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THE CHINA MAIL.

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1931.

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CARE OF YOUR CAR. | U.S. BAN ON LIBERIA.

Special Precautions in Winter.

(By John Prioleau in the Observer.)

That with

in Summer is a truism with which

How the Firestone Co. Will Be Affected.

Those who remember the gesture

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HOW HE BEGAN.

From Cycle Shop to Motor-Car Factory.

B.S.A. & LANCHESTER

Combination of Famous

Motor Firms.

has де

Dr. Norman Joy, ex-medical It is announced that the Birming the arrival of real with which certain American inter-ofleer of Bradfield College, Berks, ham Small Arms Co.

the winole of the Winter, when frost is the rulets, and particularly the Firestens lecturing at Reading, said that in quired

| Tyre and Rubber Co., get about es-1902 he was the first doctor in share capital of the Lanches rather than the exception, the pro-tablishing a rubber plantation in- Berkshire, and probably in Britain, ter Motor Co.

The negotiations per care of a car takes or a condustry of their own in Liberla some to have a motor-cycle.

for this transfer of ownership were siderably more serious aspect than years ago may smile now at the When a mechancial defect occur completed shortly before the death nearly every owner, from the most sequel, states the Finar cial News. red he could not and any one in of Mr. Hamilton Barnsley, whlen Mr. Hamilton experienced to the latest novice, is By rather similar gesture the Reading or the surrounding dis-occurred recently.

Barnsley was chairman, managing Unfortunately, this

shut her doors on all and every He went to Oxford, and after director, and also principal share- familiarity often leads to disregard product of Liberia unless that State a search found a small shop where holder in the Lanchester Motor Co., of certain golden rules, with more abolishes forced labour and slavery.a man used to look after the which, as is well known, is one of or less disastrous consequences. For the Firestone Cd., however, the students' cycles, That man's name the pioneer firms in the motor

familiar.

Looking after your car properly in

U.S.A. has declared that she will tricts to put it right.

He was

The Birmingham Small Arms Co. is now a holding company, and therefore the transaction which has

Winter is not confined to warding proposal will probably not be of the was Marris, and he had got on sincs trade, of frest from the water-cooling ed. If the U.S. State Department Morris.

importance which might be suppos- then.

now Sir William system, which is the easiest of preis in earnest, Liberia will introduce cautions to tako. The whole basi suitable reforms soon enough; and A MAHARAJAH'S CAR

uess, to be thorough, must entail a

the

just been concluded does not imply any particularly important changes, nor any amalgamation in the ordinary sense of that term. The The first of these

in its new engine begin its day's work very

Lanchester Motor Co. status now becomes a member of slowly and gently. It says much

that group of companies which are for the excellence of modern design sources of rabber supply, it even

London, Feb. 9. and material that the habit of fachas a preparation mil at Singa-

One of the most ornate motor-/ under the aegis of the B.S.A.

The hopes which were held at one ing at engine on a cold morning to

cars ever built has just been warm it up does not lead at occe to market ia really to be closed to for the Maharajah of Patiala for forming part of a large amalgama- If, on the other hand, the U.S.shipped from Great Britain to India time of the Lanchester Motor Co. coatly breakdown. It must inevit Liberian products, the Firestone Co. is use on hunting expeditions. ably do so in the end, but it is re-still has two factories outside the

new set of rules of maintenance and plantations are not yet in full bear-

meanwhile

Firestone Co.'s

driving.

ia to let the ing. Hitherto the company has Equipped With Wash- secured its requirements quite Bowl and Dining-Table. satisfactorily from the - ugual

pore.

tion of British motor manufacturers The equipment includes windows have apparently come

to nothing

markable for how long a good en-U.S.A. where the Liberian rubber constructed to prevent people from more than the acquisition of that

gine will support this treatment. This 13 no excuse for one of the worst crimes against good ma chinery, but an andeserved favour.

Battery Strait.

might be taken in.

com

But,

secing in, though the occupants can company by the B.S.A. Co. see out, a silver wash-howl, silken ments the Financial Newe. damask curtains, and a scarchilght though this must be considered dis- throwing a beam a thousand yards. appointing from the point of view There is also solid silver crested of the industry as a whole, it is, as far as the two companies them- cutlery and old British chinaware.

selves are concerned, an excellent The car is mounted on a Torry

movc. a gunrack, a chassis and contains tank specially constructed to carry

The R.S.A. group has wide rami-

A PUZZLE.

