A mighty test of
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1929.
Goodrich Silvertowns
Goodrich
Public buses can show you the fact about Goodrich Silvertowns. They give- -added mileage, yielding more deliveries from a single sots of tires -continuousmileage, freed from trouble, which gets do.iveries to customers on time
-sturdy mileage, caring
Silvertowns little for rough going and
"Best in the long Run
heavy loads.
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UNIVERSAL MOTOR & SUPPLY CO.
22, Queen's Road, Contraj.
Phone C. 4015,
All sorts of Automotive Accessories also in stock,
CRASH......!
WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED TO YOU? ARE YOU INSURED?
HITS
FOR THE
MOTORIST
ALBERT L. CLOUGH
PUMP-PRESSURE GASOLINE FEED.
THIS HAPPENS TOU [OFTEN!!
PARIS TO HAVE UNDERGROUND GARAGE.
The use of the Vacuum-Tank ás↑ Subsitutes for the Choke. the immediate source of fuel sup- Questión: I have had froquent ply to the carburetor being prac- trouble with my car, through tically universal practice. on all members of my family failing to ears carrying their gasoline" in afopen the choke after starting the rear tank, any suggestion of an engine and running so long, with alternative method of fuel feed the cylinders flooded all the time, seems rather revolutionary. How that the oll has to be changed and ever, there has lately been placed the plugs cleaned, altogether too upon the market and adopted to ajoften. Is there any substitute for limited extent on cars recently pulfthe choke that is more nearly out, an entirely different method "fool-proof." for raising gasoline from the main| tank to the carburetor float cham-| ber-the pump pressure system. This consists of a pump operated i by the engine which draws gasoline from the niuin.tank and delivers it
tubing make up the housing, and takes care of the thrust on driving directly to the carburetor float
the latter is bolted to an all-steel' as well as coasting. chamber. This pump is of the flexi-
differential housing of rolled ateci, The differential bearings are of ble diaphragm lype, the diaphragm being drawn down and gasoline
No. 12.--The Axles.
welded to the steel forging which the taper roller bearing type. The sucked in through a check-valvė, j Answer: Probably nothing but
carries the torque tube"
housings where the bearings are. by means of the working stroke of a "campaign of education" will do The front axle of the Ford Model, The rear axle is of the "three: mounted are machined with such an arm, operated from a cam much good. Possibly you might A is unusually strong, Both axle quarters" floating type-the "dead accuracy that they require no ad- carried by the engine can-shaft, devise and install some kind of an and steering, khuckles are made of weight" of the car is carried direct-justment. This, of course, is of On the return stroke, it spring for interlock, which would prevent chrome alloy forgings. As the ly on the axle housings instead of considerable advantage in sorvio- ces the diaphragm buck and gaso opening the throttle, more than knuckles are supported on roller on the axle shafts-as in the "semi-ing rear axles. The bearing at the line into the carburetor if the float very slightly, while the choke was thrust bearings," carrying the floating" construction,
hub is of the spiral roller type. valve is open to admit liquid, but if still closed. This should prevent weight of the car, it steers ensily
The portion of the axlo housing The convention spring suspen- the float chamber is full and no anyone getting very far with the!
Underneath the large open square that is the Place de In Bourse, in front of the stock exchange in Parle, the automobiles that now clutter up truffle in that district will find plenty of parking space soon. An underground garage, extending for six floors under the street, will be built for the accommodation of automoblies. The cars will be raised and lowered by means of a lift in the centre.
FORD FEATURES.
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There are no malleable castings
More than 10,000 persons visited the Studebaker factories at South Bend, Indiana, last year. During July and August the visitors an over 300 a day.
gasoline is required, the mechani-ear, until the choke had been Front radius rods are of heavy ston, both front and rear, is such and the hub where the rollers are cal parts of the pump operate idly opened. On some of the late car steel tubing welded into one pieze that the weight of the car is carri- running are all hardened and until there is call for fuel, when buretors, the choke has been din- with a ball joint riding in a socket ed under the frame, that being the ground to insure long life.
