1933-03-14 — Page 2

Get The Car Into Sound Summer Trim

PRACTICAL METHODS IN OVERHAUL

(Though the following article in "The Bulletin ► was written for away in "Bonnie Scotland," or, in other words the salubrious town of Glasgow, there is much that will be of help to local Motorists).

BY OWNER-DRIVER."

Now is the tune to get to work on the car that has been laid up during the past few months. It may seem a long time, till the open-

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, MARCH 14. 1933

SPARKS

FROM THE PLUGS

the breaking of a bolt under such conditions is not sufficient reason for declaring that modern bolts are more junk.

Don't Forget. Labricant, When inside the car do not economise on lubricants. See that the universal joints are completely filled with the proper grade of grease, because the fast whirling shaft will throw it out unless it is of the proper consistency. Force in the money-saving stuff to avery bearing, and smear it well over parts which are likely to rub

against one another:

are a perfect novice it is better to Observe in addition mak siccar little by little..

Making It Much Easier.

NO DEFENCE FOR MOTOR OWNERS

JUDGE CONDEMNS ROAD REGULATION

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BRITISH CARS. FOR CHINA

COAL GAS FOR ENGINES Motorcars form a large item in Britain's exports to China, and, as indicating the lead established by British oara, the fact can be men London-Mr. Justice Horridge, tioned that of 417 now cars sold in in the King's Bench Division, made Shanghai during the first 11 months strong cominents on the Ministry of of 1952, no fewer than 268 were of Transport's regulations for motor-British manufacture, 144 of those,

cars.

He said they did not give the owners of a car a chance, and yet they carried a £20 penalty.

Look at everything, and look with the brain as well as the eyes. to seeing. Brake-rod connections should be eleaned and then oiled, and parti- which damages were claimed be He had just heard an action in ing of the summer motoring season, of the car-I exclude big-end bear shaft bearings, as these are liable rubber to hit a woman walking on If you want to inspect every part cular attention paid to the cross-cause a burst tyre caused a piece of but when all the various tasks haveings and that sort of thing you to jam if left dry. Clean and oil the pavement. boon completed March 25 will be must begin by removing the seats, the here, and everything must be in the floorboards, and the

scrow adjustments on the apple-pie order for the roud.

ramp brakes, especially those at the rear. The Statutory Rules and Orders the garage space is very limited the tubes carrying them through everybody know of them, but the Above the clutch housing. When If cables are used stuff grease into of the Ministry of Transport, he

these can be placed on the roof of the

said, had been published and the car, using a sheet of three-ply examine the wires themselves for relative order struck him as being

chassis, and, incidentally, board as a foundation. The parts any signs of fraying. are then out of the way.

a most extraordinary order. It

hour's work in the garage every evening will soon restore the pre- oious car to a tolerable degree of officiency, and,

As I have said bafor, work in the garage is easier than work by the roadside.

Once you have stepped inside the chassis and juggled your legs into position on either side of the pro- peller shaft it is not comforting to find that the grease gun and the oil can, the screwdriver, and the shifting spaimer are yards away, so. place then handy before in- sinuating your body between the works.

Above all things, keep the tools and the surrounding coachwork clean that is what the dusters are for, and it it better to have oil and grease on these than on your hands and clothes. Your wife will think so, too. And that is some thing to remember.

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Under the Engine Bonnet. the ignition distributor.

Dismantle, inspect, and adjust every part of the head on to which Clean the high tension wires are fixed, and, should the contact points be black or corroded clean them with fine glass paper.

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SYOO:--

If the ear was in fairly good run

"If any person uses or causes or hing order when it was laid up the

motor vehicle or trailer in contra- permits to be used on any road a task of inspection and adjustment

vation of, or fails to comply with, should not be very heavy, especially

any regulations contained, he shall when set about in workmanlike

for each offence be liable to a fine fashion. One of the most helpful methods of working at odds and

not exceeding $20.” ends nil over the vehicle is to lay

the coil, and if it is loose tighten or trailer shall at all times, while Test the wiring connections to Ait the tyres of a motor vehicle out every tool in the bottom of a

it. Inspect the leads to the plugs the vehicle or trailer is used on a clean wood box about three inches

for signs of the insulation being mad, be maintained in such condi- in depth and to have in another box

worn, and where necesary renew tion as to be free from any defect a liberal supply of clean dusters,

the whole lend. Remember that the which might in sticky tape, some lengths of wire,

current passing along these wires damage to the surface of the road, any way cause assorted nuts and bolts, screws,

is of very high voltage and that a tacks, and a pieces of glass paper.

