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LOOK TO STEERING the steering lever, which hangs
GEAR.
down from the steering gear case: If the wheel must be turned more than one-eighth revolution before this lover, moves the mechanism Absolite Certainty is
inside, the steering gear case re- Needed for Safety. quires adjusting. Consult the in- struction book for the method to, One can burn out an engine bear follow. Next, grasp one of the ing, blow out a tyre or strip a rear front tyres on each side of the axle gear without doing oneself or centre, rock the wheel and note his passengers any harm, but if the any looseness in the connecting. Tighten the Joints steering gear fails it is a different linkage.
the matter. Therefore, whole wherever they need it and pack steering mechanism should be in- with
Then good eup grease. aposted periodically in a systematic grasp a front tyre at the top and shake the wheel vertically, noting Start by turning the steering any looseness in the bearing 'wheel and note any lost motion, spindle and wheel bearings. Next determine whether the wheel Consult the instruction book again is tight on the shaft. If it is, for directions for tightening these loose, tighten the binder bolt. Then parts. If there is much motion in have one turn the steering the bearing spindle the bushings wheel while you.carefully watch should be replaced.
manner.
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
TO GET THE BEST OUT OF A CAR
Looking After a New Engine.
SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1998.
starting a new and stiff engine should raise the bonnet and ascor from cold. If the starter-motor, tain the level of the oil remaining ibe at all, do not keep depressing by means of the device provided. the button but give the onging a This often takes the form of a fow turns with the crank handle dipstick, which should be pulled with the ignition swiched off and out and wiped clean before using the strangler closed in order to it to ascertain the level of the oll free the working parts and to In some engines there is a simple draw a rich mixture from the form of indicator which shows the carburetter. When the engine has lovel immediately, and reference been started allow it to run for to the instruction book will tell several minutes to warm up before you just how it is arranged.
Replenishing the Engine, Increasing its speed or driving the
If the indicator shows that of car away.
Another point is that it does should be added, you will have to not do any harm, but rather it obtain a tin of the right make and improves matters, to indulge in grade (as recommended for the short bursts of. speed at full particular engine) and this shouki throttle during the latter part of be poured into the orifice which the running-in period, the great you will find on the engine itself. point being not to keep the engineAs a rule it is covered with a hing aled Ild, after lifting which you working hard for more than
Iwill notice 4 gauze strainer, I minute or so.
The next matter which you will which, although detachable, should coramence to worry about is the not be taken out; pouring the oll lubrication of the chassis, which through the strainer takes some ia, of course, very important, as little time, but it is much safer so only by aurinlving all the working to do, as you can then be certain parts with lubricant can you ex-that no particles of grit are going pect them to work smoothly and in with it. silently. The engine contains a O is of treacly consistensy, certain quantity of oil, varying so that it is no good pouring it in from two quarts to two, gallons and watching the indicator for according to its size, and this is an immediate change of level. circulated continuously by means The best scheme is to add about of a pump. Almost always there a pint of oil at a time, giving it a is some form of indicator among few minutes to settle down before the instruments on the facia board again checking the level. Over- which will show you whether or filing the engine is wasteful and not the pump is working either by can de no good. recording the pressure which it is While dealing with this part of creating or by some similar device. the subject we may as well con- Oil Level Indicators. tinue with an explanation of how'
This article has been written for the owner-driver now to motoring who has been just taken delivery of a car after learning to drive; there it stands, a glittering, grace tui ploce of mechanism, and the owner regards it with a pride and pleasure tempered only by doubts ne to his ability to give it the in- toiligent auention which 80 cherished a posscasion deserves. He has probably already devoured the makers' instruction book, but was battled by the technical terms and the obscure diagrams which It contained. Here we will be able, to give him just the information which he requirch, treated under standably and without technical- illes. Technical Knowledge Unnecessary; It is illogical to bother the new owner-driver by launching into de- scriptions of the internal parts of the engine, because it is a fallacy to suppose that only an expert in such matters, with an engineer's training, can hope to look after car. All that is necessary at the start of the owner-driver's career is a knoweldge of when and where to put in the oil, grease, petrol, air and water; after explaining this will go on to deal with the trifling troubles which may con- ecivubly need rectification in the
This indicator, however, does the engine should completely be. home garage or at the roadside,
not show whether there in a drained of oil and refilled at de- Here and there, as the explana-sufficient quantity of oil in the finite intervals. In course of time tion proceeds, it will be necessary engine, the device provided for the lubricant becomes contaminat- to digress into descriptions of this purpose being usually placeded and this process is apt to be: those of the internal workings of under the bonnet. In most cases aomwhat rapid in the case of a a motorcar chassis a knowledge of when the amount of oil in the new car, as the oil has more work which is necessary for the intelli-engine, becomes too small the to do than usual. Consequently, gent handling of the matter inpressure indicator will flicker in-it ip advisable to drain the engine question. Finally, there will be stead of remaining steady, but in and refill it after the first 1,000 tuning and periodic attentions, a new car, at any rate, it is unwise miles have been covered, although such as decarbonizing, to explain to wait until this happens before subsequently the process need only to those who are sufficiently in- adding fresh oil...
be carried out at intervals of erested in mechanics to tackle the jobs Lhemselves--| dwindling section of the great motoring |public—instead of leaving them to
the service depot.
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The first important matter claiming attention when you take over your new car is the process of running it in, which means allowing, all the working parts to rub together, with plenty of old and under light loads, until they smooth one another and acquire glossy surfaces which will work without friction. If you load them too heavily while they are still in a new condition they will overhent and will never attain that perfec- tion of surface which is reached in an engine that is carefully treated during the early part of ha lite.
The time and care which must be expended over this running-in process depends very much upon jthe type of ear in question, but usually considerable caution must be exercised for the first 500 miles, and some care is still needed until, at least 1,000 miles have been covered. The owner driver who
is patient at the start is rewarded later on by an engine with a long trouble-free existence before it Lond a performance above the
Average.
Two Ways of Overloading a
New Engine.
the
Now there are two ways in which you can place a heavy load opon the working parts of ungine: by making it run at an excessively high speed and by forcing it to pull hard at low speeds up a long gradiem at full throttle in top gear. The secònd of these faults is the easier to understand, as it will be obvious that the wider the throttle opening, e., the farther the accelerator pedal is depressed, the petrol-air mixture is going into the engine and the bigger are the explosion pressures created there-
by.
Avoid High Speeds.
more
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Just as serious is the loading caused by too high a speed, and this is due to the effect produced by the rapidly moving parts in- side the engine. If you swing a weight round at the end of piece of string you will notice that the faster you cause it to turn the bigger is the" pull which it will exert, and the same principal is ut Conse- work inside the engine. quently, in addition to preventing the speed from exceeding 30 m.p.h. on the level in top gear and chang- ing down to an indirect gear on any hill which brings the speed below
full about 20 m.ph. at throttle, it is important to keep the engine speed low when using the gears or even when running downhill.
It is nut wise to expect too much from a new and stiff car or to be 100 critical of its performance; until it has been ran-is it will consume more petrol than you ex- pected and will not have the live. liness or the free-running qualĖies of the demonstration model which you tried before buying it. Above all, do not start tinkering with the various adjustments provided in a vain endeavour to improve the performance; simply leave the car alone and run it carefully for the specified period before expecting it to attain a good performance,
Special care is needed when
You may rely upon the engine 2,000 miles.. It is a messy job being all right as regards the oil which should only be undertaken supply until about 400 miles have in ancient clothing and at a time] been covered, after which you when the owner is feeling calm.
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