , 1Illlllpe rs pr ese nt a
~ Jl ccia J pl'O)'lelll as r cg ard :; k 'e pin g th e ir po li"lwd s urfa ces hrit-dl!'
Aft cl' a tilll e th e platill g i :; lik ely 10 h ee oln c sC llfl'ed o r worn thr o ll!!;h ,
illIll s lllall rll st s pot s lila ), app c ar. Tlt c ), cst rem e dy is to cle an off ~h e
rllst with a lilll c mild kit ch e ll sco uring (; 01111)0111((1 011 a cloth , Ih en
apply a film of oil, wax , tran s par e nt \ ' arni ~ h or LWfJlI c r to \lr C\'c nt
1II 0 re l'llst fo nllinl!' If th e plating ha s h ee ll worll .1 0 \\,11 to th c st ce l,
it is lJ(]vis ahl e 10 I'cpe atlhi s pro ces;; o!.:ea~ i()nally .
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