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AUTOMOBILE TROUBLES AND HOW ΤΟ AVOID THEM...
MR. C. D. LAMBERT'S INTERESTING LECTURE.
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GOOD ADVICE FOR INEXPERIENCED OWNERS AND DRIVERS.
The causes of various mishaps to motor-cars were explained for the brunt of inexperienced owners and drivers by Mr. C. D. Lambert, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Kowloon-Canton Railway it the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders of Hong Kong last evening.
Mir. Lambert read an exceptionally interesting paper on the subject of "Some Automobile Troubles and How To Avoid Them," before a large attendance of members and visitors, the audience including a number of the members of the Hong Kong Automobile Association.
Mr. L. J. Blackburn, Vice-President of the Institution, presided, and briefly introduced the lecturer.
At the outact of his paper, Mr. Lambert dealt with ignition mat- ters. He said: The, well known axiom that prevention is better than cure applies with exceptional force to motor vehicles of all kinds, if only because the happening which
The latter device is not intended to be in use for any length of time. Its purpose is to reduce the stresses on the armature insulation when a break occurs in one of the sparking plug circuits; but the additional stress on that account is not entirely
FEBRUARY 26th, 1927.
In point of fact, however, there is as a rula ono very simple cause for such occurrences, and one which in very osally removed.
It is nearly always dua to a faulty connection in the circuit, and more often than not that the point is one or other of the battery terminals to which the main cables are secured. A corroded or loose terminal gives rise to a high resistance in the Draama circuit and when this re- sistance rises above a certain maxi-
some
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mum, determined by the capacity of and loss account available for AP- | Khite, Bice Insura300 ........200 buy. the fuse wire, the latter willpropriation, after allowing for de "Blow." It may not give out for preciation is $1,293,204.57.
Directors recommend that this several months, unless on occasion the angine is run at a high disposed of as follows:-
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89.50 per share on than usual passing through to the
300,000 shares... batteries. But even a momentary To place to reserve... acceleration of the engine above To carry forward to next account...... normal may have that effect, while, if the resistance of the terminal be completely detached cable, the fuse extremely high, as in the case of a will blow almost immediately the dygame begins to charge.
By all this it will be realised that when the weekly inspection of the acid level of the batteries is made, the condition and tightness of the prevent the corrosion which is one cause of high resistance and blown
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night, ought or, could have been removed by the safety gap, and de- terminals should be noted also. To eligible, offer themselves, for rouge! ***** **
prevented so frequently gives rise to secondary defects, which, as they are often more difficult and costly to cure, are of prime importance.
In the course of my work as a repairer, on innumerable. occasions I have had to remonstrate with more or less experienced owners and drivers about their neglect of the most simple precautions against accident and mechanical derange- ment, and to spend no little time in explaining why such precautions were desirable and what might well happen if they were neglected..
pendence on the gap for any length of time is liable to end in trouble. Yet bow frequently one observes cars, particularly transport motors, being drivea for miles and miles on end, the drivers quite unheeding that their engines are running on three cylinders only.
fuses, the terminals should be kept completely coated with vaseline, which protects them from the fumes continuously arising through the vent holes of the cells;" the pre- sence of such fames in the battery box and the tendency of the acid, to "creep are the causes of cor- roded terminals.
Working the Starter,
Doubtless the cessation of firing in one cylinder is sometimes due to a short in the ignition circuit, such
"A starter switch should never be as a faulty plug and in that event the armature of the magneto is not
Engagement of the stationary, likely to suffer; but it is a wise pre-operated unless the Bywheel is caution to investigate the cause im mediately as soon as a cylinder
censes to fire.
Only when the misfire is found to be due to some cause other than a break in the high tension eircuit, is it safe to ignore the trouble and limp home or to the next pre- arranged stopping place.
To give a very simple example of what I mean let me remind the ex- perienced amongst my audience that they would never think of filling a dashboard fuel tank whilst a pair of lighted parafin side lamps re mained on their brackets, one o! them perhaps no more than twelve inches or so away from the filling orifice of the tank. You may say that nobody in their right mind would ever do such a thing it is so obviously asking for trouble." Yet
One precaution in positively I know of two cases in which trans essential in connection with such port cars were completely destroy- ed for no other reason than that the outfits if they are to be maintained drivers did what I have just men-in efficient condition. tioned.
A Carburattar Flare Up. Another "flars up" which was brought to my notice might have ended as badly as the other two.
Neglect of Lighting Batteries. No mall proportion of transport motors are now fitted with electric highting and a certain number with electric starting motors.
