THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
POPULAR MOTORING ROUTES IN AMERICA (Special to The Hongkong Telegrrph.)
Typical of Washington this view from the famous Bartholdi statue to the Capitol.
"ALBANY COTROY
BLIGHAM-
TON
NIAGARA -FALLS
ROCHESTER
SYRACUSE
BUFFALO
DETROITO
ELMIRA
WESTFIELD
MAUMEE
CLEVELAND
YOUNGSTOWNO!
SCRANTON
DELAWARE WATER GAP
BUTLER PITTSBURGH
WHEELING
OCOFORD
ZANESVILLE,
DIANAPOLIS
NEW YORK TRENTON PHILADELPHIA
MINGTON
TOWN
INGTON
These roads, as the map shows, lead over mountoin and valley to New York and Washington.
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This is New York, with its famous sky line as seen from the New Jeracy shore.
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
HINTS
FOR THE
SATURDAY,
MOTORIST
ALBERT L. CLOUGH
GROWLING GEARS..
SEPTEMBER 10, 1927.
Whenever it seems that a car is paiderable value, for example, making an unusual amount of under-hood electric heater. humming, growling or grinding Possibly, by using one of the oils noise, of the peculiar quality that which wo are naming to you, the is associated with improperly starter will turn the engine over working gears, the cause of it in colder weather, but we fear you should immediately be sought. will not solve your problem until The probability is that it is caused you keep your car where artifici 1 by lack of lubrication either of the heat is provided. transmission or of the rear-end.
THE B.M.W.
its suction-valve to the intake manifold, air from the upper com- partment of the tank is sucked into the manifold and this somewhat corrects the averrich mixture] which is passing to the engine, thus causing speeding up. When the auction valve closes, this sup- ply of auxillary air is cut off and the engine once more receives a mixture too rich for full speed operation and it slows down.
Trouble With Distributor Rearing.
Question: I have had consider- lable trouble with the hurning out of the distributor-bearing on my six. Can you tell me what causes this?
Answer: The only reason wa can think of is that this bearing is not kapt properly lubricated. There is an oil-retainer on the di tributor, near the bottom of it, through which oil is fed to the bearing and the recommendation is to supply a few drops of oil at this point after each 250 miles of service. We have never heard of one of these bearings giving You might tiouble, if kept oiled. have the distributor head removed!
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The first thing to do is to remove
"Variation of Idling Speed. the plugs in the side and near the
Question: What
causes the bottom of both the transmission engine of my car to speed housing and the rear
axle housings. The holes into which when it is idling?
up and slow down, at intervals these plugs screw are respectively, located at the levels at which Answer: Probably the idling and see if oil really reaches the lubricant should be maintained for mixture is considerably overrich bearing. Also, if the shaft hus the transmission and final drive and the engine would run faster been roughed un. have it smoothei on a somewhat leaner mixture. and make sure that oil can dis- gears. If lubricant fails to run ach time the vacuum-tank opens tribute over its entire length. out when either of, the plugs arej removed, the level is too low, the bearings and gears concerned are in danger of damage and are prob- ably making the growling which has served as a danger signal.} Fresh lubricant, of a consistency not too stiff to flow, should be supplied until it begins to escane through the hole, indieating that the level has been raised to that height, which is such that the gears din into the lubricant and splash it. There is usually a plugged opening in the transmis- sion cover, through which it can he filled, but the rear-axle housing seldom has any filler hole and its oil supply has to be replenished, through the test hole above refer- red to, by means of an oll-gun.
Question: In winter the starter of my car fails completely, although it works O. K. in summer. In cold weather, I use a light grade of oil. Is there any parti cular brand of oil which you know to be coldproof? Is there any- thing which can be done to prevent oil from congcaling at tempera- tures from zero to twenty below?
Answer: We know of ne brand of oil which is absolutely proof against stiffening to some extent at the very low temperatures you, mention, but there are certain ones hich are much less affected than others, which we will name to voul in a separate memorandum. Ou feeling is that one takes serious chances of damaging the engine by lubrication failures, when it is kept in an unheated garage, in weather so severe as you refer to. The only remedy is to heat the; garage, although devices for local- ly heating the engine are of con-
New York, Aug. 3rd.--The roads, On the way to Washington, ↑ This route goes on further across 6-WHEEL COACHES.
to
from the west are paved with con- through Pennsylvania, mountains the New Jersey meadows crete and lined with beauty, on the are crossed, historic battlefields of Newark and New York. The beau-
way to the two great Meras of the Civil War are passed and some tiful Hudson is missed, but the Popular in England.
the east-New York and Washing- of the most entrancing variety of ton.
scenery traversed.
