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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1933.

MOTOR JOTTINGS

SER MALCOLM CAMPBELL BUYS

VAUXHALL "A"

Suspension is by long semi- elliptic springs both front and rear; the front springs being 33in. long and the rear 50-in. long. ahock absorbers are fitted to both the front and rear axles.

One Of The Best I Have Hydraulic

Handled."

the

cams.

Having recently availed myself | carburettor by means of à pump of an opportunity of testing the which is driven from new 14 hp. Vauxhall Light Six, shaft. There is an electric petrol writes Sir Malcolm Campbell in guage fitted on the instrument the "Field." I feel quite confid- panel, and the consumption works ent in predicting that

out at approximately 25 miles per gallon.

this саг a great future in front of it.

There must be tremendous

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demand for a 12 h. to 15 h.P. çar which sells round about the £200 marks, since a vehicle of this type is usually roomy and at the same time economical to run, as well as being capable of put- ting up a good performance on the road I feel certain, more. over, that this new model will satisfy even the most critical of motorists, for the moment takes hold of the wheel one rea- lises that here is a car of thor- oughbred character.

one

"WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE"

Extraordinary

it though

may seem. an experienced driver can tell whether a car is good, bad or indifferent alnost before he ' has slipped into gear for the first time. In this instance, I realised

at once that here was a car cer- tainly, well above the average, and on my way home I got like it more and more.

to

The engine is full of life, praa. tically vibrationless, and a very quiet running unit. Gear change Ja simplicity itself, and the brakes are really very good indeed. The suspension, also. is excellent, and so is the steering, which is of the worm and sector type.

The engine is a six-cylinder with a bore of 61 mm. and a stroke of 100 mm.; the capacity is 1.781 c.c... and 93 the R.A.C. rating is 14.07 the annual taxis only £14. per annum. The valves are overhead and operated by push rods, the head being detach able the crankshaft, is supported on four bearings, and at the for- ward end is fitted with a vibray tion damper: and the engine is

completely from frame by means of rubber mount ings.

insulated

the

Compression ratio is 5.5 to and 2 B.H.P. is developed at 3,500p.m. Igintion is by coli and distributor with automatic advance, and the carburettor is a Zenith down draught the air in- take of which is Atled with a combined air cleaner, silencer and flame arrester.

The tank is placed at the rear of the classis and contains 9 gal- lons, the fuel being fed to the

Cooling is by thermo syphon. assisted by an impeller mounted behind the two-bladed fan. For- ced feed lubrication is employed. the connecting rods being drilled to enable the gudgeon pins to get their quota of oil.

A 12-volt lighting and starting the standard set is fitted, and equipment consists of head, side and tail lamps, which have double filament bulbs fitted to the former, and these are operated by a foot pédal for dim ming purposes. The clutch is of the single plate variety, with an

Wira wheels are fitted as stand- ard, and the chessts lubrication is effected by means of a high pressure gun,

of very attractive appearance, the four-door De Luxe saloon, body is the acme of comfort, with am ple room on the back seat for two passengers and plenty of leg room.

These De Luxe bodies are fitted

THE OVERHAUL OF THE BRITISH SMALL TRANS-CANADIAN

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ENGINE

Tricky But Possible Work With Piston Rings

are

(BY "EXTRACT")

"You

asking the owner- soft, so I must take care not to driver to attempt the impossible," scratch it. remarked a reader "Not one in

"Now that it is fairly clean 1 a thousand would try to draw the shall rub it with a plece of very pistons in his car, and as for ask-fine emery cloth, so, and then ing him to renew piston rings, polish it finally with metal polish etc., you are simply inviting him

and a clean cloth. I am fitting to meet trouble." "

new rings, so I will clean out the carbon from the grooves to the walls, and generally polish up the whole part.

