MOTORING
SUPPLEMENT
OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
SATURDAY, 2nd APRIL, 1927.
Being The Official Organ of
THE HONGKONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATI
Well Deserved.
The presentation to Mr. P.M.
CURRENT
COMMENT
Shek-O Road.
EXTREME ACCURACY.
Splitting Hairs by
Machinery.
The Shek-O Road is, being re- Hodgson at yesterday's mooling paired in placos, but a first-clase of the Hongkong Automobilo Association was a pleasing little motor thoroughfare will not be function which paid tribute in provided until the whole road has formal manner, to the time and been re-surfaced, Patching is energy devoted to the Association
botter than nothing, but is merely a matter of comparison during Mr. Hodgson's tenure of office as Honorary Secretary. To thorough job, although costly, mention that Mr. Hodgson is held would prove economical in the In the highest esteem by the Committee and every member of lung run.
the Association is superfluous, but The Right Time.
very subscriber to the gifts will
owners will use thoir cars almost
MARINE ENGINES.
Motor Power in Coastal Fishing Craft.
VIBRATION CAUSES.
Useful Suggestions.
'BY ISRAEL KLEIN.
arising in the moving parts of the Vibration is one of the faults car, that makes driving uncom- fortable. con-
The primary soat of vibration is in the engine-the crankshaft especially. But ongineers have almost to succeeded in cutting this down minimum. They
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For some past considerable anxiety has been felt on account To most people a hair's broadth of the scarcity of fish immodi dodotes extreme narrowness, alatoly around the Coast of the though in reality it is twice as British Isles and this year the thick as a cigarette paper which Board of Trade reports & measures a 2/1000ths part of an sidorable drop in the volume of inch. A visiting card is quito a the trade. It is becoming more bulky affair in comparison, as it and more apparent that nothing is no loss than 25/1000ths of an which science can offer to im inch thick. Thinness, however, prove matters must be noglected.
The Ailsa Craig Motor Company, have added bearings to keep the and to the engineer, aiming at Ltd., of Chiswick, London whose crankshaft from whipping. They extreme accuracy the splitting of Marine Motor Engines are ex- have shortened the shaft as much a hair or even a cigarette paper tensively used in fishing craft all as possible, and in one or two is quite an overy-day affair. For over the world, have recently cases have added a flywheel in instance, an error of 1/1000th made a further investigation into front, to prevent torsional or a part of an inch is all the margin the use of motor powor among twisting vibration.
The crankshaft nowadays is allowed in many of the larger the boats of the Coastal Fishing eel gratified at the honour of
Within a very few weeks, sum and clumsier parts of a modern Fleets. From the figures avail- silent and smooth in comparison being associated in the expressing
tangible mer motoring will be popular, and motor car, this fine limit.accountable, and from their own experi- with that part only a few ydars f that esteem in a
anner. The presentation took
class of British cars. ae form of a handsome silver daily for bathing pienies oto. Ting for the long life of the betterence in actual installations it is ago.
interesting to note that there has When it comes to other and been a marked increase in the lver and cigarette box, each would appear therefore, that now baring a facsimile of the AR./io the time to devate attention to more vital parts, such as the gear use of motor power in boats of 25 more troublesome kind.
ciation's bidge and the follow-reconditioning roads wherever wheels an error of only 2/10ths to 30 ft. in longth. This is no from looseness among the parts
necessary while traffic is at a) of a 1/1000th" part of an inch is doubt due to the compactness of the chassis. ginscription:--
minimum. Hongkong is justly allowed, the amount being ro- and efficiency of the modern
The wheels, especially, furnish Presented to P.M. Hodgson, proud of its roads, and it is to ba gistered by an instrument that marine mator of 6 h.p., such as considerable trouble of this kind
Esq., by The Hongkong Automobile As-hoped that the present conditions can read to 1/10th of a 1/1000th. the Ailsa Craig Kid 10-16 hp. if they aren't kept aligned and
will not decor tho-Government In other words the degree of and the Kid Junior 6-8 h.p. fight. !sociation,
measured by this engines. Both these engines are front expending money on their thinness upkeep. Such a policy would be marvellous instrument is equal very popular among fishermen bling wheels and a vibrating car. extremely shortsighted, and only to the splitting of a cigarette all round the Coast from Yar-Loose steering gear connexions increase the ultimate amount to paper into 20 layerut
mouth to Morecambe, and from will causo whools to wobble and t is astonishing how many be applied to the purpose.
