THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931.
NEW FEATURE.
Empty Sump Every
1,000 Miles.
brakes to cooling, ignition, but-
terle, and carburetion. It can be
THE CHINA
MAIL.
EXPERT'S WORK.
btained from the company post Making Acrobatic Motor
free, and is well worth having for!
no matter what car. It is better
done than many standard instruc
From what London motoring tion books. •
journalist has been able to gather...
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makers, the next London motor showing so popular following the 158.
Oil.
The man who trains fleas for the
circus has a simple task when com- in conversations with dealers and With 150 cc, motor-cycles becompared to the automotive worker who will be remarkable for at least one tax concession, olie might ask for makes invisible particles in a drop important new feature of engine what sort of riding are they in of motor oil turn somersault.
What are their capabili design. For the first time sincertended?
Of course, the particles become cars have been in general use, pro- tius and their limitation? What con-visible when the oil is placed under per attention is to be paid to prostitutes. fair treatment for the smal viding the owner-driver with means les type of motor-cycle? These and a chemical microscope, such as is! of conveniently emptying the simular questions need to be answer used in the metallurgical depart- owners may expect ment of the Cadillac Motor Car sump, a certain number of carsled; otherwise being fitted with some form of tap more from such models than they or drain-plug which can be opened can perform indefinitely with. Im Company. But making them do type of their acrobatics is another matter. and closed from above, without punity. "When any new necessitating the trying business of machine comes
on to the market In fact, it calls for an expert crawling under the car. It is one there are always enthusiasts who whose touch is unbelievably de- of the inexplicable features of ac- are anxious to demonstrate publicly leate. It also calls for a device cepted practice that so far not its maximum performance, a fact more than half-a-dozen European that may
Auve the unfortunate known as a micromanipulator.
The micromanipulator is a scries makes, at the outside, have been effect of giving a false impression: equipped with one of the most im- of its normal capabilities," says of levers which may be attached to portant details of all. There are Motor Cycling. "A 160 cc. motor the chemical microscope. If operat- two British maken to-day which are yele will, for example, haul a' very so equipped, and one French one light sidecar, such outfits have beened with sufficient delicacy, it will built and have achieved, in the activate the particles of oil into the used to be may be still.
hands of experts, remarkable redesired motion. To acquire the One of these British curs costasults. At the same time, for normal' less than £300, proof that manuface by ordinary people, a combina- proper touch, an operator frequent- turing costs have little, if anything. tion of this power would
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not be ly practices for years.
have noticed a Indication of the technique re- 'stunt' quired is revealed in the fact that
to do with it, for on not one of the satisfactory. We cars costing up to '£3,000, has there slight tendency of late to
been anything less archaic than the with 150, and even with machinea usual screw-plug in the base of the having smaller engines. Such de. the touch of an average man on the com-- sump, dating back to the dark nges monstration can be quite interesting micromanipulator would be
a steam of motoring. The result, doubtless! but let it be remembered that parable to the bite of weleume from the point of view of they are stunts and nothing more shovel into the earth versus a gar- The capabilities of the 150 and its the repairer and the service station, is that a very large number of ears, even smaller brother are very con- den trowel. The comparison may especially those owned by the less siderable. It will do practical, be further developed by experienced, who form the majority, anything that a full size motor-cycle that, just as a fly bends the gun are being run under the worst con- will necomplish, provided that it is barrel en which it lights (as scien- given time. High averages, how-
ditions.
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It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of periodically and regularly changing the oil-eupply in modern engine, particularly one whose working engine-speed is high.j The very finest oils made begin to
deteriorate from the moment they are in use, not so much because of their quality or the lack of it, as
saying
over, should not be asked of it, nor tists know), so does the alightest should its frame be punished in- touch affect the micromanipulator. definitely by fast riding over freak; Through studies of this kind, manufacturers learn what oil is
surfaces."
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When slogging steadily up a hill, best for their ears, what gasolines with engine working at its hardest, are most efficient, what graphites have you ever been passed by an assure the longest wear. In brief, exactly similar make and similar they learn all there is to know model to your own and wondered about gaseous and liquid materials because they become diluted with why? Have you ever summed up which cause an automobile to do the situation by saying: "Well, well everything you want it to do. a certain amount of petrol, due toj the use of a starting air-strangler that some of these models are much or earburettor flooding, and
faster than others?". Probably you gradually contaminated by, duet,!
have; in fact most of us have, but minute particles of metal, carbon.i and other destructive agents. Yet few of us arrive at the conclusion it is a common thing to find that which is correct in nine cases out of owners, dreading the dirty job of ten-namely, that the
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emptying, the sump by the crude means at their disposal, allow their engines to run three or four times the distance (on one filling of oil)
don't know, but it appears to me
BETTER CARS.
Cadillac Workmen Study Their Craft.
car we are driving is suffering from à loss of power due to causes which are fair- ly easily capable of correction. In: certain cases, of course, the car that
Every foreman in the Cadillac passes, us; may be quite definitely
hotted up"; it is more probable, Motor Car plant "goes to school" however, that its owner is one who once a week to learn how to build) Within reasonable limits, the oil never neglects to go over the chassis better automobiles. should be changed as often as pos periodically in order to make surel
which represents the safety mark.
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MOTOR MINDED.”
How Britain's Drivers Have Improved.
Commenting on the reduction in
Ile studies textbooks prepared the number of street accidents in
Motors Institute of
sible at least once in every 1,000 that it is giving of its best, The especially for him by experts at thej, the London area during the first miles. If anyone should doubt this, owner who paye. regular attention General
this year, The Light let him carefully note the perform to those little points mentioned in Technology and gives recitations quarter of
Car and Cyclocar aaye:-"We feel ance and "feel" of his engine im- the makers'. handbook is always well to factory authorities.