I wonder. I know that garage

with what is termed no draught Proprietors do Dot like owner ventilation. The consists of win- drivers to do much towards keep allowing the fresh air to come in dows which are made to pivoting their cars in tune, because

"You see the split in the skirt of every owner - maintained car and the used air to go out. A

means less revenue; but these the piston? That is a cut in the great feature is the

notes are written for the man who metal to admit of expansion, and fact that when these windows are open rain

and I when I replace the piston I must must motor economically, am confident that I have not yet take care that that cut is not on | Cannot beat in, and there is no

chance of the windscreen becom yond the powers of the average

asked anyone to tackle a job be the aide of he cylinder taking the thrust of the piston. That side is ing clouded.

the left of the cylinder looking at it from the front. That means which there is no cut must be on that this side of the pison on

the left."

keen motorist.

Safety glass is fitted to all win All that is required to achieve dows, and bumper bars are in- success is a good pair of hands, cluded, both fore, and aft

a keen memory, and a willingness The car sells complete with the to learn. What has been done De Luxe four-door saloon body can be done again,” should be the and all accessories for £215. and motto notes.

Sir Malcolm Campbell and his Vauxhall "A"

external adjustment, for the pedal

of the readers of these

DISMANTLING CONNECTING

·RODS

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NOT AT ALL DIFFICULT

And so the work proceeds until all four or six connecting roda and pistons have been removed and every part thoroughly clean-

ed.

In his spare, moments the own- er-driver will now be examining such parts as the electric horn the dynamo, the fan and its mounting, the gaskets for the induction and exhaust systems," and all the many things unscrewed from the engine. All parts will be cleaned carefully and placed on one side, and good quality enamel used to touch up bare metal parts.

WIf you look carefully at the lower half of that connecting rod, the one lowest down, you - will notice two castellated nuts, one at either alde of the bearing," con- tinued the owner-driver to his friend, who had dropped in once more to see the job in progress.

"Each "nut has

a split pin through it, and the bolt on which it is screwed. These split pins are vital things. Imagine what would Happen to the engine if one of these nuts worked loose and drop- ped off into the sump. The big- end would be smashed at the first the firms, specialising in the fitting blow from the connecting rod, and there would be

of new rings and providing special very expensive noises and repairs.

oll scraper rings. It is better to "Now I remove the split pins by let these people do the job, as the straightening the double ends and piston-ring grooves may be worn tapping the pin through the eye

a trifle wide, and thus in need of in the bolt. It can then be with-

-over-size ringa. drawn by a pair of pliers.

In addition, the bottom groove The

drop down from bottom of the bearing will then may have to be cut a little to leaving the lower half of the and these arms can do the job the two bolts, accommodate the special oil ring.

very much better than most peo-

crankshaft bare.

While this is going on the pis- tons will have been sent to one of

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is wonderful value for the money. The gearbox has four forward There is also a 12 hp. model third being synchro-mesh, and hp. car, with the exception that speeds and reverse, the top and similar in all respects to the 14 both are therefore dead silent. the engine is slightly smaller, position, and is. very conveniently This model can be obtained with The gear lever is in the central having an R.A.C. rating of 12.08.

I now push up the whole cen-ple. And so the work proceeds. situated-one's hand drops auto-standard saloon

coachwork for necting rod until the piston jumps matically on to it. The top gear

£195, or with a De Luxe body for

up clear of the cylinder block. the same price as the 14 h.p. car. And this is when I straighten my. This new Vauxhall is one of back by coming out from unde“, the best cars it has been my plea- and doing the rest of this „parti- The wheelbase is 8-ft. 5-in., sure to handle for some consider-cular part on my feet.” the track is 4-ft. 2-in., and the able time, in fact its performance REMOVING THE GUDGEON PIN weight of the car complete with on the road compared favourably saloon body is approximately one with that of any car. of similar ton. The brakes are mechanically ranking I have so far encounter. operated and of the semi-served, and that is saying a great type.~~~~~

deal.

has a ratio of 4.77 to 1, and at 3,700 engine revolutions the car is doing a speed of 60 m.p.h.