B.R.-I would be pleased if you

a solution could offer

of a most puzzling condition on my car. have just completely overhauled ice, an 18-gallon fresh water tankcations through the motor in- this car and checked and adjusted and a dining-table. all bearinga, gudcon pins, &c. Now

After a cold night, even without frost, the oil in the sump, bearings. and cylinders has congealed to an extent that makes the preliminary revolutions very heavy work, and throws a serious strain on the bat tery. I am certainly not one of those who believe that a battery in 1930 costing somewhere about £6 or £7, rings have been fitted and the valves AUSTRALIAN SPARK PLUGS. an integral part of a modern en-

have been ground in-in short, gine, should be relieved of one of its everything has been tuned up ok main functions on the grounds that The firing order of this motor is doing work for which it is designed 1, 2, 4, 3. On running this engine is bad for it, but I am compelled to without the exhaust manifold, N., admit that, until we get a far more port is most noticeable for its 'much efficient and durable kind, it is wise louder and harsher "bark," and also to let it off lightly in Winter. The for its longer flame. This develope theory is all wrong, but the prac-4 thud on medium revs. when pull

tice paya.

dustry; besidesTM controlling the Daimler Co., It is associated with the A.E.C., it is also connected with the Bristol Aeroplane Co. (makers of Jupiter engines), and has a agreement with the Co.

Representatives of the Press and working motor trade were entertained at Singer Co. The Lanchester lunch by the Australian Spark Plug will thus gain by being brought Co. recently, and were afterwards within this wide, if loosely connect. shown over the B.ES. factory.ed, group, and will benefit from a

of the bigger selling organisation, incat spark-plug machinery in the On the other hand, the group will world, and the most minute care is have the benefit of Mr. Geargo ing, but it disappears at slightly taken to check and test every plug, Lanchester's experience as a motor higher speed, and also decreases as the slightest hint of a ftult causing designer, a matter of considerable the enginer warms up. There is

burettor.

invariable rule-but, if so, remem- her to do so sparingly. The squirt getting past the rings,

To

New rings

This factory

houces some

Britain

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Before Starting. Absurd as it seems, it is an economical plan to turn the engine no fault that I can And with the its rejection. The B.E.S. plug has importance, since Mr. Lanchester's features, previously regarded as ex- advice on technical matters has on over by hand a dozen-times before valve setting. ignition, or var- clusive

to the dearer imported occasion been sought by the largest using the starter. This need not be

concerns In It seems evident that the com- article including a detachable top, motor manufacturing an arduous job, even with a multi-

and even by manufac- cylinder engine with high compres-

pression in No 4 cylinder is bet- which allows of cleaning away car- alon, as the object ie not at first, to ter than the reet, this possibly be bon deposits. The popularity of turers in America. All the combustion chambers with ing caused by you having done a the plug is evidenced in the fact

that several world-famous cars now CAR AND TRAIN RACE. gas, but to break up the film of cold, better valve job on this cylinder, or

fit them as standard equipment. congealed oil which is clogging to the rings being a better fit.

Racing touring cars against Con- every moving part. Open the com- check for piston ring leak, the en- In addition, there is a rapidly grow

run until it is ing export trade, which already in-tinental expresses is now severaly pression taps before beginning, and gine should be

Stop the cludes South Africa, Fiji, Java, and discouraged both by thoroughly warmed up.

