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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1930.
MOTOR NOTES.
To-day and Yesterday,
For every car produced in 1907 British factories are said to produce eighteen to-day, at prices which, on au average, are 30 per cent. below
YOUR CAR?the pre-War level.
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Cleaning the Oil Filter.
When washing an oil filter with petrol always pour the petrol on the side opposite to the normal direction of the flow of oil. Thus the particles of grit, will be washed
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To Study Sales Methods.
Rusted-up Nuts.
It very often happens that nuts Mr. Hubert Price, export manager
which are continually exposed to of Swift of Coventry, Ltd., is engaged on. a somewhat unusual the weather become rusted up and enterprise. He is sailing, to the difficult to unscrew. The best plan U.S.A. to study, not, as usual, the of action to adopt, then, is to place methods of manufacture in that Tags or cotton wool on the nut and country, but methods of car distrito pour parafin over the rags. Leave the nuts soaking for about buticn, sales promotion and the 12 hours, and they should then be
free of hard rust. exact relationship between manu-
Benzole Conference. facturers and their agents.
Petrol Price Reduced in Ulster.
The national retrol-distributing companies announce a reduction of In a slow-running test organised id. per gallon in the wholesale and by the Sydney Bicycle and Motor retail prices of all grades of mctor spirit on bulk deliveries only in the 56624 Club in New South Wales, Graham. whole of Northern Ireland. The Paige cars gained first, second, retail price of No. 1 grade spirit fourth and fifth places, The "win-from the pump is now la. 7td. in ning car is said to have averaged the Belfast zone, and 19. 8d. per the remarkably low speed of 1.33 gallon in the rest of Northern Ire.
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Brakes After Washing.
it very often happens that after a car has been washed the brakes prove to be ineffective, and the best way to dry them is to drive at about 25 mp.h. with the brakes slightly applied. The friction thus set up soon dries the film of water cover- ing the brakes.
Death of Mr. F. R. Smith.
His many friends will learn with regres of the death of Mr. F. R. Smith, chief engineer of Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Led. Mr. Smith, who was forty-eight years of age, had wide experience of the British motor industry. He received an M.B.E. for assistance-rendered by MODERN MOTOR SERVICE bi to the Government during the
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Motor House Chocks.
Carages are still modern conveni ences often produced by builders with little specialised experience; and for this reason many garages are built only just big enough to hold the car for which they are in- tended. This being so, great care is called for when the car is garaged to see that the front wings do not foul the back wall of the garage.. If, however, a fairly thick, block of wood is nailed to the floor of such a height that the wheels cannot ran over it, and in a posi- tion to stop the car with the wings just clear of the wall, the car may then be driven slowly into the garage without any risk of damag ing the wings.
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Water in the Brake Drums.
A few, even modern, "cars are 6tted with brakes which refuse to
work when there is any water lying. on the road. This dificulty may be overcome by drilling two or three mm. holes in the brake drums, thus allowing the water to fly out its trap by the movement of the wheel.
Further Fuel Supplies.
Perusant to an agreement be The second International Con-tween the Standard Oil Co., the ference of Benzole Products met in German Dye Trust, and Imperial London recently, the function being Chemical Industries, plans and be- attended by delegates from various parts of the Continent. Sir David fore the Warden of East Maitland, Australia, for the exploitation of Milas Watson, president of the 30,000 acres of coal-bearing land in
National Benzale Association, in his address dutlined the progress which had been made in the production of benzole during recent gear. Remarkable Growth.
According to official State regis. tration figures, at the close of 1920 the total number of private cars in use in the United States was 2,580,701, of which, incidentally, 6,350,901 were of General Motors manufacture. "In this connection it is interesting that ten years, ago there were only 8,471,000 private cars of all makes in use in the coun- try.
Door Hinges.
On an elderly car it very often happens that the door hinges wear and rattle. The usual method of curing this is to remove the pins of the hinges and to fit oversize pins, having reamed out the hole to fit. A more simple method is to remove the pins and to bend them slightly before replacing. Although this may make the door a little stiff at first, it will at least remove all
trace of rattle.
Wheel Changing.
Few things are more annoying. than to find, on experiencing a puncture, that the defaulting wheel is rasted firmly and immovably tổ its hub. Although it may seem an unnecessary precaution it is well worth while occasionally jacking up the wheels in turn, removing them, and slightly oiling the hub. The opportunity may also be taken to change aver front and rear wheels with the object of equalising tyre
wear.
The Drip Pan,
Nearly every moderh private garage is fitted with a pan to pre-" vent the oil and petrol from the engine dripping on to the concrete floor, but very few motorists trouble to keep it clean. Should this pan be allowed to fill with petrol there is always a danger of fire if the engine. should backare. Therefore, when cleaning the car, clean also the drip pan and preferably sprinkle a little sand or earth in the pan before replacing it under
the car.
Nuts and Spanners.
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A golden rule for mechanics is alwaysTap a fixed spanner, but not an adjustable one with a ham- Never, however, should the blows become more than taps. Many people, when unable to undo a nut place a piece of piping over the free end of the spanner, thus lengthening the leverage available. This is not advisable, for too often does it result in the head of the bolt being twisted off. This why small spänners are shorter than the bigger ones. A small bolt must not receive the same amount of force that a larger bolt would require."
the Maitland district. It is pro-
6,000 men In the extraction of 30,000,000 gallons of motor spirit per nonum from the coal of this area.
Oiling Charts.
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TO BAN BLINDING
LIGHTS.
CAR-MAKERS' PLAN TO'
END THE EVIL.""
