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Garage, Happy Valley
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In CADILLAC-8-cylinder 5-passen- PACKARD SIX-Condition
Вох Five perfect ser Cadillac for $1,500 cash, every way as now.
Five-paasenger: Superb No. 1475, care of "Hongkong Tyros. engine (45112-42). Cash $1,200. Telegraph." no offers On view at Dragon NEW RALEIGHS and spare parts. Harley, Indlan, Henderson and BUICK. Gylinder. 7-passenger 1925 0. II. V. Matchless Combina Buick Touring No. 165 Good run-tim. Harley, Indian Scout, Cleve. ive Wire Wheels. $1,500.00. On Adelphia. Motor Cycle Exchange ning order. Five good Tyres on land and neracar selos. 5-Seater view at Dragan Garage, Happy .655.
Talley.
| CADILLAG~4-cylinder 5-passen. INDIAN Combination 79 hp ger Cadillac for $1,500 cash Box electric lighting complete. Just No. 1475, care of Hongkong Tele been overhauled, /$175.00. Apply graph.' Sergis. Mese, H.M.S. "Timur.""
BUICK Touring No: 362. HUDSON 6-cylinder 7-passen wood wheels and spare rim. ger Touring equipped with five tyres.. Price $750.00 cash. Brand new Balloon Tyres on New N... 1479, of "Hongkong
Y New top, pohol-Telegraph." wire wheels. stery, carpets, Bosch Hurn. Also
Four Five Box
care
new Carburettor and Radiator, MORRIS COWLEY.-11.9 new paint and all bright parts 2 senter Roadster with dickey, two. nickel plated. In perfect running wheel brakes 1925 model. In usc
A real bargain for condition.. only $2,200. Apply Box No. 1492 care of "Hongkong Telegraph.
months, owner driver, under 2000 miles. Owner buying a 4-seater. Apply H.K. Hotel Show Rtcom for appointment.
DODGE Touring, pass •nge: 1926 Model, "Dodge" car, fOR WANTED. -- Experienced $2,100. Perfectly new and in ex-careful chantem. Apply Box N plendid condition. It is a private 21, care of "Hongkong Telegraph." car driven by the owner. Milg
age about 400. Owner wants 10 WANTPD. -Skrond-hand English buy a smaller car. Will not cou-ear, small type. Owner driven sider offers Apply Antonis preferred. Send particulars to Batatha-Expedients Sinico-a-Box No. 20, care of. "Hongkong
Telegraph."
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BUYERS GUIDE
MOTOR CARS
AUSTIN-Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd., Bank of China' Bldg.
C. 2487,
ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Rd.
C.4759.
AUBURN Universal Auto Supply "Co., Asiatlé Bldg. C.1915, BUICK-Hongkong & Kowloon Taxi Cab Co. Ltd. 33 Des Voeux
Road C.1036.
CADILLAC Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.1759. DODGE BROS: The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.. 33 Wong Nel-
Chung Road, Happy Valley: 0.1247.
ESSEX--The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nel Chung Rd.
Happy Valley. C.1217.
FORD-Andrew Harper, 6, Queen's Road... C.4895.
G. W. K.-Gilman & Co., Ltd., H. K. Rank Bldg. Tel. C.290.
Road, Happy Valley, C. C.1247.
HUDSON. The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd, 33 Wong Nef Chung LINCOLN.Andrew Harper, G-Queen's Road. C.4895. MORRIS Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.1795. PACKARD. The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd. 30 Wong Noi Chung
Road, Happy Valley. 0.1247. ROLLS-ROYCEongkong Hole Garage, Queen's Road. 0.4769. SINGER-Gilman & Co., Ltd., H.K. Bank Bldg. Tel, C.290. STUDEBAKER.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. 6.4759. STANDARD.-Alex, Rriss & Co. (China), Ltd., Bank of China Bldg.
C.2487.
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MOTOR TRUCKS
DENNIS-Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd., Bank of China Bldg.
0.2487.
FORD-Andrew Harper, 6 Queen's Road, C.4759.
FORDSON TRACTOR-Andrew Harper, 6 Queen's Road. C.4759. GRAHAM BROTHERS.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 93 Wong
Not Chung Rd. Happy Valley. C.1247..
MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Rond. C.4759. THORNYCROFT-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4759. MOTOR CYCLES
A. J. S.-Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd., Bank of China Bldg. 0.2487. B. S. A.-The Sincere Co., Ltd., Des Voeux Road. C.1067. DOUGLAS.-Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd, Bank of China Bldg.
· C.2487.
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HARLEY-DAVIDSON-The Gascon Motor Co., 2, Kwong Wah Rond,
Kowloon, K.1242. INDIAN-Alex Ross & Co. (China), Ltd., Bank of, China Bldg.
C.2487.
MATCHLESS.-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's, Road. C.4759. PUOH-Leyacco China Co., Ltd., Bank of Canton Bldg. C. 1221. ROYAL ENFIELD-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33, Wong, Nei
Chung Road, Happy Valley. ·C.1247. TRIUMPH.--Alex, Rose & Co. (China), Ltd., Bank of China Bldg.
C.2487.