defect in the rubber insulation will vehicle or to any persons using the or danger to persona on or in the It is open to proceed in any order

help the current to jump across to road." that appeals, but it should be in some order. If, for example, the

etal near by and thus bring about Now commence work by trying misfiring. Sen that the fan belt is butts holding the bumpers in posi- every nut and bolt with the appro-adequately tight, but not unduly tion are first tackled proceed to the printe spanner. wear set immediately afterwards...appropriate" advisedly, because adds to the load on the fan bear 1 use the word so, because a very tight fan belt Bimilarly with mudguard bolts, one of the reasons for making span-ings and wears them rapidly, front-axle anchorages, rond springs,ners of all sizes is that they prevent and 40 on. If you are an expert the heads of small bolts being in maintenance you need not be a sheared by the exercise of undue methodical, because while you are working at one thing your eyes will the inspecting another; but if you

leverage. small quarter-inch bolt by twisting it with a nine-inch spanner. And

Any fool can' shenr

It's only a "Ten"

but there's

Now for plugs. Dismantle every plug and clean the inside as well as the outside.. If the point of the turn it round ever so little so as central electrode is badly pitted (Compinned on next column.)

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"Alarming."

If there is any defect, said. Mr. penalty comes into operation. They Justice Horridge, apparently the do not give the wretched owner of the car a chance of showing that it is not through any fault on his part..

and any one of us might be a victim "We might buy a brand new car,

because of a defect which was not apparent but which, nevertheless, caused damage to the road or to a person walking upon it. The car owner at once might be subject to this criminal looking penalty of £20.

"Yet," he added,, "regulations of this kind are made whindered and they are given statutory force, I do not know how it strikes mem. bars of the jury but it strikes me as rather alarming."

to bring the good part opposite the point on the body of the plug. Of course, if you have plenty of spare cash you will renew them rather than be bothered.

A 150,000-Mile Plug.

Incidentally, I have a plug in use just now which has functioned for over 150,000 miles and is going strong Not too strong, I ad- mit, but still going. One of these days I shall swop over the central electrode and have a new plug almost I am a Scotsman,

of course.

Look to the various wire terminals under the bonnet and do not assume that because they look tight they are so. Spanners being handy, apply them and make certain. Generally look around. and try every part which moves or may move. Frayed jaculation. should be wrapped with adhesive tape, rust should be treated with Graphol or scraped and painted, stiff linkages must be loosened and oiled, and the screws on the scattle dash carefully tightened.

On the Wheels and Hubs.

All road wheels must be removed, inspected, and whore Lecessary painted Tyres must be inspected and deep cute filled with tyre stop- ping compound-terrible stuff to work with and pieces of grit re- moved from the treads... The hubs' themselves must be recharged with grease and the wheel studs and re- taining nuta smeared with oil.

Incidentally, do not overlook any spokes which may have worked loose in the wire wheels. By means of a small shifting apanner the nipples at the wheel rim may be tightened and the danger of slack Bpokes breaking minimised. If spokes are actually broken they should be replaced without delay, otherwies more breakages will occur and the wheel will soon cease to run true,

Now, that seems a lot of work, and so it is, but you must do it if you want to drive in omfort and with a peaceful mind. After all, there is some satisfaction to be derived from the knowledge that the car is in deceat trim, and that alone you did It

or more than one in two, being Austins Similarly in Hongkong, up to Sept. 30 last, for which figures are just to hand, the most Austin Seven, of which 4 were popular car is a British vehicle, the

and nearly three times the next registered, or per cent. more than the leading American make, leading British car. In fact, one in four of cars registered in Hong- kong are Austins

mental work on the use of coal gas Advance is, being made in 'experi for motor engines. A number of lorries in London, Newcastle, Bir- mingham, and Rotherham are now being run on gas and are doing engineers and gas research experts. hard work under the supervision of Instead of petrol tanks these lorries carry half-a-dozen metal bottles, and when they require refuelling the drivers till up from the gaso- lies in the high pressure of the gas, moters The secret of the system

It will be shown to the public for and the new apparatus which has

the first time at the British Indus- made these practical tests possible.

tries Fair next month.

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strong enough to hold gas at A metal alloy was discovered enormous pressure and yet light enough to allow a sufficient number of cylinders to be easily and con- veniently carried on a vehicle. A for filling these special compressor has been evolved

cylindera "bottles" with gas at a pressure or of 5,000lb., and in addition leak proof joints and fittings had to be made for the pipes and connexions

box (which replaces the ordinary pected to be economy.

The systems, however, is not out of the engine. The work of the mixing chief advantage over petrol is ex-ing intensive research work with taking the gas from the bottles to the experimental stage yet, but the London the gas industry is conduct,

reduce the gas which comes hissing motor fuel the benefita' to the oos! carburettor on the engine) is to should become widely popular as s out of the bottles at 5,000lb., & industry are obvious, The Bir atmospheric pressure and to break the lead in the experiments, and square inch to something under mingham Corporation has taken it up into a suitable mixture for now the question has been taken up combustion.

by the municipal authorities at Newcastle and Rotherham, while in

If gas gas-driven lorries.

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