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OF
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY, 26th JULY, 1930,
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THE PEAK...... PEAK GARAGE
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CURRENT
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"Look Both Ways."
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AUTOMOBILE DIESEL ENGINE.
ex-
OIL BUS
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We have received several pressions of approval from motorists on the suggestion re- cently made in this supplement, that a campaign should be inau- gurated with the object of im pressing upon pedestrians the wisdom of "looking both ways" before crossing, melor roads. Driving through Hongkong's con- gested thoroughfares has always
been almost in the nature of an or- deal, on account of the habit of people suddenly darting across the roadway, and with the increas- ed traffic, it does seem time that steps were taken to educate the Chinese public in the busier dis- tricts.
The H.K.A.A.
ciation.
BARTON
CHEVROLETS BUILT LOCATING TROUBLE. to do
IN 1929.
Record Output.
When the Engine Misses.
BRITISH
Miles per
Gallon 12 to 13
Fuel Cost per Mia Based
THE WONDERFUL 1930 "HARLEY"
Now on Display.
SEE THE NEW MODEL'S EARLY. The Gascon Motor Co.
2, KWONG WAH ROAD.
Tel. 56242
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For full particulars apply to:~~- THE UNION TRADING Co., Ltd.,
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with gasoline, setting the points so that they will be a thin dime's
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Looking again at our in-thickness apart, and replacing it. struction book, we find that know- ing what to do in this caso is rather a simple matter."
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NEW MONUMENT,
Sunset Crater, volcanic territory within the Coconino National For-
Members of the Hongkong Auto-
Bus companies and firms operat-(various ships and launches. The example of the Barton Bus Co. and mobile Association, are particuluring heavy lorries in England are engine in this particular bus is are each installing engines but of -REAL SERVICE!y requested to address all com-fully alive to the enormous of the 4-cylinder type, developing the '6-cylinder type..
munications to the Honorary economy in running cost effected 38 H.P. at 1000 r.p.m., with a We give below comparative con- Secretary, c/o The Hongkong Tele-by the diesel as compared with maximum of 60 H.P. at 1300 r.p.m.sumption figures and running fuel graph Office, Wyndham Street, The the petrol engine.
We understand that this type of costs, which have been obtalued The illustration work of the H.K.A.A. is wide and issue shows a bus belonging to the operated in exactly the
in to-day's engine is started by hand and by the Barton Bus Co. on the same! varied, and it is of the greatest Barton Bus Co. in which the petrol manner as the petrol engine with engine.
same vehicle with the two types of assistance if all corespondence is engine was replaced by a diesel throttle and accelerator pedal. received at the office of the Asso-engine. This engine, which has Following on the success of
on Prevent Local
Prices now been operating for over 1,000 their first venture in this new Petrol Not only does it aid the hours running time and has field, the same Company has placed Crude Ou 21 to 22
8.3 cents per mile routine, but ensures replies being covered 12,000 miles, was supplied a repeat order and is also instal-
1.2 " Experience has shown that the sent out more expeditiously, by Messrs. Norris, Heaty, and ling a 5-cylinder engine which will flexibility of the diesel engine le Gardners, Ltd. of Patricraft. jdevelop approximately 50 H.P. at equal to, if not better hun, the Repulse Bay Parking.
Manchester, who are already well 1000 rpm. and 63 H.P. at 1300 ordinary petrol engine, and we are Although during the last year known in Hongkong through their r.p.m.
looking forward with interest to or so, parking space on the lower Marine Diesel Engines many of The Leeds. Sheffield and Mid- the appearance of Gardner Diesel road at Repulse Bay has been con-which have been supplied by land Corporation, and Messrs. Engines in some of the buses siderably increased, there are still Messrs. Dodwell and Co., Ltd. for Pickfords are following the operated by local companies. times, especially during week- enda, when late-comers find a dif- Taxpay NOT ficulty in securing space. This is in we small measure due to the fact that some motorists do not endeavour to económise in space,
If the engine continues to miss, est in Arizona, has been set aside. as a National Monument by Pres- cars being parked at all angles.
the trouble might be in the disident Hoover. The area set aside. This wasting space is probably
tributor. The cables at the casing contains 3,040 acres. done without thinking, and it is
First, to find the missor miss-might be shorted, due to dampness to be hoped a gentle hint now dropped, will have the desired
ing cylinder.
or to the rotting of the insulation,
BIG TAX INCREASE. effect. Another matter dealing
USEFUL HINTS.
That's merely a matter of short. They should be inspected and kept with the same locality refers to the use of the turning space at; Company manufactured 1,350,000 |
Most of our automotive instruc-out of
ing the spark plugs, in nine cases fully insulated from one another.