Specially constructèd leather oil the eyele above described is repeat-placed by other starting-mixture at the bottom of the clutch hons location of the springe. On the seals are located at the outer end ed. The pump unit is designed to devices, not so likely to flood the ing. This socket is lubricated Model A the location of the spring of the axle shaft as well as on the be applied directly to the crank-engine. One has a special warm through a felt washer in the hous- perches or shackles, where the hub. This insures double safety case, which is cut out so as to bring ing-up jet, put into action by a Ing. fed by waste oil from the weight of the car is transmitted to against oil leaks. the pump arm into working contact dash control used at starting, only transmission case.
the axle, is much closer to the hub, with the can. Movement of the and another has a special constric.i
thereby greatly reducing stress on the axle. In the rear axle dual 'pump mechanism starts and ceases tion in the carburetor throat used with the engine and there
for starting purposes exclusively, in the new rear axle housing, which taper roller bearings are used to alwayss pressure to force fuct to Why don't you investigate these is made entirely of steel Bell support the pinion which is ad the carburetor, but no netuni move-devices?
forgings welded to seamless steel justable. This arrangement also ment of fool unless the level falls in the float chamber sufficiently to open the float-valve. This device is designed to be applicable, us factory equipment, to any type of engine the crankcase and cam- shaft of which has been preparad for Its reception. In a later arti- cle the advantages claimed for this method of fuel will be referred to.) Ignition Failure Prevent Starting?
IT JUST WONT [START !!!
(7 his accï fent happened at Castle Peak recently ()
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Question Recently, the engine of my car has failed to start in the usual way and would not, do so after I had injected about a fen-] spoonful of gasoline into each cyclinder, through the spark-plug hole. Can you help me out by tell- ing me what is wrong?
Answer: If the cylinders did not fire, for a time at least, after you primed them as you describe, It looks very much as if there was no apark at the pluga, unless per-j hupa you had already flooded the cylinders with gasoline, by crank- ing the engine for a long time, with the choke closed. You better find: out if the pluga spark, by remov- ing one of them, laying it on top of the block, re-attaching its cable and watching it, while you turn the engine over by the starter. If it does not, there may be something wrong with the ignition-system that you will have to have correct; or it may be only that the starter! takes so much current from thei battery that there is not enough voltage to produce sparks. Perhaps you can get your engine going by priming each cylinder and then cranking it by hand (not by the starter) thus giving the ignition system the benefit of the full bat- tery voltage. If you cannot get
a spark from a plug outside of its cylinder, have the ignition system inspected.
NO BALLBOARDS. ·
The Territory of Hawaii hus! realized the value of its natural scenery as a lure to motorists and vacationists and, consequently, has barred the erection of billboards. There is not one in the territory.
BEACH OF A ROAD,
An eighty mile stretch of the highway uniting Rol de Janeiro, Brazil, and Montevideo, Uruguay, is a bench along the ocean. The natural road, however, can be used only at low tide:
HIGHEST CLIMB.
The highest motor rond in thei United States is on Pike's Peak, in Colorado. It is 14,109 feet above sea level.
Studebaker conducts 1,500,000 miles of road testing during one year!
Through snow or mud, in rain or shine, Studebaker crowds years of service into days in its refentices search for facts.
(TUDEBAKER'S engineering staff during 1928 drove test cars more than
baker and Erskine cars ran 224,000 miles in officially supervised speed and en- durance trials.
Studebaker's 800-acre Proving Ground contains miles, of private roads - steep hills, mud and sand, forest trails and smooth boulevards, even a banked speed- way. Studebaker invested more than
£200,000 in this great outdoor labora- tory. Here, Studebaker and Erskine
performance.
Studebaker was first to adopt the new ball bearing spring shackles which double your --riding comfort. But, first, Studebaker test- ed these friction-free shackles by 167,000 miles of road driving. Come see the re- sults of Studebaker's engineering genius as exemplified in 28 smert, new models. Studebaker's Four Linet Studebaker builds four great lines of care-The President Eight (30,000 milles In 26,326 minutes); The Copymander (22,500 miles in 22,968 minutes); The Ditegrer (3000 miles in 4751 udnytes); I. The Enkina (1000 miles in 584 minutes). Eadti is backed by Studebaker's 12 anomili pumaton.
Prices rangs from H.K. $2,320 to $6,140.)
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