THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH,
IGNITION IMPROVEMENTS.
Systems Are Neater and Better.
FIRE RISKS MINIMISED.
the other wires, with the result that a spark has jumped in the wrong cyndor.
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Electrical, and ignition systems on current cars show rast im provements over those employed even last year. There has been a Rigid Rear Brackets general cleaning and tidying up of One of the reasons why tall wandering wires, and the systems lights rofused to remain alight was are now far noster and mora that the brackets for the tail lamp sturdy than ever before,
ware not rigidly fastened to the One of the repsons for this is chanels. The relative movement the practice of wiring the car with and vibration of the tail lamp on better quality table and also cu- the frame chafed the wire to such closing the ignition wires in a an extent that it has finally broken, manifold. The wiring of the high The tail light brackets on most of Nad tension leads on a car presents the cars to-day are s0
Some
intorcating problems in that such a thing is practically Inductive electricity.. There have impossible..
BY ALL MEANS RIDE AND DRIVE
in the New Hupmobile CENTURY SIX
other gasolins devices on one side of the engine, while the generator and electrical units are on the opposite side of the motor. This keeps the vapors away from any chanco, spark that may occur due to a short Shorts occur from chafed wiring or dampness.
MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29,
HINTS
FOR THE
MOTORIST
ALBERT L. CLOUGH
WHEN CLUTCH ACTION IS "FIERCE."
THIS 01. GAST 15 STOT MARK=
Speaking of chafed wires, they are often found at the battery box, If the battery box is not firmly fastened in the cage the vibration of the car as it goes over the road will make the batbory leads chafo against the sides of the box. The result of this kind of a short lo apt to be disastrous as far as the battery is concerned if it does not
Discomfort to passengers from than the rim, in case of tyre start a fire. The battery that is the sudden jurk with which a car trouble. I favour wood wheels, shorted in this way has a true starts or accelerates, when its but I have nevor noticed a car dead short and the internal heat clutch "grabs," in taking up its equipped with such wheels of the developed in the battery as a re-load, is inevitable. Such clutch demountable type. All the de- cult of this is apt to destroy it al-action also makes stalling of the mountable wheels I see are either together, causing the plates to engine very Jikely unless it has wire or disc ones. Aro demount- buckle and the active material to first been speeded up excessively able wood wheels abtainable and, drop out of the grids.
and, If it is running fast when if so, where? Safe in Wet Weather.
power the clutch engegen, all
Answer: They are obtainable, All of the cars are belter transmission parts are terribly if you will write to the concorn protected as far as the distributer stressed by the solent resulting whose name and address we are is concerned. The slightest bit of shocks which they receive. Usual-furnishing you on the attached been some manifold arrangements A praiseworthy development moisture here will cause the early, when the clutch grabs, in start memorandum, giving them the that have resulted in all sorts of which has taken place in the to become as dead and inactive asing a car from rest, the whools make, model and serial number of strange and weird interruptions of wiring of many cars, and which the most inanimate piece of funk lip and this causes heavy wear on your car, they should advise you the firing order. The current incidentally has resulted in lower- Motorists of any experience know tyre trends and gradual damage to as to the practicability of the de- passing through one of the wires ing the fire risk, is the arrange this full well. A rubbor cover the tyro structure itself. Iffaired change and the approximate has induced a current in one of ment of the carburotor and the that Ats over the distributer cap grabbing is chronic" it really cost and give you the address of and goals it against moisture is reduces tyre mileage seriously. their nearest service station, where now being used.
The sudden, violent application of the required work can bo perform- The practice of putting the engine power to the rear wheels ed. · distributor in the centre of the tends, if persisted in, to loosen cylinder block, lengthwise, bas rothem on their keys in the tapered!