"WHEEL WOBBLE.”
AMUSING AND ALARMING.
I often see
a car approaching with a flapping motion of the whoola due to worn steering gear and pivots, writes Professor A. M. Low in The Motor. This fap,
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which is amusing at low speeds, can be very dangerous if it reaches a rezonang condition at about 43 miles an hour and takes charge of
The the steering:
trouble sometimes be cured by increasing speed; this is not uncommon on motorcycles, but suddenly to open. The "British Ministry of Trans-requires great nerve, even if it is the throttle during a bad wobble
port is in possession of a memor practical andum, decided upon by the society at the higher speeds is usually The type of wobble which occurs
of Motor Manufacturers and due to gyroscopie action and is Traders, controlling the entire Bri- often associated with large tyres. tish motor industry strongly re-
Thanks to the motion of the earth, a gyroscope is able to maintain commending big changes in the re-its position when it is not fixed in. gulations affecting car headlamps one particular plane. For a gyro
to exercise a righting force in and sidelamps for the prevention ship it is necessary for brakes to be used and for a movement known as precession to occur. On a mò-" torear travelling at 50 miles an hour, with a comparatively heavy tyre, the gyroscopic forces are considerable when bouncing of a wheel allows one end of the axle to vibrate up and down. As extin revolving wheel has moved out of
ascending wheel is turned outwards. "aits vertical plane of revolution the by gyroscopic action, so that when again reaching the ground castor action tends to straighten the wheel and generally to flap the car from side to side. A somewhat similar effect is noticed when & flywheel. hearing is very loose, because the initial vibration is very easily given by bouncing of the car on its tyres or springs.
posed to spend £3,000,000 on the of dazzle. erection of plant, and to employ It is understood that the Society make has urged the Minister to it illegal for any car to be on the road with sidelamps which have not either a frosted glass lease or It may be of interest to Our a frosted bulb, and for any bulb motoring readers to learn that the Vacuum Oil Company has supplies to be used in such lamps of of Oiling Charts for the following stronger power than six watts. cara, and will be pleased to forward same free of charge on application to any reader who may desire same-Austin, Armstrong-Siddeley, Buick, Citroen, Chevrolet (Chinese),make it compulsory for private Eggex Six, Morris. Fiat (English cars to be fitted with headlamps and Chinese), Jowett, Overland, which either dip completely or Whippet, Singer, Standard, Trojan, swivel to the left and dip the ru and Wolseley.
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Singer Service Vans,
In order to give the utmost possible consideration to users of their ears, Singer & Co., Ltd., Caventry, have put into commission
The Clost.
The Minster is also asked to
flector.
The adoption of these demands would mean that balf a million owners of cars three years old would have to pay at least £2 a |
number of service vans, which car for conversion of their head. patrol various districts. These vanalamps, and, say, da. at least for have fixed to the roof a daylight sign which reads "Singer Cars Service Van, and any owner of a Singer who is in dificulties, needs small adjusticerts, or wishes to ask advice, is encouraged to stop the van and make known his 'wants.
Lamp Dazzle: Views of the R.A.C.
In a memorandum submitted to
frosted sidelamp bulbs.
W
E.A.0.'s Plan.
The memorandum indicates, it is stated, a big difference of opin- ion between the society and the The 50- Royal Automobile Cluj. ciety condemna any limitaion of the power of bendlamp light by the. the. Minister of Transport at bis setting of a maximum limit to request by the R.A.C. the Club's candlepower or number of waits. views on the best method of pre- venting dazzle by the lamps of motor vehicles are set out. It is The R.A.C. has officially asked considered that results obtained the Ministry to limit headlamps-to from recent anti-dazzle devices show maximum of 36 watts in order little or no improvement over those to deal with the cases of night submitted, in earlier days, the ten- "road hogs" using ultra-powerful deney being for inventions, to re-lights of B watts and over They peat themselves and for. little of have told the Ministry that whereas real novelty to be submitted for the diversion or dipping of the main test. Results of the trials carried beam of average powered headlights cut by the Club indicate that the at, say, 50 yards from the oncom- compremise between proper driving driver would be reasonable, it ing light and the elimination of would be necessary for ultra-high dazzle bas still to be found. The powered lamps to be dipped, con- Club considers that in the present siderably farther away. condition of development the most promising device is the dipping or dipping-and-swivelling lamp or : Hector, but it emphasises the need in any legislation of providing for the possible introduction in the future of new inventions or material improvements. It is also pointed out that in the matter of dazzle side lamps are often offen-. ders, and it is suggested that for lamps other than head lamps the bulbs should be limited to 6 watts
There has been a scandalous capacity. Further, it is thought that the wattage or candle power growth of the power of sidelamps of and lamp bulbs might reason-set, at a high level on cars in the ably be limited, with a view to last two years, and the dazzle from checking the activities of a minority these has been quite as bad as from of motorists who fit their head the
powerful headlamps. lamps with unreasonably high. Spot lights, it is understood, will powered bulbs that prove offensive also be the subject of severe restřice
tions. to other road users."
People of authority in the 'mo- September will see the issue of tor industry are convinced that of draft regulations to end dazzle. embodying the demands of the me tor makers with the Ministry comúz promising on the watt maximum for headlamps by Axing a maxi- mum higher than 36. It is thought that the tique for the regulations to come into force will be fixed in the draft as October 1, 1931.
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This is only one example of the problems in car design which have arisen since the increase of front front-wheel brakes. Shere are a wheel weight by heavy tyres and
number of cases of tyre, wear due to reasons quite apart from the themselves. actual construction of the tyres
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