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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1950.

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The importance of maintenance

With a complex machine such as a car it is impor

tant that maintenance should be systematic, otherwise some important component will eventually be overlooked.

If the manufacturer's handbook for the car' is referred to it will be seen, for instance, that a definite plan is recommended for attending to the various units which require lubrication, according to a mileage. basis or, possibly, to a time basis in certain cases.

Cars vary so much in design that the drain plug has been that it is necessary to refer to the tightened up really well and that particular handbook for the cor- there is no leakage from it. those

rect intervals at which mainten- Unions of oll pipes, such as

ance tasks should be carried out, running from crankcase to Alter Lubrication undoubtedly the or to the oil gauge, should also most important, especially as ro- be securely tightened if they gards the engine, because in it oil have been disturbed, and should la actually consumed.

be examined periodically. should any joints at afters.

Leakage Dr oll

How often the driver should take a dipstick-reading, or look

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his car has one, depends upon the condition of the engine and his knowledge of it.

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crankcase and sump because con- tinuous vibration has eventually caused the loosening of some of An engine in good shape in the securing studs, or the joint which there is, as yet, no appre-between the cover of overhead elable cylinder bore wear may valves and the cylinder head may!

defective or need the sump topped up with a leak because of a little oil only about every 250 badly fitted cork gasko!. miles, and it may even consume Any leakages of this nature mensurable quantity of of should be eliminated by tighten- ing the appropriate studs or nuts, between sump oil changes.

a new joint The worn engine, on the other and the fitting of hand, may need as much as a gasket if need be pint of oil every 100 miles. Although the purpose of an oil- Accordingly, Д driver who pressure gauge is to inform the knows his car well may think it driver that oil is circulating at an sule to look at the dipstick only adequate pressure, it can also

or 300 miles. In so convey other information. every 250 doing, however, he is taking the If the pressure is unduly low risk that, unknown to him, there it may be because the quantity of has been a leakage of oll from, oil in the sump is smaller than

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Offciale of loading German auto and electrical equipment firms are moon viewing the new German racing car, the "Meteor." The car has a 140-horsepower engine, Boated at the wheel ts Karl Konly. Picture was made before a test run on the Hockenheim Ring in North Baden, Germany. Orders for the car are said to have been placed by Belgium, France, Britain, Italy and Switzerland-AP Photo

Telecontrol dampers have much improved

for instance, a loose oll pipe it should be, so that the tempera- A completely enclosed version of the Androx Tolo-

unloa.

ture is higher and the viscosity

The really wise driver will re-accordingly lower. member this possibility and look Again, in some cases if the oll

control spring damper is now in production.

The friction discs which pro-piston moved by a screw-down nt the dipstick more frequently. level is low the oil may surge in He will also notice the colour of the sump on corners, being tem-vide the damping are housed in control, mounted on the facia and a gauge showing the oll on the dipstick, for as it porarily thrown away from the a sealed light alloy casing con- connected to

taining oil, an improvement the pressure in pounds. gradually loses its greenish-intake of the oil pump and re-

There is an individual adjuster amber tone and becomes blacker, sulting in a lowering of the oil which not only excludes water It is an indication that the time or other form of indicator, such and dirt, reducing wear to a neg- is approaching when the sump pressure as shown on the gauge,ligible rate and diminating varia-

tions in friction, but also im should be drained and replenished as a warning light. with fresh oil.

A glance should, therefore, fre- proves the whole character of the quently be taken at the pressure damper.

Engine lubrication How often this should be done depends upon various factors, the particular, engine, its condition, and the quantity of oil in its sump

in relation to its size.

Some makers recommend that the oil be changed every 1,500 miles...

Naturally, the greater the quantity of oll in circulation in an engine, the longer will it take with contaminated become

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oxidation products generally.

gauge,

of

the

for the front and the rear pairs

of dampers, so that it is possible

to evolve the exact, settings to

suit the car, the load, and road and speed conditions. Once these

Scaling is complete. Altogether, then, the Andrex damper is a component wearing so slowly and for maintahanco as to be almost in the "At and forgot" class. making such infrequent demands