TYRES AND ACCESSORIES COLUMBIA BATTERIES.-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33,
Wong Nei Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247. DUNLOP TYRES-Dunlop Rubber Co., Hotel Annoxe Bldg. C.4554. FIRESTONE TYRES.The Dragon Motor Car. Co., Ltd., 33; Wong
Nei Chung Road, Valley, C.1247. ..
GOOD YEAR TYRES-Alex. Ross & Co. (China), Ltd., Bank of
China Bldg. C.2487.
MIGITELIN TYRES.-Europe-Asia Trading Co., Pedder Building. HAPE 0.3488, '
MICHELIN TYRES.-John Gibbs & Co., Bank of Canton Bldg, 0.704. PRESTOLITE BATTERIES-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's
#Road. C.4759,
HINTS
FOR MOTORIST
THE
SATURDAY JUNE 26, 1926,
NG SUPPLEMENT.
TAKEN FROM LIFE.
FULL SPEED AHEAD.
BY MARTIN.
Motor
A∙J'S Cycles
ALBERT L. CLOUGH
ILL ADAPTED SPARK PLUGS.
An occasional cause of knock-from is almost certain to give ing is use of spark-pluge unsuited trouble. A
to the engine in which they are. Mr. Clough givos, some of the usdd. Some plugs are unusually questions he receives from time long, in order to extend through to time, together with the ans the wator-jacket space of certain wors. These appear weekly and engines and bring the spark provide an instructive reference.) points properly into the com- REMOVING FLYWHEEL bustion space. When such plugs Question --Tho tooth on the are used in other orgines, la flywheel of my ongine have which the distance from outside become po worn that the starter the oylinder into the compres will not turn the engine ovor, sion space is considerably. Can the flywheel be removed shorter, the spark points and the from the shaft, with ordinary end of the ehell may extend so tools, or inust it be pressed. off? far into the burning gas, that! Answer: In all probability they become and remain so hot vou will need a pullor of the us to promaturely ignite the screw type, such as is used in' charges and cause knooking and removing road wheels from thoir backfiring. On the other hand, a axle-shafts but you can readily plug of the short type, such as borrow ono of these if you have would be adapted for use in such nono. Aftor the bolts, which an engine would not prove suc-hold the flywheel web to the cessful in one requiring a long crankshaft-flange, are removed, plug, becauso spark-points would the employment of a stout se ew- hardly extend into the gas, but puller, in combination with the
rounded by stagnant, foul gas, but occasionally & flywheel is would bo po koted in the spark-judicious use of a hammer ought plug recess and would be surto start the whocl, of its taper, which might not ignite reliably, met with. which requires a re.
the engine gular pross to free it. especially with throttled down. It is important AIR-BOUND ÖIL PUMP, that the length and general typo Question:Since removing the of spark-plug recommended for oil-pan of my engine and se with any particular engine giving it a thorough cleaning the. be adhered to, for great care is oil-parip refuses to work, as in- taken by overy manufacturer to dicated by the oil-rage hot show- adopt plugs properly adapted to ing pressure. What is wrong the requiremonts of his product and what should be done?
Answer: and any radical departure there-
The most likely cause of this trouble'is that during the cleaning operation, the oil from the oil pump
The 9/20hp housing and iho oil intuko-plpe,
ROVER
Car-1926
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leaving them filled with di
This pump is wel above the oil- lovel in the crankcase and the tendency would be for it to em- pty itself of oil. An oil-pump of this kind.cannot pump air and the pump housing probably failed to fill with oil, cansing, an entire failure of oil circulation. You will have to prime the pump, that is, fill it with oil, by hand. You can probably detach the ail-i guge tube, where it enters the de-i livery pipe and supply oil through the opening, with a can, until the pump- Squirt housing is full Oll pressure should then start, when the en- gine begins to run.
UNSATISFACTORY GASOLINE
ECONOMY. Question:-I am getting but 12 miles per gallon of gasoline, with my 1923- car, although I am told that I should be getting 18. Carbon has been removed,
the valves ground and the car! buretor adjusted, without; im- provement. Whore can I get carburetor correctly adjusted? What other suggestions can you make?
mears
Answers: You better drive your car to the local service station of this make of carburetor and have them check it up care- fully, but it is by no certain, as you seem to assume, that your low fuel economy, is really the fault of the carburetor. While you ought to be securing 18 m. p. g. on trips of consider- able longth, in warm weather, if you' are using your car for short trips only, with long waits, it is not surprising that you are gett- ing only 12 m. n. g. The car
SPEED LIMIT
15 MILES
A SERVICE
CITY
LIMITS
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YOU
buretor is often blamed for faults AN AUTO IS OFTEN
which are located elsewhere.
Unless the circulating water | runs warm all time, with ple ty of heat upplled to the intake system, unless the pistoh fits are good and the ignition timing right and 'overything about the car well lubricated and free from drag, poor fuel economy will re- sult, even though the carburetor is functioning perfectly.. "
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AND JOYRIDE FOREVER)
DOUGLAS.
SMALLEST ENGINE.
That
Good Cycle!
TO ARRIVE SHORTLY"
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