THE CHINA
MAIL.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931.
COOLING SYSTEM.
Precautions in Cool Weather.
The cooling system of an
auto-
mobile can cause a good deal of trouble if it is deprived of the attention it requires, especially in cold weather. Ordinary precaution, however, will make Winter driving mechanically, safe and enjoyable.
MOTORISTS THIS IS YOUR PAGE
Owners who like to tinker with their car
themselves should first carefully inspect. all the joints in the cooling system for leaks. These include hose connections, gaskets, the water pump and the radiator itself.
A hose that looks sound from the
outside may have deteriorated in- side. Such a hose should, be re- placed to prevent clogging the radiator core with small pieces of rubber which may become detached and circulate with the cooling
mallet to
Many improvements have been water. introduced in cooling systems. Water pump leakages are usually Dil thermometers and other de-alopped by tightening the packing vices on the dash warn the driver nut. Sometimes this will not when dangerous temperatures are remedy the difficulty, because the on packing has become hard from lack reached. Automatic valves some cars keep the water from cir- of lubricant or the pump shaft has culating through the radiator until seored... The grease cup should be predetermined temperature is kept filled and screwed down occa- reached. This reduces the
time ionally to prevent this occurrence. required to bring the engine and Should the leak persist after the oil to normal temperature. Ther-tightening of the nut, it would be mostatically controlled radiator advisable to disassemble the pump shutters automatically open and and examine the shaft. If it is only slightly scored, the rough spots oilstone. may be dressed with an
Next, the whole cooling system should be thoroughly cleaned. Run the engine for a short period to agitate the water and keep loose particles of rust scale and foreign matter in motion. Then open the drain cock and empty the system. Fill the radiator with a solution of water and ordinary washing soda, completely dissolved, in the pro- portion of one-half pound of soda to a gallon of water. Blanket the radiator and run the engine until a nomal temperature is reached. It helps during this period to tap the radiator with a rubber
of rust and loneen accumulations
minutes should scale. About ten suffice for this treatment. The so- lution should then be drained off, and after the engine has cooled, a garden hose should be placed in the radiator filer and water allowed to circulate for a few minutes with the drain cock open.
If an especially good job is de sirail, the radiator can be removed from the car, inverted and flushed upside down. Light tapping with a rubber mallet will remove what re- In spite of these improvements nothing has been devised to replace If more superficial searing has oc-mains of the loose scale and rust. radiatora, cylinder heads and blocks,curred. a new shaft and new pack While the radiator is off, the hose hose, water pumps, packing glands, ing will be required. Whenever a can be placed in the outlet in the and gaskets on water-cooled cars. gasket joint is impaired it is most top of the cylinder block and water All these are potential sources of economical and satisfactory to re- forced through the engine to remove
place the gasket.
foreign material. The radiator
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<lose.
trouble to the cooling system.
should then be replaced and all hose carefully connected and Joints tightened with suitable clamps. The system is now ready to fill, after which an inspection should be made for leaks.
FORD EMPLOYEES.
Investments in Own Company.
Special cooling system service is A total of approximately $880,000 now available at well-equipped gar was paid to Ford Motor Company ages and service stations. Suitable!
United
MANY CHANGES.
On Model AA Ford Truck.
1
has
the
entire weight of truck and load to be carried on the housing and parmits the axle shafts to be used solely for driving the roar wheels. The new front axle is nearly twice as strong as formerly. The front spring is heavier, with wider leaves. Front radius-rods
&rc
heavier, king-pins, thrust bearings and wheel bearings, are larger. The centre cross member of the frame, which takes the driving thrust from the rear, also is stronger.
Braking power has been. siderably increased by expanding
78 square Inches.
PRINCESS ELIZABETH.
Now An "Owner-Driver.”
con-
The Ford Motor Company chemicals under pressure are forced employees throughout the
Model AA one and one half ton through the system and a thorough States on July 1 as the semi-annual announced many changes in cleansing results. These treatments return on their investments in the truck chassis. are recommended for those who Ford investment fund.
Theac Improvements Include, The return is at the guaranteed among others, the new four-speed have neither the time nor the in- clination to do" the work themselves.
Before cold weather actually ar-rate of three per cent. semi-annual-transmission, new spiral bevel gear rives, the cooling system should be ly, plus a special return of two per rear axle, larger and stronger front the total braking surface to 474
axle and spring, larger brakes, and protected against freezing by the cent, making a total of five per provision for a power take-off. The anti-freeze mixture.. cent. Most of the payments were entire chassis also has been streng- addition of
made to Ford employees in the thened.. Alcohol, glycerine and certain trade-
Dual rear wheels are optional marked products are used for this)
The quantities required Detroit district. Many were paid purpose.
terchangeable. The same size tiro vary according to prevailing tem- to employees throughout the United equipment. These wheels are in- is used on all six wheels with the peratures. For zero. weather the States. alcohol should be approximately! Ford employees now have invest-result that only one spare need be one-third of the total contents of ed in the fund a total of approxi-carried, instead of one of smaller the system, for example. If gly-mately $19,000,000. The promised size for front and one of larger corine is used, the same proportion return on these investments is six and more expensive type for rear
per cent. annually, but there has use. is advisable.