Automobile owners in Alabama the far end of the road also for automobiles in 1929. Due to the tion books warn us when to have
ten. A wooden-handled Sometimes moisture, after a car paid $14,511,359 in motor taxes parking. Notices
It is ap is washed, gets into the distributor, during 1929. The tax for 1925 was be tremendous popularity of the six the valves of our engines ground plied at each spark plug, so that especially if the casing isn't mois only $5,850,000, almost two-thirds
screw driver is used. erected stating that that parti; cylinder car, introduced a very and to see that accumulated carbon the steel makes a short connexion correct that fault, but to prevent a cular space is not for parking, and ago, 1929-is the banner year in is scraped out of the cylinders and between the top of the spark plug recurrence it might be best to ture proof. Mere drying out would cars should be requested to pro- ceed to the end of the road for Chevrolet history.
that our spark plugs operate pro-and the cylinder head.. turning.
Daily, weekly and monthly properly. duction records were broken over Trouble is we generally forget still further, it is a sign that that If this act slows up the motor
trees which constituted such a dan-most significant achievement of the first 1000 miles, and so we go the search may go on to the next there may be poor contact fröin H AMES
We are glad to see that those and over again during 1929. The jour instructions before reaching spark plug is hitting properly, and poor contact in the distributor oz ger outside the Helena May in Chevrolet during the year was the on driving until the engine balks. stitute have at last been removed. placing of a million cars on the As we have so often stressed, al road in less than eight months, though trafic thoroughfares shad-
Although the first Chevrolet six did ed by foliage are pleasing to the eve, the practical aspect must not not go on to the streets until last be sacrificed to the aesthetic. There January first, there were a million are other places in the Colony where in owner operation early lust trees must be removed from the August. roadways, the one glaring example being the Wong nei Chung Road.
set in May, when the This particular rente carries con-mark was siderable traffic, and on account of Chevrolet factories built 160,895 taking up much valuable cars. A new high monthly record space, a very real danger is caused. was established in every month ex- Although there may be a few peo- cept January.
IN CASE OF
EMERGENCY
23193
Lane, Crawford, Ltd.
MODERN MOTOR SERVICE.
Effecto
FINISHES
PAINT YOUR OWN CAR!
ALL COLOURS KEPT IN STOCK AS WELL AS THE NEW FORD SHADES.
Arabian Sand, Dawa Grey, Hiagara Blue and Gun Metal Blue.
Roads and Trees,
trees
should
Surpassing by 150,000 cars and trucks its previous recurd annual achievement, the Chevrolet Motor:
!
An all-time monthly production
ple who would countenance danger The consistency with which Chev- rather than remove the trees, the rolet production has gained annual- overwhelming opinion of motorists ly in recent years may be noted using such roads frequent is hat from the following annual produc- public safety should come first.. tion figures:-
Pictorial Review.
1924
300,000
1926
510,000
1926
728,000
1927
1,001,000
1928 1920
1,200,000
1,350,000
From Messrs. John I. Thorny- croft and Co., Ltd., Union Build- ing, Hongkong, we have received 1 most interesting Pictorial Review of the activities of the firm. Very few names in British | industry have been more closely or more consistently associated with Transport than that Thornycroft. For 70 years the firm's energies have been directed to Increasing the means and re- ducing the costs of transport on cut, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, land and water, and in the excl-Maine, Michigan, Montant, Ten- lently produced Review before us,nessee, Vermont, Wisconsin and
of
. DISCARD SPEED LIMIT,
Twelve states, namely Connecti-
N. S. MOSES & CO., LTD., a most impressive outline is given Wyoming, have discarded a fixed of the world-wide associations of speed limit and stipulated a rate of this vast organisation..
speed that is reasonable and proper.
Sole Agents,
less than that of last year.
pour some scaling wax over the distributor terminals on top.
Otherwise a brush" may make FÓR
rotor spring to centre terminal
the plug, cleaning it thoroughly
It then is a matter of taking out may require replacement.
Tightening, may help, but this part CLASSES
plug.
in the air for lack of knowing what It begins to miss, and we're up
CRUDE OIL ENGINED ROAD ROLLER.
We are indebted to Mesars Dodwell & Co., Ltd., for the picture of the road roller shown above. This is yet another ex- ample of the growing popularity of crude oil engines being employed in place of older types of power units.
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In case of further trouble, espe- cially if missing is irregular, we might look to the compression. If the car doesn't pull well, it seems to be "slopping" along too easily and there is no "feel" of a puli at the wheel, you may be assured the engine's compression is at fault.
That means, generally, the valves need grinding and reseated, carbon needs to be scraped and perhaps the pistons require new rings. The last, however, doesn't happen often unless the car isn't oiled regularly and is otherwise abused.
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If the motor is missing irregular and the ignition is found in good order from distributor to spark plug, the trouble might lie in popr adjustment of the carburetor. A poor mixture might cause trouble.
Carburetor adjustment, however, usually stays put either for sum- mer or winter driving, and should not be tampered with.
WORLD BUS USE.
It is estimated that there are
| 285,000 motor buses in use through-
out the world. (Of this number the United States has 92,500."
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