British and you will find the work nothing. It may be that injecting petrol through engine and then turn it over alowly New Zealand. These factors have foreign makers (writes Mr. John the taps will assure an immediate with the crank handle, listening at enabled the makers to considerably Prioleau), owing to the unavoidable start-though this is by means an which indicates the amount of gas obtainable at a very low figure.

the breather for a hissing and reduce the price, so that it is now risks run and the inconvenience caused to other road users, but in New Zealand it seems to be more

ing

popular. I hear a Rover Ten saloon of a tablespoonfui or so of are likely to leak slight until they

beat the train between Wellington spirit will effectively break the oft get worn into position, and if the film, but it will also wash away test shows ring leakage, the condi-

Since the core of the radiator is and Auckland by half an hour, the every trade of lubricant from the tion may improve after the car has a depository for rust and scale run being made at nigät over bad and mountainous roads. This rather than a place for generating. upper part of the pistons and mi- done a few hundred miles. proverish the oil in the sump.

a long period of service the seats it, the folly of paying too much at sounds a very meritorious perform- As soon as you have injected a of the valves are apt to become tention to the radiator witen trying ance for so small a car. The pub few drops of petrol, close the taps slightly concave, and when in this to seek a remedy for overheating is lie interent in the event is shown and put the starter in action, hav condition It is almost impossible to

by the fact that it was broadcast When overheating is throughout the Dominion. ing first released the clutch. I have get a perfectly gas-tight scat. You chronic and constant apearance of Been an engine actually stopped, will doubtless have noticed the rust in the water drained off the when idling, by the clutch being condition of these scata when grind system proves that the trouble is let in. As soon as the engine is ing in. If they are at all concaved, due to the scale, the most importanti going, set the throttle-lever so as they should be faced up in a special step fa to clean the block of the en- to keep it at no more than 500 re-grinding tool and the cylinder block gine. The most satisfactory way to seats should be reamed. The krock do this is to remove the block and & minute, or ordinary idling speed, and cover the radiator may be caused by a loose rear main clean out the jackets directly with and bonnet with rugs. In ten min-bearing or to a misaligned connect boiling water. A simpler ргосана, ing rod. Check for these condi and one that should be tried first, is tiona.-Ex.

volutions

utes or so the oil will have become properly fluid and be cirulating freely and you can drive away.

You must not, however, attempt

to drive at more than

After

CLEANING WATER SYSTEM.

apparent.

to put a flushing solution of one. part of commercially, pure muristic] acid to every twenty of water into

A worse, either by spoiling the per- the cooling system, and then let the modernte speed until the engine is formance or actually increasing the engine idle with spark restarted really free-a condition sometimes consumption. indicated by

Petrol economy is until it overheats. This will boll

a radiator-thermo no. invariably the result of smaller the contents of the jackets, which meter, but more surely verified by jeta.

conso of touch. As soon as the car

is out and moving the temperature

Warding Off Frost..

·Be careful to cover radiator and

of the water drops, and a certain time must be allowed for it to warm bonnet with a rug when you stop

can then be drained aff.

CHARGING THE BATTERY.

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up again. In this connection for any length of time. On a cold A battery that has been run down thermostat is sometimes useful, day an hour will be quite enough overnight by leaving the lights particularly if its resistance can be to reduce an engine almost to its burning or the ignition on usually controlled by hand. Set it at the early morning condition; with most can be brought back to life without fully-closed position befire starting of ite attendant risks. Always re- removing it from the car, according the engine, but be very careful to member that a cold engine is to the free emergency road service remember to put it back to normal vulnerable.

of the California State Automobile

position before taking the road, or So far as safeguarding against | Association. The first step is to see you may find yourself with an over frosts is concerned, there are only that there is a sufficient amount, of treated engine and & radiator in dan- two absolutely safe methods of pro- water in the battery ce'is and that ger of freezing at the bottom.

cedura for the owner of an unhented the terminals are clean and täht

It is generally found that cars and exposed garage. The first is The engine should then be cranked run more extravagantly, so far as to empty the radiator every night, by hand or by towing the car if the petrol is concerned in winter than and the second to use some anti-owner has lost the crank or is fear- in summer. This is due to less freezing compound in the water fut of a broken arm. This much thorough vaporisation, which means The former is perhaps the better dane, it is important to keep the loss of power, leading In turn to because you naturally fill up the engine running fast enough to pro- more generous throttle opening, next morning with hot water and wide the highest charging rate. By Unless the makers recommend it, it make the whole starting business keeping the engine from : idling, is best not to tamper with the much quicker and more certain, but therefore, it is possible to maintain carburettor

The chances!j it far slow, and, if the car out maximum charging rate even Are that you will make · masters every day, Irásome.

when dr

rh traffic.

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