There are many ways of secur- ing the gudgeon pin (that is, the hollow pin holding the piston to the connecting rod). Some makers use a broad spring ring, encircling the piston at the middle and covering both apertures; other use spring clips which fit into grooves

AUTOGIRO NOW | SCOTTISH MOTOR SHOW 102 M.P.H. IN SEA the piston at the ends of the

MARKETED

Control by Tilting Rotors

A Small Replica of Olympia

The Scottish Motor Show which Was opened at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, on November 17 can be recorded 28 another undoubted success. There was the same re- presentative display of cars and Mr. same beautiful models.

The simplified Autogiro, which has no axed wings, elevators, or A most interesting feature of rudder, and which was demon- this show has been the Historical strated at Hanworth Air-park in Section in which were an amazing Apru, has now been put into pro- array of queer-shaped models," duction for the market with a more powerful engine.

The first

of this batch will be demonstrated this morning at Hanworth.

This model is a two-seater open machine. fitted with an Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major (140 h.p.) 'engine in ` place of the 100 h.p

in power, relative to the load of

NEW AIRLINERS

He spoke

enthusiastically of the

WATER

New Record Set

Special Air-Mail Service

London, Nov. 22 Hubert Scott-Paine esta- blished a new unofficial world re- core for a single-engined boat in Southampton Water to-day.

pin itself.

These rings may have two tiny holes in them, and by inserting "a sharp-pointed tool (the end of a fle will do) and pulling the end while also turning the ring, the clip, will jump clear, leaving the gudgeon pin free for removal.

Most gudgech plus are of the floating type, and very easy to remove once the clips are away. By tapping a 'sultably sized box- the pin will readily come out at spanner placed against one end.

the other. Once the box-spanner In Miss Britain III. he covered away, the connecting rod will a mile course at 102 103 miles an

drop downwards and can then be hour; in the opposite direction his

removed. speed was 96.234 m.p.h Mr. Scott No replace the lower half of Paine and his mechanic, Mr. Gor-the bearing on the bolts, and

don Thomas, are thus the first men

screw on the two nups to prevent

TAKING OUT FISTON RINGS

"Piston rings are not nearly as and most of the breakage occur brittle as many people imagine, through people barging at the job of removing them."

The owner driver now placed

the piston on the bench after hay- and proceeded.

to travel at more than a hundred them being lost. Observe that the miles an hour on sea water.

number of the cylinder is stemp- Mr. Seatt-Paine himself held the ed on one side of the connecting- Sir Eric Geddes revealed that previous record of 96.08 miles as rod bearing, and that the stamped engine which was used in April. the names of the new big land-hour, which he set up at Poole on end of the lower half should be

plane airliners which are being September 24, three days after his on the same side. The extra power is reported to built for the, cross-Channel routes return from Detroit, where he give the Autogiro a top speed of by the short company will be made an unsuccessful bid for the 120 miles an hour and a cruising Scylla" and "Syrinx. Each of Harmsworth Trophy. speed of 100 miles an hour, while these new planes will have seat- Miss Britain II is eft. 8in. the slowest speeds said to be about 15 miles an hour. If the eight or thirty-nine passengers, engine.

Ing accommodation for thirty-long and bas a 1378 horse-power new engine is a little extravagant

Visibility was poor when Miss newest of the craft which are Britain III. was towed out. There the aeroplane, it no doubt impro- already in service-the Armstrong, was fog in most parts of the haring cleaned it with a clean rag, ves the ability of this machine to Whitworth maintain flight at very slow speeds that "they are proving themselves

monoplanes stating bour; the water was choppy.

Mr. Scott-Paine spent half au with the nose well up.

"You grip the two ends of the eminently satisfactory and are hour on the water warming up the top ring with the edge of the The discarding of all orthodox fully upholding the magnificent engine. control surfaces and of all stabiliz record of rellability and the all

thumbs, and pull them apart just At times he was lost to sight in enough to get the back of the ring ing surfaces other than a fixed round excellence "of British air- the fog.

