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Plexeal sheet ideal material for car gaskets

بنتة

In the port 20 years a number of alternativas have been offered to the once' universally accoptod copper and asbestos type of gasket`usad for. cylinder heads, oxhaust manifolds and other places where there is a combination of high temperature and pressure.

The "C and A" gasket continues, of course, to hald its place, but both manufacturers and, repairers can and do use a specially treated fabric and also laminated steel.

Picxeal sheet consists of What happens is that when two sluminium laminates with interfaces are not truc one with eh- layers of synthetic resin and the other local high pressure dis- material is produced in a 'special places the plastic Inter-layer, machine which rolls out alumin- which then flows so as to fill up fum sheets of almost foil thick-n region of lower pressure caused ness (in fact each sheet measures by greater clearance.

Bnd .0015 in.)

simultaneously Thus encouraged, Plexeal sheet applies the plastic inter-layer. was used for all tha cylinder heads and manifold joints on the Each of the materials performs Triumph 1800 Roadster and a a specific function for when the point immediately observed was complete shaped gasket is put that the change to Plexeal sheet into an engine the pressure trans-eliminated the running-up ten- ferred from the holding-down dency characteristic of this as of bolts to the plastic inter-layers the majority of post-war British results in the plastic being cars when running on low grade squeezed out of the edges, after Pool petrol. which high temperature bakes the material and thus

perfect

sealing ring is. 30 to speak, manu.

factured in situ.

Improved heat transfer

Experiments on racing cars The aluminium provides the have confirmed this effect which required physical strength and points to the value of a light alloy although the principle could be gasket to providing improved used with other metals alumin hent transfer from the, head to fum has two special virtues, one the block and, hence, a cooler in respect of application and the running combustion chamber. other In respect of performance. Flexcal sheet is a thoroughly Provided the garage has a stock proved material. having. been of Plexcal sheet on the premises made in large quantities on the any new gasket can be produced Continent in the past few years, within an hour or so with art and Plexeal, Lid, who market Immense saving in time and cost the sheet in England, have It should, in particular, be appointed Mesars. William Clark noted that complete economy of (Spare Parts), Ltd., to distribute material can be achieved by the material, to factors and using the circle · removed when garages. culling out a cylinder bore for

the purpose of making up, say, the gasket between the exhaust manifold and plpo and other simi-| lur small drawings..

Convincing proof

Record output

Acknowledging the great efforts made by the steel industry,

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It's a particular feature of the new gasket material that it may be readily cut by hand, thus aliminating any dit.... ficulty, in providing special gaskets for out-of-the-ordinary: motor esta,

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Restrictions on weights Get The "GENERAL" Idea-

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of motor vehicles

Restrictions have been placed on the weight of motor vehicles, ladan and unfaden, using - roads in specific parts of the Colony. The restrictions were included in new amendments

to the Vehicles and Road Traffic Ordinance..........

The maximum weights Oxed by the amendments and the areas affected are.

Maximum weight if, vehicle in fitted with pneumatic tyres: 12 tons (in-Victoria City); Ave Lons (on island outside Victoria City); 10 tons (Kowloon and New Kow- loon); ave tons (New Territo- ries).

Maximum weight. If vohlala is ntfed with solid tyres: seven ions (Victorin City): five tons (on island outside Victoria City); five tóns (Kowloon and New Kow- loon) prohibited (New, Territo- ∙rles).

Protection against burst tyres

British motorists need no longer run the risk of danger from burst tyres, following the production of the Life- These amended regulations do guard, a new type of inner not apply to motor omnibuses. tube.

Other amendments govern the

lotal weight ladon and opmplete Invented and perfected, by the for service of vehicles. This Goodyear Tyre and Rubber, Com- weight shall not exceed 12 tona pany, it is now produced at their In Victoria City, and 10 tons in

The practiept advantages and

Kowloon; five. tons on the island Wolverhampton factory in all outside Victoria, City and in the sizes for all modern motorgars.. convenience of Plexeal sheet can-

New Territories. not, in fact, be, questioned, but

The Lifeguard is a double inner there may be some who will

The weight on any one axle tube, the, outside, of which is a doubt whether satisfactory joints can be made in such an apparent. the Society of Motor Manufac-{ shall not exceed 0 tons in Vic- normal rubber air chamber. In- turers and Traders announced toria City and six tons in Kow-side of the rubber tube, however, that last year the record total of ioon.

is another two-ply inner tubey of

by rough and ready manner.

experiences have

The bearing on this point, particular UK. ly in respect of exhaust manifold

laden, the weight of cach passen- joints on the 1914 Prince_Henry _The_Industry, still the nation's ger, of the driver and of the con Vauxhall, which have always greatest exporter, shipped 258,000 ductor shall be regarded as 100 proved unsatisfactory during his cars overscas during 1949 and ex- pounds. ownership of the car. This has corded the export demand set by been due in part to warping of the Government.

some 412,290 cars were produced in the In calculating the total weight/ rubber-impregnated fabric.

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AMENDMENT

OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Hitherto, since the beginning of motoring, when a burst occurred. the vehicle dropped the depth of the lyro on to the wheel rim-and with the increase in alto of pre- sent-day tyres and proportionate decrease in the diameter of the wheel, this sudden drop has in- creased from two inches to the present-day six inches and oven nine inches in extreme cases..

the manifold during the course of During 1950 it is hoped that 34 years hard work, and in part 450,000 cars will be produced, but to the somewhat meagre studding it will be recalled that the Gov which attaches the manifold to intention to reduce the car home olcmnment have announced their the cylinder. block.

Moreover, the original design quota for 1950 to 110,000 vehicles, provided

recess floating seal which is well below the 1040 rate.

The The number of ears sent to

onus of satisfying the With Lifeguards, when a·burát ing rings which art.now no longer obialpable and all efforts export markets during 1049 was Court. that a car owner was not occurs all that is torn open is the aware that his vehicle was boing outer casing and the rubber inner to provide substitutes for them as follows:

84,670 Australia made from the

used for hire has been placed on tube, The vehicle then runs along more normal

Canada

31,213

the owner, according to amend- | on the two-ply rubber-impregnatë Jointing compound had, until

Union of South Africa 18,584

monts to the Vehicle and Roaded fabric Inner tube. June, 1948, proved in vain.

Belgium

11,028 Traffic Regulations. 11,053 7,882

At this Urne · Plexeal sheat Joints were made up and from that time forward there has bren no trace of a leak. This success should be construed in the lighti of the fact that no fewer than aeven attempts to seal this mani fold had previously been mado and la explained by the ability of the_materiál to accommodate itself to varying thicknesses.

Now Zealand

Irish Republic

Brazil

.7,183

United States of

America

Netherlands

Switzerland .Others

fotal

0.710 8,378 0,283 68,832

.257,923

An additional clause in the Or The car can be run on this diriance states. "In proceedings tyro-within-a-tyre, for at least under this regulation against a two miles, with the air slowly licensee for allowing his private seeping from safety vents until it vehicle to be used for the pur- is stopped as with a puncture." pose of hire, the anus shall be upon the licensco, to satisfy the

The cost of this tyre-within-a- Court that he was not award and tyre is approximately four times had no reasonable ground for bo- that of the normal inner lube. Loving that his vehicle was being They are so strongly constructed, used for the purpose of hire." however, that with normal care they will outlast the outer, casing.

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A now type of sunshine" roof for cars has been patented in the United States. Until now, there has been no U.S. equivalent. of the British sliding roof, but the new invention reíles on a differ ent principle.

The roof consists of ̧‚"two or

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| Hant absorption and reflection are Valad controlled. Indian ink,

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