The test books cover every phase that the recent increase in road mediately before each change, and repaid for his trouble and gets in-
As compare them immediately after. finitely better results than the of the automobile business. The difference shows that, in plain motorist who regards his car as his example, the three books studied safety is the culmination of yeare words, the engine is not being pro-slave and treats it accordingly. thus far this year are "Depart- gradual education in highway mental Management," "Factory Or- behaviour and it marks, we hope, perly lubricated, and that can lead to the ruin of the bearings and Most cars have starting motors ganization," and "Economics of the beginning of a new era in which cylinder-walls,, the most expensive fitted with a Bendix drive. If the Industry." While these books con- parts to renew. Many owners seem engine does not fire on the first sider the industry from different every user will at last come to real- hia responsibilities in the to think that so long as fresh oil contact the pinion may remain viewpoints, they all have as their lac is added at frequent intervals, every-stuck in the flywheel gear. Repeat- central purpose the education of modern scheme of things....
"The difficulty in the past has thing is safe. It is a serious errored contacts of the starter switch the worker that he may build
been that the motor vehicle hàn The fresh oil does very little to im- will only make matters worse by quality cars. prove the main body of spoilt oll, jamming the pinion tighter. To Before the foremen attend their been a newcomer-an interloper, in and the latter very quickly neutral- remove the parts so that access class, a master conference is held fact, in the minds of many; ita The Works presence has been resented and Ita ises ita effect.
may be had to the offending pinion to discuss the lesson.
As a result, is no small task. A quick method Manager and the superintendenta speed distrusted. The modern engine is the most of releasing it, and one which has attend this conference, which is other road users have been inclined astonishingly reliable piece of ma- proved successful in nearly all cases, supervised by the Personnel Direc- to stick up for what they have chinery made, but, like every other is to place the gear lever in reverse, tor. Then the foremen, in ten termed their rights, irrespective -less, perhaps, than most-it can then get somebody to give the dis-groups of 22 persons each, meet of whether these so-called 'rights' not do its work efficiently, nor last abled car a sudden push. This will either at morning or afternoon were consistent with either courtesy or safety; and so long as you have Jong, unless it is in a constant state cause the flywheel gear to revolve classes, of perfect lubrication from a full the pinion on Its threaded axle, and The Personnel Director acts as ill-feeling on the road, so you will
One should professor, although the class-work have danger. supply of clean oil. When, if ever, put out of mesh.
conference Now, however, the mind of the easily operated sump-emptlers be make sure, however, that the engine is principally of the come general, the life of the average ignition is not switched on during type. The foremen exchange ideas public has begun to catch up with owner-driven car will be much in this operation. Unless the teeth of to the advantage of all. In addi- the increase in traffic and, with the creased, and the bills for its upkeep the pinion of the flywheel are badly tion, authorities on various sub-prominent symbol of the Road sensibly decreased. It will be in-battered this prosedure will save jects deliver lectures at these Traffic Act before them, road users At Cadilac there is no in genoral have made a defermined teresting to see how many of the many a dirty job er the time and classes.
executive too important or too busy effort to fall in with modern con- 1932 models will be equipped with coat of hiring a mechanic.
for these meetings,
ditions. The public is, in fact, Cadillac not only wants its men becoming motor minded."" to do quality work but also wants
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a feature which ought to have been standard on every car for the past twenty years.
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REAL OPTIMISM!
them to know why they do their that no dividend shall be paid at A contract involving the sale of
jobs in a certain way. for Cadillac present on the Ordinary shares, but The Yucuuni Oll Co. has just cars to the value of £750,000 was Issued a good handbook on the sub-completed at Coventry recently be feels that if they have a thorough at the same time consider the ro the Rover Company, Ltd., understanding of the business as a sults of the year's working. satis ject of correct lubrication. Exactly tween. what oil does, and how it does it, and Henleys, Ltd., motor-car dig. whole they will be able to do bet factory in view of general trade
tributors.
is explained in very simple non-
The agreement concerned the techanical language. There is an admirably written chapter on "How Rover Company's programme for
ter work.
SINGER DISAPPOINTMENT.
conditions.
The enforced low competitive selling price, combined with the fact that the estimated output was not to Lubricate your Car Correctly," 1932, and will come into effect on From that data Hen- September 1. in which oil-thinning and its causes,
realised, is stated, to be the main reason for the reduction in profits. sludge, pressure, and other matters leya, Ltd., will handle the sales of
all. Rover cars in the London area.
In the case of the smaller cars, sales are clearly dealt with. The com-
"There is nothing fantastic in Shareholders will doubtless be were up to expectation, but the pany recommend that ofl'should be
for the higher-priced changed at the rate of 1,000 miles this three-quarter million pound considerably disappointed by the demand
deal," declared Mr. Frank Hough, substantial fall in profits for the vehicles was seriously curtailed. The per gallon; that is to say, a sump holding one gallon should be drain managing director of Henleys, Ltd. twelve months to July 81 announced directors state that the surplus of over all liabilities and ed every 1,000 miles, one holding "In view of the trade revival, which by the well-known motor-car manu- assets two gallons every 2,000 miles, and is already being felt the figure facturers, Singer and Co. This capital le £454,807, and indicates so on. Another excellent section is represents a conservatve estimate amounted to £42,702, against £144,- that the assets value of the Prefer- that dealing with all troubles, their of the value of these cars which we 200, the previous year. In these ence in 208. and of the Ordinary
circumstances the board recommend' 838. 7d. causes and cure, from bearings and shall sell in the 1932 season,"
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