THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1930.
MOTOR INDUSTRY.
Wins Highest Trade Award.
INDIA TO LONDON.
British Motorists' Journey.
The highest honour for coppera
A British-made motor-car arrived tive trade association work was in London in mail weak on the com awarded to the motor industry at pletion of a 6,000 miles journey the dinner of the American Trade looked very little the worse for its from Lahore, In the Punjab. It Asscelation Executives in Washing journey ACTORS mountains, plains ton on May 1, when the first prize and deserts. At the wheel was Mr. was given to the National Automo-J. A. R. Bromage, of the Indian bile Chamber of Commerce for the Government Engineering Service,)
and with him were Mr. S. G. Stubbs, cross-licensing patents agreement
ล road engineer, and Mir
under which automobile manufac- Mohammed, Mr. Bromage's Indian turers operate.
This is the first offering of a prize by the Trade Executives, membership of which covers 440 negociations.
chauffeur,
"The journey was made following, half a crown wager with a follow- clubman in Lahore some months; ago," said Mr. Bromage. "The The prize is offered for "original journey took 73 days, 41 of which and outstanding service to the were running days and the remain- public, and was awarded to the der resting days, Throughout the automobile manufacturers' organi-l journey we had only two punctares. sation for its patents agreement, one being caused by a sandal nail under which 1,700 patents owned in the Syrian Desert and the other by the members are made available) through a cut from a horse-shoe." to all members without cost.
On leaving Lahore they passed
In presenting the award Secretary Lamont sald::
From
In making the presentation of the through Baluchistan, crossed the bronze medallion, Secretary of Persian Desert to Teheran, thence Commerce, Robert P. Lamont de- through Iraq to Syria. It was in- clared the seven judges had voted | tended to pass through Turkey, but unanimously that "the patents owing to the loss of documents and agreement was the most representa- | permits this was impossible, so from tive achievement in all trade asso-Syria the journey had to be con- ciation history."
tinued by steamer to Grecce. the Balkans they passed through Austria and Germany to Calais, This award WAS made for One of the special problems was that original and outstanding service of petrol and water supplies in tife to the public and represents an Persian and Iraq deserts. "The advance over most trade associa- journey In some places was so rough tion work. The achievement is that 10 miles only wore covered in of paramount importance becauseļa day," Mr. Bromage said. "For of the magnitude of the automo-1,000 miles there were no roads at bile Industry and the strength of all, and for that distance we drove the Association representing it. in second or bottom gear." In its unanimous decision this
Committee singled out this work strength of the Association repre- as the most representative in all senting it. trade association history."
"The medallion portrays Pro-|
He declared further that if result-gress through Co-operation.' Co- ed in great public benefit by allow-operation the most worthy en- ing each manufacturer to use the deavour of modern times, and the latest improvements originated by hope of the future." any company. "It works a step in advance of most associational work and is considered of tremendous im- portance because of the magnitude of the automobile industry and the
Other members of the Committee acting with the Secretary of Com- merce were Owen D. Young. Merle Thorpe, Walter Dill Scott, Leonard P. Ayres and Walter C. Strong.
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WASTE OF HEAT.
Engine Cooling a Problem.
As the power and speeds of automobiles go up, the matter of proper cooling becomes more and more important. It is far more dif- ficult to properly cool a car that is being driven at forty miles per hour average than it is to cool one that is being driven at twenty-five miles per hour.
Systems Redesigned, " The result of the need for in creased cooling capacity has caused a thorough overhauling of cooling systems. On many cars the water pump capacity has been increased to a marked extent. The fan has been redesigned for greater effi claney and radiators have more capacity, both in frontal area and in depth of core.
Because of the great efficiency of the radiating system they are ac tually too efficient in cool weather, and, for that reason it has been necessary to incorporate devices in the system that will retard the cool. Few people realise that one-third ing effect until the engine really of the heat energy contained in a needs the full effect of the cooling gallon of gasoline consumed in an aystem. These devices are in the automobile is thrown away through nature of thermostats, which do not the radiator. For every dollar's permit the water to circulate worth of fuel consumed, thirty-three through the radiator' until z certain cents worth goes out, through the temperature has been reached, and radiator, while perhaps a mere eight cents worth is used at the rear wheels.
many thousands of miles of use. It is safe to say that many of these hubs run the life of the car without attention having been given by the owner to the oil supply.
of common
One attention the owner, should give about twice a year is to see that the radiator is flushed out. Two heaped handfuls soda to a pail of boiling water makes a good flushing solution that is very effective in dissolving the scale and sediment.