For the predominance of motor- ists in the eastern states, and their from the west to New York, one There are three principal routes resultant great contributions to the state and federal treasuries have of which also is a short cut to
Washington. One, the northern opened up immense areas of moun- tain and valley, of rolling plains most, cuts across Canada on the and monotonous flatlands to the north side of Lake Erie between view of the tourist. Thousands Detroit and Niagara Falls, skirts take advantage of this despite the the southern wige of Lake Huron
great trend of other thousands to the national parks and monuments of the west..
n Rochester, goes on eastward until L crosses the upper, Hudson at Troy, it follows this famous river ll along the eastern edge to New York.
Across Ontario's Peninsula.
New York, despite the great exo- dus of its own population in warm weather, is still a suminer resort to the other thousands who come from the west. And Washington, From Chicago to Detroit is one despite Its 'abandonment by officials solid stretch of and politicians, is crowded with Michigan City, sightseers also from the west.
concrete, past Kalamazoo and Jackson. At Detroit, a crossing
glorious scenery over Pennsylvania well repays this.
distance
The road to Washington might Six-wheeled lorries and motor most be taken through New York, 'buses are no uncommon sight in to promising is the scenery of that England. Now, says Motor tate. If this is done, the remain-Transport, the six-wheeled can- ler of the journey from New York struction is being applied to motor s across the flat lande of Newceaches, and it would appear tha fersey to Trenton, along the Dela- the public will quickly realise vare river to Philadelphia and on their greater comfort and safety lown to Baltimore and the capital. particularly on long
tours. Their Increased comfort Is obvious, and as regards safety. There is a more southerly route not only has a six-wheeler two o Washington that takes, the extra wheels to which brake-power traveller over the mountainous can be applied, but it has been western length of Maryland, and demonstrated that the six-wheeler past the Antietam Battlefield. The is less liable to skid on alippery
oad goes south from Chicago to roads, Indianapolis, then cuts straight cross Ohio to Pennsylvania, where
Over Length of Maryland.
So it is fitting that those motor is made to Windsor, Ontario, and it crosses sharply into Maryland.
ists who are contemplating an east- ern trip be apprised of the best routes to these two greatest cities of the country.
No more enjoyable trip can be the drive is then through the On- tario perinsula to London, Hamil-jarranged than to take this route east and then return west by way ton and Niagara Falls.
of New York, up the Hudson to Another way is to take a south-Troy and Albany, and then across erly route, avoiding Detroit and New York state to Niagara Falls crossing directly to Maumee, Ohio, or Buffalo. Or the return trip a little south of Toledo, whence may go by way of the Delaware a good read Lakes the tourist Water Gap through Fennsylvania through Cleveland to Buffalo and and the southern Finger Lake re- then across the northern points of gion, although the famous Hud- the Finger Lakes to. Albany. son river will be miasel,
Pass Beautiful Country. The highways from the west to New York pass generally through "a section of the state itself that can well vie in beauty with the great national park areas of the west. The Finger Lakes region Still another course, but more These are only the main roads. in the western part of the state devicus, is the route past Maumee is famous for its wonderful water- fails and mysterious caves, in ad- and Cleveland to Westfield, N, Y., dition to the beautiful stretches ofthonce down past Lake Cháu water that dot this territory.
to New York and Washington.
There are others, almost as fully covered by motorists, such for
tauqua and across the southern example as the one from Cleveland edge of New York. The compen- through Butler, Pa., or farther The edges of the great Adiren-sation for this longer trip lies not south through Pittsburgh, on over dack Mountains are touched on the only in the beauties of the New the Tuscarora Mountains; past the way across the state and the won- York lakes but especially in the famous Gettysburg battlefield and ́derful Hudson, one of the most remaining trip across the north-down to Washington. beautiful rivera in the world, is western corner of Pennsylvania lined with two good roads all the and over the famous Delaware ever, there is no end of enjoyment way, from Albany to Troy-156 Water Gap, one of the leading from the great variety of landscape
beauty epots in America.
that unfolds itself in the cast. miles to New York,
The enormous new factory of
Whichever route is taken, how-
NEW CLYNO EFFORT. it will have to work to full factory is a working track, which capacity in order to satisfy la claimed to be the most modern the demand for Clyno cars which thing of its kind in the world. has rapidly developed in all over- It is.hardly necessary to say that acas countries. Mesars, Rootes, in other respects the new factory the Clyno Engineering Co. at Ltd., of Devonshire House, Pic-which is in every way a credit Wolverhampton has just been cadilly, London, W. I., are the sole to the new spirit of British Motor completed, and is now in full world exporters of these vehicles. Manufacturing enterprise-is ex- awing. There is little doubt that An Interesting feature of the newtremely up to date.
WOMAN RACER,
Mrs. W. Scott, winner of the Surbiton (London) "All- Comers' Handicap, who drove a Bugatti car, at an average of 92.92 m.p.h. The second place was won by a man, and another woman came in third.
Hon. Secretary,
P.O. Box 116.
CYCLE
WHICH WON THE ITALIAN TARGA-FLORID RACE, 1927
12 B.H.P. MODEL R42 500 cc.
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