It is a sim-
teeth is then made without harm, for at the moment when they come into contact the motor pinion is only just moving and has very little paver pausing through it.
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The Auditors, Messrs. Linstead & Davies retire, and being eligible, offer themselves for re-election
HEALTH BULLETIN OF EASTERN PORTS.
FOR WEEK. ENDING FEBRUARY 19th.
Plague.
2 cases at Bombay.
3 cases at Raagoon.
1 case at Sourabaya
1 case at Saigon,
3 cases at Colombo.
Cholera.
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6 cases at Bangkok. 12 cases at Rangdon.
Small-pox.
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3 cases at Vizagapatam.
3 cases at Bangkok.
10 cases at Vladivostock,
NEW YORK REVISITED, " SIE MARTIN CONWAY'S
VIEWS..
EFFICIENT BUT OVER- CROWDED,
America, revisited after 1 year's by Sir Martin Conway, revealed to him." Li'l old New York as I knew Sir Martin, interviewed on his re- it, but a little more exaggerated." turn to London, said that he found
Even when the soothest of clutches is engaged na carefully as possible, heavy atresses are imposed upon gear teeth in moving a heavy vehicle and its load; but when a clutch is fierce or is violently en gaged, such stresses may be in- Ford Vans and 1 tunners are posi- creased tenfoid. Lots of drivers of tively brutal in their use of the clutch when changing from low to
Up that there is a big "Step high gear. Quite possibly the fact the gear ratio may encourage them to engage the clutch suddenly after the engine has beca accelerated considerably on the low gear; bat whatever the excuse, the violent forward jerk thus given to the whole vehicle is just as bad for the trans- mission gears in this type of vehicle as lot other transport anits when the clutch catches hold" sudden ly and visiertly. In brief it is simply asking for trouble to neglect a feree clutch or to engage any type of clutch with a bang. Admittedly the change from first to
I saw he said, "a great many speed, or vice versa is generally the ace which gives drivers, most fine houses, and fine pictures. A trouble and causes more noise than great deal more attention is paid to art. Architecture has improved. any other; but, although things in the direction may be normally bad,The place is very well run and there is no reason why they should everything is very eficient. be worse than necessary, and most assuredly that state is encouraged spigot is aeglected or inefficient.
Another cause of stripped gears in change-speed boxes is an impro-se in the south end of Manhattan perly adjusted clutch stop or clutch Island is making it just about the When changing from low limit of possibility for people to brake.
from it. If they go on building speel to a high one the RP.M. of get to their work and get away more tall buildings and concentrate the clutch shaft must be reduced, and if the clutch is a heavy one, a stop or brake should be fitted and people there they wont be able to
get about. so adjusted that it tends to press upoa and slow down the clutch and its shaft when the clutch pedal is depressed.
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ple matter, and yet one which is either overlooked or concerning which the individuals responsible for upkeep have no knowledge. It relates to the upkeep of batteries.
Each cell of a battery comprises plates which should angber o It was a flare up under the bon- net, and attracted the driver's at be kept continuously covered in a tention because the engine, which solution of Sulphuric Acid and Dis had but few minutes earlier com tilled Water. This solution must be menced to misfire, behaved most maintained at a definite strength, erratically and threatened to stop namely between 1,250 and 1,200 on The driver pulled up, and, as hea Hydrometer with the acid at 60 did so, noticed smoke issuing from degrees Fah. The normal voltage various points about the front of of a fully charged cell is between the vehicle. He had the wisdom and 2.1 and drops to 1.8 volts promptly to turn off the petrol tap when practically discharged.
Then Strangely enough no diminution of under the dashboard tank. he got down, opened the bonnet, strength occurs if water be added and found the carburetter flooding to maintain the level of the solu
it is badly and on fire. It soon burnt tion, or the Electrolyte an itself out and the only damage was called. The reason is that, although a scorched dashboard and bared in the natural course of events the high tension wires How did that distilled water in the solution is when lubrication of the clutch You could not adopt their,system O PAKIE
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more tall buildings, more motors on the streets more people on the pavements.'
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"I do not dislike the tall build- similar buildings in London, but ing and I should like to see not so closely packed together. They would be a great improve- ment to London.