Another aspect of the case is Lands End to John O'Groats, the car to chatter. ple make the mistake of alight-
prosented by the fact that the The interesting fact has come from motor vehicles frequent Obstructing Vision.
ordinary film of oil that separates, out in this enquiry that the laxi-cahs) by the off-side door.
practice is most dangerous, Early attention should be given say, the crankshaft and its earning capacity of boats fitted wave-like motion locally will His probably acccounted for by to the danger caused in certain bearings is quite a fat affair with motor power has often been carry this through the entire body tightlessness. Only the other districts owing to the road being measuring some 3/1000ths of an doubled, the reason being that and set up a corresponding wave-
taxi-cab was noticed eta-obscured by overhanging shrub ordinary fine limits grinding and fined to in-shore fishing, but can
inch. To attain these extra the fishermen are no longer con-like or vibrating motion of the
automobilo. tary on the left hand side of bery. There are several such ex- lapping machines are omployed. pick their ground irrespective of In an exceptional case, the troad, when, just as another ampies from the University to
cases despite their distance from the home port. evas passing, the door suddon- Aberdeen; where bends in the marvellous dexterity they areThe more owners roalise that by bolts holding together the fabric bonod and a collision was only road are made all the more dill-automatic in action, the operator the help of such engines as the discs of the universal joint work- ge posted in public hire vobi-sence of bushes or undergrowth to take off material, up to a few independent of the migration of joint so that it set up a vibrating aled by the morest luok. A cult of negotiation by the pre-only having to set tho machine Ailsa Craig they can become ed loose. That loosened the entire would undoubtedly serve a which lipe the thoroughfare in thousandths of an inch, and the fish the sooner will the trade motion and imparted it to the Spurpose in reminding pass-such a manner as to obstruct the machine not only performing this resume its old time prosperous entire car. It was so decidedly as of this dangor.
annoying, especially when the engine wasn't pulling against a load, that it nearly knocked the driver out of his seat..
fonorary Secretary, 1921-26." ghting,
I Improvements.
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view ahead. Visiting motorists frequently express the opinion that the winding nature of Hong road botwoon Abordeen and kong's roads severely test the I Water Bay has recently skill of local drivers, and it is a breceiving necessary alien-matter for gratification that the t quite a number of "
put-standard of driving skill is parti
Colony. h" having formed. In Caine cularly high in the E the side channels are being Even so, every offort should shtoned. Another improve-bo nude to make our highways' a which has probably escaped as safe as possible, and if the tatice of many motorista has picturesque effect of low-growing baffected at the foot of Lawer shrubs has to be sacrificed to tho Road, where the drain has more important aspect of public blevolled off to the same safety, there can be no roasonablo ht of the roadway. Formerly objection to their removal.
spot a drop oxisted which consider this a question of urgent have seriously damaged importance, and therefore trust dotor vehicle which kept too that the necessary action will be .an the left of the road.
OH' LOOK AT THAT
CUTE SIGN OVER
PLEASE
THERE
DRIVE. CAREFULLY
taken.
In
Home
work, but also stopping itself condition. when the job is completed. Those romarks are prompted us the result of a visit to the Armstrong Siddeley motor works in Coven. try. where the latest and most accurate machinery is in action..
DEALERS RUN MILEAGE TEST.
Wa Ford Mileage Average.