Alcohol evaporates much more been only one year-1928-in which
four-speed transmission quickly than water, and it is there the payments did not exceed that furnishes ample road speed for Glamis Castle, the power being sup- fore necessary to replace it period- minimum. More than one-fifth of rapid, eficient transportation, to-plied by a battery operating by a
of the company gether with an improved low-speed foot pedal. ically. The specific gravity of the the employees
mixture should be through
these investments alcohol-water
are pulling power. This, the announce- atates, supplies sufficient checked from time to time to make silent partners" in the Ford enter mont sure that the alcohol content has prises.
power for moving capacity loads The investment fund plan was out of pits and on soft ground. founded by Henry Ford in order to The new rear axle is a special give Ford employees an opportunity bevel gear three-quarter floating to invest their savings in the Ford truck type, This allows for the business and to inspire in them through these investments addi- tional interest and pride in their work.
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ECONOMY OF A FOUR
CE
LY
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The Compe
The Sport Phaeton
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FOR FULLER PARTICULARS APPLY:
THE NATIONAL MOTOR CAR CO.
(SOUTH CHINA MOTOR CAR CO. Proprietors).
Tel. 25644
33, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL.
Tel. 25644
Any Ford employee over 21 years| old is eligible "för participation in the fund through investment of a portion of his wages or salary. Returns begin when an employee's savings total $50 and are paid! thereafter in multiples of that sum. Payments are made in January and July each year, so long as an cm- ployee keeps his savings in the fund and remains in the employment of the company.
It is stipulated that all of the money invested must come from wages or salaries, but no deductions for this purpose are made from an employee's pay, it being required: that the deposits in the fund bei made voluntarily. Employees are permitted to deposit up to one- quarter of their wages or salaries.
Deposits in the fund must be made within two days after the receipt of wages or salaries, Sun- days and holidays excepted. The returns are paid along in the regular pay envelopes, when due.
MOTOR MANUAL.
A new edition, the twenty-eighth, of "The Motor Manual" has been issued. Over three-quarters of a million copies of this popular motoring handbook have been sold, The new edition has been fully: revised and enlarged and many new illustrations added. Included in the new features is a full de- scription of the main points of the. Road Traffic Act, explaining the motorist's, new legal position. There are eighteen chapters cover- ing car construction, choice, hous- Ing and maintenance, and every- thig that the motorist ought to know. The book is profusely Illustrated and the text is written in a clear and simple style. All up-to-date features that have been introduced in car construction are dealt with. "The Motor Manual": new edition is now on ante, and can be had from Temple Presa Ltd., 5-15 Rosebery Avenue, London, E.C.I. 2s. 6d. net, 25. 10d. by post. It is also on sale at leading book- sellers,
not been reduced below the propor- tion required for protection. When alcohol is used, the mixture` should not be spilled on the finish, 25 alcohol is a solvent for lacquer.
Glycerine is more expensiva than alcohol but does not evaporate, nor is it harmful to the finish of the car. On the other hand, it is more Ilkely to cscape through leakage than alcohol.
The
BUYERS'
Princess Elizabeth has joined the ranks of motorists and became an
"owner-driver."
A model motor-car has arrived at
The Duke of York was intensely interested, and tried the new model before he taught the Princess to
drive. The Princess soon learned the intricacies of steering, and now spend hours proudly driving round the castle grounde.
GUIDE
MOTOR CARS.
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY. Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. Tel. 24769.
BUICK-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nei Chung
Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 30228,
CADILLAC-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24769. CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.
24759.
FIAT MOTOR CAR.-A Gocke & Co., China Bldg., 7th floor.
Tel. 22221.
MARQUETTE. The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33. Wong Not
Chung Road, Happy Valley, Tel. 30228.
MORRIS.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24759. OLDSMOBILE.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 38, Wong Nel
Chung Road, Happy Valley, Tol. 30228.
ROLLS-ROYCE-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.
24759.
STUDEBAKER-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.
24759.
WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPPET MOTOR CARS.-Gilman & Co.,
Ltd, da, Des Voeux Rd. C. Tel. 28011.
OUTBOARD MOTORS.—Rudolf, Wolff & Kew, 54 Queen's Road
C. Tel. 22178.
MOTOR TRUCKS AND TRACTORS. CHEVROLET.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel.
24759,
G.M.C.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong Nel Chung
Chung Road, Happy Valley. Tel. 30228. DODGE.South China Motor Car Co.. 88. Des Voeux Road. C.
Tel. 25644.
MORRIS.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. Tel. 24769, STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage. Queen's Road.
Tel.
24769, WILLYS-KNIGHT & WHIPPET TRUCKS.-Gilman & Co., Ltd.,
4a, Des Voeux Road C. Tel. 28011.
MOTOR CYCLES.
B.S.A.--The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Road. Tel. 27767. NORTON. The Sincere Co., Ld., Des Voeux Road C. Tal ·
27707.
MOTOR OILS.
GARGOYLE MOBILOIL-Vacuum Oil Company, King's Bldg. SHELL-Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.C.), Ltd., Asfatic Bldg.
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES. ACCESSORˇES.-Hongkong Hotel, Garage, Bueen's Road. Tel.
24755. ACCESSORIE-The Duro Motor Co., Nathan Road, Kowloon.
Tel. 5823.
FISK TYRES.-Gilman & Co., Ltd. 48, Des Voeux Rd C: Tel.
28011.
INDIA TYRES.-W. R. Loxley Co., York Bldgs, Tel. 22285. MICHELIN TYRES-A, Gooke & Co., China Bldg., 7th floor.
Tel. 22221.
PRESTOLITE BATTERIES.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
Road. Tel. 24769.
WILLARD BATTERIES.-Gilman & Co., Ltd., 4n, Des Voeur Rd.
C. Tel. 28011,