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The normal friction disc dam-have been found, settings can hel Replenishment of gear box and final drive is normally necessary per is effective and long-lasting, made purely by gauge readings. A 'reservoir of fluid, also fed only at long intervals, but on an but has the inherent defect of old car, wear in bearings and oil putting up its greatest resistance by a screw-down adjuster, is In- seals may result in leakage. to initial movement just when corporated. The system is com- Frequently the recommended in is not wanted; the high initial pletely sealed and self-contained

friction of

spring terval for changing the oil in gear

damper has and should make most infrequent THIS time, Use the reservoir. As box and anal drive is 5,000 miles, to be "broken," and small rough- demands on and topping up may be necessary nesses of road surface may be in- far as the oil in the body of the only every 2,000 lles.

sufficient to do this, so that the spring damper is concerned, it is Chassis lubrication is too often road surface can be sensed by the of a thick and viscous nature, the not being eri- sadly neglected, with the result passengers. Engineers call this amount or level

tical. carbon and dust particles or with joints, king pins, the altering atletion.

sliding

The oil-immersed frletion plates Also the condition of the en- of the propeller-shaft and, possi-

bly, the spring shackles, if these entirely lose this bad character gine has, a bearing on the state are of the old metal-to-metal type istic, having no stiction, and of the oil because engine there is considerable blow-instead of the more modern rub- troduced a slight lost motion on

blow lubricated through grease nipples in addition, the makers have in by of exhaust gasos past the ber bush pattern.

a portion. of the friction unit, be- pistons and rings, leading to more

To prevent this happening. I sides that in the largo rubber So far, the Telecontrol version rapid deterioration of the oil.

should chabela lubrication

be bushes of the linkage.

has.been under consideration, but This may, however, be counter-carried out regularly at the re-

there is another verslon, jan or- balanced by the necessity for

Defection Intervals and

resistance commended

dinary damper without remate more frequent topping-up.

Obviously, the oil filter should correct grade of lubricant should show this point. It is found that control and with an adjusting nut at all pressure settings there is on the casing. In this dampër, not be forgotten, and it should be be used for the gun.

If grease, is specified then oil small initial period in which re- the adjustment is at the outside cleaned or renewed at the in- should not be used, as It will sistance is sraali, allowing for end of the row of plates,and tervals recommended In the

leak away. If oil is specified roughnesses of the road surface, consists of a curved spring steel handbook. Yet how

many then grease may not feed through as when large stones are used in plate, compressed or released by drivers could gay when they

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tarmacadam, but Insufficient to a hexagon and slotted-head stud, cleaned or replaced the oil filter? the small oll-ways.

allow pitching or bouncing. but in both cases the range of no good relying on

adjustment is very wido, tang- The contral spindle carries steeling, in fact, from the ineffective: turning with the moving spindle, plates, alternately keyed to and to the excessively hard.

to the stationary casing. Be

memory. A nolo should be made

Brakes

the

In the log book and the speedo- Brakes do not normally require

meter mileage recorded, of course.

curves

A fliter of the type which can be frequent adjustment because Iin- and, the steel plates are the medium, and-larger, ears, and ai

dismantled for cleaning should beings have been intensively deva

all isloped of late years and have very cleaned every time the changed, otherwise the fresh ol long life. Obviously, however, friction dises. Pressure on will be contaminated by the dirty oll remaining in the filter.

Qil leakage

Oil leakage is always a porsi bility. After draining the cump it should be. mude, quite certain

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There are two sizes, one for tween.

the smaller one for 8-10 h.p. cors, plates and friction discs, and, the latter not Having Telecontrol. they should be kept at maximum therefore, the degree of deinpfrig. The larger Telecontrol models efficiency in the interests of

hydraulically is controlled by a hollow mould are, however, entirely suitable safety. With

ed rubber ring of washer shape for the small car." operated brakes it la important to at the inaldo arid of the assemb check the lovel of the operating: fuld in the reservoir from time to bearing against the first fixed

10 plate of the damper. time.

Tyres need very regular atten- The interior of the ring is tion if their maximum life is to nlled with fuld and is connected be obtained. Pressures should be by a copper pipe to a pressure checked at least every week and adjuster.

the pressures → recommended

should be closely adhered to.

The adjuster self conslets of

It is not desirable to reduce the an hydraulic cylinder, and n pressufer in order to obtaja more comfort or, on the other hand, to increase them with the Idea of jobtaining a longer, tyre life.

* If front tyres show unusual or rapid signs of wear there will be.

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