An average mileage per gallon of 34.98 was made by 70 entrios in a gas economy contest for im- proved Ford cars, standard-equip. pod, promoted by the dealers of Lane County, Oregon.
Careful preparations, selections of entirely impartial judges, vigorous publicity, sincere co- oporation among the five dealers in the county, and a total of tan prizes the first, $100, accounted in part for the great interest which the contest stimulated.
Starting from Cottage Grovo, Oregon, the routo ran north on the Pacific Highway through Eugone and Junction City, and onward toward Portland.
Previous to the start, tho tank and carburetor of each car were drained" of gas, and a measured gallon from an officially cortified container poured into the tank The tank was then soaled.
Winner Makes 51.88 miles.
The contest was won by Clint Witham, of Eugene, whose milo- ago score, as chocked by the spoodometer in the judges' car, was 51.88. Thirtoon contestants made more than 40 miles to the gallon, and the average of tho 70 contestants was 34.98.
CURRENT HUMOUR.
"Jack fell out of his car the other day and broke his peninsula.
"His what? *** "Peninsula. neck stretching
$80.
A
long
out to
→→→Brown Jug.
The gates wore down, but Oscar Shay
Decided to his sorrow To speed across the right of way:
His funeral is tomorrow.
"Coat you much for new parts for your auto-
$ mobile ?"
Doosn't cost me any- thing. You see, I live noar a railroad crossing..
-Boston Transcipt.
"I hear that Biffos, the owner of the now filling station, is a tightwad."
"I tried to fill up my balloons at his free air stand, and it sucked all the air out of my tyros. " Nebraska Awgwan.--- Chauffeur-"Don't stand gaping there-fotoh the village doctor.
Poasant" It's him you have run over."""
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TO IMPROVE PARK ROAD."
Every type of Ford car was re- presented among the 10 winners. More than 15 miles of the high The roadster, however, took more way in Yosemite Valley, Cali- prizes than any other type, with|fornia is to be improved next the touring car sebond.
spring.
Loose bearings will cause wob-
Any fault in the moving moch- anism of the car that producos a
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The answer to such cases of vibration is to keep the chassis parts tight. The whools should bo jacked up and tested for loose- nuss. The steering system should be tightened up against undue play, The engine block should be bolted down tight.
Every bolt you find holding a moving part to the chassis frame should be tightened every 80 often.
Even the spring clips should bo tightened, for undue springinoso also sets up a vibration boyond that required to sase the effects of road roughness.
Sometimes you may find your- solf swinging along, up and down, as you sail over what seems like the smoothest road in the world.
That road, however, isn't so smooth as to prevent the setting up of a wave-like motion of the automobile. This arises when the engine is purring aloug at a rato that coincides with the frequency of the slight but re- gular indentations in a smooth road. When the engine frequency and the road frequency harmon« izo, vibration sets up.
Sometimes this swinging seeme delightful, "but at the same time it is harmful to the car, and hastens the type of vibration that. lon't so pleasant.
The remedy is to alow down a bit, until the swing is lost and vibration ceasÓS.
TWICE AS MANY AUTOS.
California'aregistration of auto- mobiles has moarly doubled in four yours.. In 1922, 883,649 vehicles of all classifications ware rogistered in the state, while | licenses wore issued on 1,653,638 vehicles by the last day of 1926.
CLASSIEST MOUNT ON THE ROAD,
THE NEW "STREAM-LINE.".
A Now Shipment of Harley-Davidson single side-by-sidė valve, overhead valve and Big Twin Combinations, arrived by the a.s. "Empress of Canada."
PLACE YOUR ORDER EARLY.
Ask us for a free Demonstration Ride. Get the facts about our Pay-as-You-Ride plan.
THE GASCON MOTOR CO.,
2, Kwong Wah Road (Opposite The Steam Laundry), Telephone K.1242.
REPAIRS UNDERTAKEN ON ÅLL MAKES OF MACHINES,
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