Once people watching clear of the groove, at the same tailplane and a "small tall fin bas craft and engines."

from vessels thought he had web time keeping the piston firm with made the Autogiro one of the most

with disaster when be darted under the

and

fourth second, third, the stern of a tug.

fingers... Then the sun came through the from the rotor blades which whirl The only control lever the pilot mist. "Mr. Scott-Paine immediate armly with the first Angers, and "Now push it up gently bub overhead, but control is obtained uses is an inverted control columnly went to the starting post, fr

by still further pulling apart with by altering their relation to the fixed "to the rotor standard.

With a great roar Miss Britain the thumbs the ring will soon pass body which they, support. The It is claimed that this direct III. sped straight as an arrow right-over the top. standard on which they are set control secures an equal measure along the mile. All that could be may be tilted on a universal joint of control throughout the whole seen was a silver grey bow, a col-time you are renewing them all "It, great pressure is used at any in any direction within certain speed range of the aeroplane, umn of spray and a wake that round that does not matter.? limits. When. the blades are tilted whereas in the fixed-wing type vanished into the mist. slightly forward, the nose of the control is, apt to become slack at Four times Miss Britain III

GETTING RID OF CARBON machine seeks to rise. In order to low speeds. If the claims should covered the course. Then, the fog Taking a very blunt screwdriver put the pose down the rotor be substantiated in the course of came down again, and it was oon standard is tilted backwards. For tests the Autogiro will be able to sidered inadvisable to carry on a turn or for the correction of ast a wider speed range than My Scott-Paine's fastest run of lateral instability, the rotora may any other aeroplane, and better 102.105 m.p.h. was against the wind be tilted to one side or the other. control over that range than most, and tide.

interesting

aeroplanes in the

world. Not only is Eft derived

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he proceeds This black stunt on

the top is carbon and every parti die of it must be removed. But

the aluminium alloy of which the platon is made in comparatively

CAR FOR US.

Proving A Great Success

RECORD

Baby Austin's New

"Achievement

is

almost 4.250 miles, of which two- The total distance covered was thirds was over atrocious roads, yet the Seven managed to main- tain an average" speed of 34 mp.h. and used only 86 gallons of fuet and 3 quarts of oil for the entire trip.

The Austin Seven has created a Stories of lang and arduous

new record for the crossing of trans-continental Journeys are continually proving that

Canada by car, covering the jour- British light cars are not merely built for

ney from Halifax to Vancouver in British roads, but for long service hours and forty minutes.

the amazing time of five days, five under infinitely varied conditions achievement is rendered of road and climate. Two "years

all the ago Mr. G. A. Woods crossed the, the driver Mr. Tom Roberts, who more remarkable by the fact that

York to Vancouver with a Triumph was unaccompanied. American continent from News a well-known Canadian aviator Super Eight, taking the southern route to Los Angeles and following the coastline north to the Cana dian frontier, a distance of 5,150 miles,

Now, having given the same car continuous service ever since he has recrossed the continent by a more- dimcult Toute, passing through Pendleton, Cheyenne, Chicago, Toronto and Niagara He covered the "3,538 miles

of this journey in 8 days 12 hours, aver aging 416 miles a day-an amaz ing performance considering the The difficulties of the route. As on the Arst occasion, the entire, journey," many parts of which offer ex- tremely rough going, was accom- plished without a sign of mech- anical trouble. It is worth noting. moreover, that да replacement parta were atted to the ear on either of the journeys, nor during them.

worked out at over 48 mp... this The petrol consumption thus also being a record

In point of· economy, as the whole Journey was made at a cost of under 25 dollars.

A

driver carried a flash of Atlantic water which he poured into the Pacific at the end of his journey to signalise his remark- able succesS,

the two years' interval between

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