DEFECTIVE JOINTS.
How They May Cause
Trouble.
Many motorists are accustomed to doing much of the work about the car that is needed.
An important job is the grinding. in of valves and the adjusting of valve tappets. The actual work of grinding-in valves is not exces- sively difficult. It is the replacing
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Indications of the derangements are: (1) Water running down out. side of engine. (2) Fictitious rise of crankense oll-lovel, when no oil has been supplled. Irregular oil- gauge indications. Excessive steam or water escaping from exhaust. (3) Bubbling in the radiator tank
cap off. Oll in radiator water. (4) when the engine is raced with filler
Sharp hissing sounds as throttle is opened missing at low throttle. (5) Overheating, when no other cause is present. Gasket, on comparison. fails to openings in head and block. (6) When the sound is not other wise explicable and the gasket is known to have greatly flattened in previous service.
Common errors which bring about these defects are: Use of a badly flattened or torn gasket or one which does not register In all
lines, Lack of grease or other ad- respecte with head and block out- hesive, sealing and water-proofing
material gasket.
on
both sides of the
A VARİED LIFE.
A Sunbeam car that began life in
shutters which prevent the air from going through the radiator until the engine has become warm. Put this in another way. Four These devices are not new. They times as much energy passes out have been with us for years, but through the radiator in the form they are more highly developed and of heat, as is used at the rear wheels more extensively used now than ever In driving the car. This is a rather before. Take the matter of fan de and thing to contemplate in some sign, for instance. In former years of the cylinder-head that calls for ways, but it is one of the conditions any old thing that would cause of the most care. imposed upon engines which operate current of air to circulate through Few mechanics succeed in remov. 1923 as a 14-40 h.p. tourer, and is on the Otte cycle and this happens the radiator was considered gooding and replacing the cylinder-hend car, having a maximum speed in now a low-built two-seater sports to be the cycle, commonly known as enough. To-day, the fan needs just without damaging the copper and the neighbourhood of 85 m.p.b., has the four-cycle, that automobile en- as much care in Its design as any asbestos gasket which seals the received a minimum of attention gines of to-day utilise.
part of the car. There must be no jointer & The owner is not able to change back drafts through the radiator. The damage may be so slight as
since its conversion, but still gives this condition in any way, but he the fan must not require too much not to be noticeable to the eye. All the extra speed to be attained the trouble-free running. To enable can see that it is maintained. The power to drive at high speeds and the same it is good practice always engine has been re-balanced and the radiator must be clean, the shutters the volume of air it pulls through to fit a new gasket every time the compression raised, special piston must open at the proper tempera the radiator must be sufficient to cylinder head to replaced. ture, the water pump must function carry off the heat,
rings have been fitted, the pistons A good joint here is absolutely drilled, and the valve porta ground properly and there must be no leaks
essential, and the gasket is cheap out and polished, while the valve in the cooling, system, nor alpping After all, it is the air that really enough of the fan belt. All of these things cools the motor. The water
springs have been strengthened mere A defective gasket or improperly and a new type of Zenith car the owner can watch so that hely a vehicle which carries the heat applied head gasket may cause buretter fitted.es knows the cooling system of the car from the engine to the radiator. various forms of trouble. (1) Ex- The chassis has been completely is operating as it should.
After it has reached the radiator it ternal water leaks. (2) Its lankage underslung and the gear lever con The manufacturer has to do a is the air that takes it away. Into the cylindera and finally into verted from side to central change, great deal more than this. Because Another development in the fan the crankcase or exhaust. (3) Es The body was purchased at second- of the great Increase in power of the self-lubricating hab bearing. caps of gas and all from the cylin hand for £6, and was originally the automobile motor, he has had The fan runs steadily at high spead, ders into the cooling system. (4) built for a 12 h.p. Austin. The all to greatly increase the cooling is usually carried on a bearing Leakage directly from cylinders into was cut away to fit over the petrol espacity. If a car has a 100-horse that is lubricated brys self-contained the outer alt and corresponding tank, while the wings bought, with power engine, the heat equivalent of device that picks the ou up from a foward air leakage. (5) Reduction the body were altered to fit the pre- thirty-three horse-power, must be small reservoir in the hoo and of water circulation by partial ont vehicle. This underslung con- thrown off through the cooling sys- carries it to the bearing tử thá tem when full power is developed, in continuo
blocking of flow passages, (6) veralon was carried out by Binfield's Knockin caused
strik Garage Beaconsfield Buck, the ider joint proprietor of which concern, Tasket Mr. A Binfeld, Is the owner of the
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