Priming Oil-Pump, sulted in shortening the lenda to|anlo-shaft ends, and also puts the and cylinder. This reduces acvore stresses in universal joint electrical lag in the ignition" sye parts and upon the teeth of final tom and at the same time seems driyo and differential gears. to help the regularity of firing. These stresses are destructive The practice of concealing the enough, even when parts are in wires running to the hond lamps | good adjustment, but whey there and other external electrical units is considerable lost motion at not only keeps the car neater in universal joint parta, at gear me. appearance but also preserves the shings and wheel keyings, the wiring against the effect of shocks 'become actual blows and moisture. On some of the lamps there is real danger of something the oll out of my engine and be Question:Yesterday I drained the wiring rune up through the breaking. Violent clutch engage fore putting in fresh oil I cranked bracket posts that support the ment may be due either to careless the engine over a number of times. lamps.
and unskillful use of the clutch Since then the oil gunge has shown nedal or it may be caused by imno pressure and I have therefore proper condition of the engaging not used the car. The engine will surfaces of a clutch or by incorrect start but the ofl guage hand stays adjustment of operating parts. Result of Crash."
Many operators never learn to 'et at zero. What should I do under
these circumstances? in their clutches properly, as ty
Answer: The oil-pump of this Following the disaster at the fail to realize that although the Monza (Italy) track, when
pedal may be allowed to move back engine is not in the ofl reservoir, people were killed, and 20 injured, toward them, during the first part and above it. It is thus not self- but located outside the crankcase when Materassi crashed in the of fts movement, as fast as de-filling. Probably air displaced the European Grand Prix, car racing sired, when the point of engage- with a massed start is to be ment is about to be reached, pedal of in it, when you cranked the abolished in Germany.
movement must be very gentle and engine ove, with the crankcase Short road speed tests, with in-gradual. In the case of lubricated drained. You can all the pump dividual starfs, will be permitted. clutches (the so-called wet type)by Infecting oil into it, through this is not so important, but with the pressure relief-valve, located ary disc clutches, it is extremely just above the pump. Remove the so. Motorists changing from cars cap of the relief valve and squirt with wet disc clutches to those in all freely, replace the cap, start with dry plate clutches, particu- the engine and the pump should larly of the single disc type should begin to work as soon as air is specially cultivato caro in the
Hara is one car that you can drive for Indrade of miles through twisting traile, over rough roads, in killy and mountainous country without feeling the slightest motoring strain or fat- igue. Far Hupmobile engineers have produced not only the smartest six cylinder performanes obtainable" But have developed an unrivaled degree of riding comfort.
Bound chassis design, coupled with perfected spring suspension, ample frame depth. stoutly reinforced ID prevent weaving, contribute to thin Ene driving feeling you will discover in this beautifal Hupmobile.
There are countless other features of exclusive Hupmobile design that justify the cinim to new world leader- ship for the Six of the Century." A single ride will prove the truth of this statement,
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Dragon Motor Livery Service
Proprietor: C, F. PAU
24, Des Voeux Road Central Tel. 3553 and 482,
TO ABOLISH RACING,
TURNS TO ROADS.
Railway Company's
Plan.
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than to use locomotive equipment.
A railway company in Sweden inaporation of the pedal. There is building a private highway, on practically no car being built, which it will operate its own buses, equipped with a clutch which can- The company discovered that for not be made to engage gently, if short hauls and light traffic it is it is in good condition and skill more economical to operate 'buses fully manipulated. Fabric_faced, clutches, if the lining material be- comes rouglicd-up, heavily glazed Fover with greasy dust or worn thin so as to have but slight cushion- ing effect and so as to expose, the rivels, sometimes engage vory fiercely even when operated with the utmost care. Washing off the. fabric faces with kerosene or re- placing them is the remedy. When linings are worn vory thin gentle engagement becomes almost Impossible, with certain Lypes of clutch.
Demountable Wood Wheels.
LOON TABLE
WHEELS
forced out of it.
JOHN 1.
ing It?
1928
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Question:--I have a-car, equip. ped with demountable rims, but I want to shift to demountable wheele, as it seems to 'me, that it is much easier to change the wheel
RED TAIL LAMPS.
Fitted on Policemen's Belts.
Policemen in Muthouse (Alsace. Lorraine) are now supplied with red tail-lights, which they wear suspended from the backs of their belts.
NO SPEED ADVER- TISING.
Curious Law.
After the first of the year, auto- mobile dealera in Washington advertising their cars as doing better than the maximum speed. limit of 40 miles an hour, will be classod as reckless drivers and prosecuted as such.
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
According to the Automobile Club of Boutarn California there are 207,281 protected railway crossings in ti United States,
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