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happen? A backfire into the car constantly evaporating no such loss buretter might have caused it, but of the sulphuric acid occurs. in this case it was due to a broken
The rate of evaporation of the bigh tension terminal, which allow water from the battery necessitatea ed the sparking plug end of the replenishment of fairly frequent wire to Fall on to the float cham-intervals, the frequency depending ber; a series of sparks occurred mainly on the extent to which the there, jumping to earth vid the battery in used and the time of the float chamber lid and ignited the
Speaking generally, never more petrol within Probably some liquid had been jerked out through the than four or five weeks should vent hole in the lid at some parti clapse without distilled water being cular bad bump on the road and added to each cell, so that the
Loss of Power in the Engine. " encouraged the flare up. The car Electrolyte covers the tops of the
A few days ago a car was brought was leaking and, plates with about 1/8 to 1/4 of 20 buretter float doubtlessly, was the cause of the inch to spare. In hot weather, and
to me, the complaint being that the
costs about Avepeces a brick to flooding, this may have been caused when heavy calls are made on the by the solder, having been being battery, the Electrolyte may need engine bad lost its power. This car almost prohibitive in America. It AANITA, -On demand
had been overhauled and yet the started by dropping the float at replenishing as often as once a
engine would not pull The valve build a wall, and builders are limit some time or other.
Failure to make this replenish setting and ignition timing were ed to 300 bricks a day. Bricklayers' OR BAXGXOX-On detaand
That perhaps may | GOLD LEAY, 100 fize, per fasi... A Magneto Failure,
correct, carburetter jets cleaned is nearly £4. In another case a detached wirement has to my knowledge resulted checked over and found absolutely wages are 17) dollars a day, which voz, Bank's Buying rata $0.55
out, and yes the engine would not help to correct the tendency to go BAR SILVER, per c from a plug was the cause of an in the ruination of dozens of sets
Only New York is really expensive replacement; the driver of batteries, for when the plates are in this instance was within ten allowed to remain exposed to the pall, something seemed to hold it on building. Business generally is When asked about Prohibition, miles of home after a long days run, air above the neid level, they rapid back. As a last resort the exhaust bad.
Sir Martin' Conway said:- and when one of the cylinders sudly deteriorate besides the capacity pipe joint was broken, the engine properons."
"It gives ona law for the rich denly ceased to fire he refrained of the battery being proportionate started up and she went away with reduced according to the im
The exhaust pips with the silen- and another for the poor. Wellto from stopping at once to see whatmersed area of the plates As the
cer was stripped down and it was found that the exhaust pipe which do people can get what they want, He had no load aboard and con- value of a sot of batteries ranges sidered he could just as well carry from $50 to $150, the cost of re-
about nine incher and had numerous on" and put things right the next placement may be of no small protruded into the exhaust box for and poor do without." morning But at the bottom of a To he on the safe side, therefore, in holes drilled in it was abso long and steep hill, which was do scended at appreciably above the it is advisable that owners should lutely blocked up. You could not insist upon whoever is responsible get a pin through some of the holes. legal Bimit, the engine refused to fire when the throttle was opened for the upkeep of their vehicles in all being blocked with very hard a le tongue to the proper size and of the battery acid every week. A sparking plug wire was then specting and replenishing the level carbon. These were rimed out with found detached, but refitting it did Bat it is essential that distiled the pipe and exhaust box refitted, not enable the engine to be restart- ed, for only after an hour or two water should be used, rain water and the engine pulled perfectly. No or ordinary tap water is not suit end of time and money had been of fruitless efforts made in attempta
af inspection of the silencer would spent on this car whereas a periodic- have aired a this
Was wrong.
The latter was due to running
amount.
The Dynamo Fuse.
a Tosr.
Another very great fault more especially with the native driver which causes the owner a lot of needless expense in bills for petrol is running with too rich a mixture. The native driver just loves to open out the jets with a needle or other instrument, and he invariably does this when he has had a-stoppage due to a choked jet. He takes the jets out and pokes about with wire and needles and consequently the jets are enlarged and too rich a mixture is caused.
to get it to restart was it found that able, and will of itself canse dam the Magneto Armature had "burnt age to the plates. Out"
It is by no means an infrequent with the detached wire; this had occurrence for driver to be held the effect of bringing the safety gap up on the road by sudden failure of in the high tension circuit into use, the electric lighting system, thanks blown fuse. Assuming that but, as has occurred in other cases, to a this fitting belied its name. For the spare fuse wire is carried, it is sibly no harm would have resulted a simple matter to its new fuse but for the rapid descent of the hill, but it must be borne in mind that which implied a comparatively high a fuse does not blow without good engine speed with the natural as reason; it is not sheer perversity companiment a
Bercer current which underkies such a happening, generated by the magnete: this in neverless, some drivers seem to im turn overstressing the insulation of agine that there is no accounting
At the close of the paper, ques the amature because of the high for blows fuses; they go on time resistance in the earth circuit due after time replacing the destroyed tions were invited, and a short dis to the dimensions of the safety gap. lengths of wire, hoping for the best.cussion took place.
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