1923-10-20 — Page 9

MOTOR CYCLE HINTS.

OVERHAULING A FLAT TWIN HARLEY.

BY NORTONIA ").

When taking delivery of a Flat Twin Harley, it is as well to order a spare socket wrench for the cylinder holding down bolts. They are made of highly temper- ed steel and are very liable to fracture should force be injudi- ciously applied when tightening. up. It means using a hammer and punch to tighten the nuts should a special wrench not be available. It is necessary to re move the chain case in the older models before one can get at the back cylinder nuts. When taking off the nuts, pay particular atten- tion as to their positions, as Cer tain nuts will only it certain pasitions. When taking off the frant evlinder it is, of course, necessary Ca remove the foot- boards and the tube to which the front of the footboariis is attached.

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1923.

COLLIDED WITH STREET CARS.

The actual decarbonising is per- formed as per previous articles, and the same procedure is al followed with the vulve~. 1: i- an impossible job to clean the underside of the piston head an- less the pistons are taken off with the aid of the tool previously described, in this case, of course, made to fit the smaller piston. The crankcase fly wheel, etc. need not be dis-urled, neither An unsuitude ping can cause a ENGINE KNOCKS AND 'tyou can say. "I want you to take should the electrical system if it is sorts of troubles, enlef of which as;

That is, to engine functioning properly. The battery, pre-initi en however, should be charged it suddenly starts spitting nak and service station while the machine pooping in the earharter and,

Then pull ng

Here is a portare of the US Assistant Postmaster General's private car after it collided with two street ear-in Wasmutten.

is out of action.

PINKING.

- being th

he bottom half down, and just tighten up No. 3 big end." It's a much cheaper job when you give instructs p like that:

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MILEAGE

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MOTOR TERMS.

1A, Chater Road.

HONGKONG Phone C.4554.

Me

into

a French Army wagon which had the era of carriages came, the a hooded covering the women finest and most comfortable ware The origin of many of the folk of Limoges, the old capital: manufactured at Sedan, a village automobile terms we use are most of Limousine, wore a hood with in North-East France, and, as This happens par How to Tell the Difference. The clutch consists of a series of ticularly hills See that all

interesting, as it was in France cape attached; this headdress was these models were copied by steel dises, alternate dises hasing water in the in his

engine wish oking, can is mully

that the industry was cradled, called a limousine and from this every manufacturer, the name Momentary pre-ignition pink.

Chair" covering the army wagon' took "Sedan Piken en canto parking, or detonatinid? stall fibre inserts, Shall the haust je een in dintett fel whether it

naturally most of our terms come ing for, as it is often ern peous-

its name. The Sedan was so universal use, and now we use clutch start to flaps the -ix are and take the eben er to puntos de

JAN

they are generaNY is called. "knocking”) doey, no from that language. The term called from the fact that when the term for one Keep the petrol niter op

our alost justing screws can be got it to viean al tighten them by removing the just whate

*** real damage so long as it is "Limousine" was first applied to people travelled in chairs, before popular moröt car types, then elsen sjput they are quite diferent, says hely

But if the screw beneath the clock bearing a good id, ele in this whral Home got.ng writer

Spark in not quickly returded en the timing elementare. Shald at buy distilled water to the bat-j the clutch till slip when all the bery, which ch bed mery!, And, istine importance differs pleuten 1 to profare worse ill-.

Ponsideratge at is as well that you screws are dead tight, is

Irition generally comes Should (wbuch." dvd how to find out what in this way. As your engine get- the Viru reduce Larbonised Baile engue. And it is

mparatively × mple matter,

avallaide europression ureal thus automatic

'renew the plate-earnging the fibre inserts. It is a very tedious pub renewing libre lasers. T. Fr ley sport has, tendency trouver. bout on the back cylinder. Pr this reason, the makers diseon- tinued the chain

The writer, however, in liever in claim cases, and proved- ing reist nablo rare is taken the opfinder Shumlijpmain oficiuntly Cool.

Pay particular

a creat by

Jubrication. varburettor tuning and plugs. The mp-bould supply just

Suicient

keep the engine on the -moking. Any more wil calipe quirk carton cepito ang iss will cause evethestitati m happy me in is worth striving for. The pamp is adjustedły widing or taking away washers from undeneath the snow at the rear end of the pump boty. The burettor should le portelashefur explained and the air filtering quake sinald always be kept quite clean and free from dust. The writer bus bund Lodge Auto ter Spladuri plugs quite suitable.

**HENERY."

beat Stageht

Me. Henry Ford.

HONGKONG MOTOR TRIALS

19 23

OF THE RESULTS PUBLISHED TO DATE IN

CONNECTION WITH THE AR WE THE FOLLOW

ING PLACES HAVE BEEN SECURED BY COM

· PETITORS USING →→

SHELL MOTOR SPIRIT

Ist.

Seven

2nd.

Ten

3rd.

Seven

The ASIATIC PETROLEUM Coy., Ltd.

A gemine "klavek" is a matter on, and particles of the bwhich should have your early afharton stand up, pinnare-wise Tention if you do not wish to be

an: beerome ir candescent. istranded any thent extra repair Bills. There is a distinct, differen- This incandescent spot may ee in the sound effect of a knock fize the charge before the "fficial And by rumpurion with pinking of spark” “actually sparke. donava Bun mung motorists that firing takes phire tun early And it diffent to tell one from on the upward travel of the the ether

piston.

AROMA-MANGE SERVE RE

li gour engine is clean and still Shows an inclination to pre-

If you have an unpleasant ignite, the sparking plur is the sound from your enuine of the probable cause. Change it for one „ktechines or pinking sutlets, you of irrepted make with a thicker' leh add anodiately see that goll contrai clertrude.

stop it. I tending the spark belleskates the revise entirely, it is (only ponking' ankret serjongs, trodes can always be cured or But if when you retart the Kieatly reduced by using some spark you still have a dull and enzole or benzale mixture with Indard "thadeinanating from our petrol.

Ithe engine, it is time to fear the spossibilag of a genuine "kusek.“ fuel a ki ark will be dine to a

worn bearing either the lendor the gurigem pin such

the fatter is settetomters valled the

"little emet.

Tomake sure poi quist beguatema vour enzinak duroe? Ya know hrana donna wants a patient's -tethose pe? You Jeans and gour engine's chest in

just the same way.

You want a quere of hard wood, about a foot or two in length and about half on vach in diameter. tae of the odd rype circular wood Ermolens is unguellent for the pearterise.

MAKING THE DIAGNOSIS.

The feared "thumping "of your engine heart is wither in the hig end of the end of the conneeting rod. Pat war end of the stethos (cope on the our-ne of the front for rear bearing of the crank-shuft leasing, as musg be the easier.

With the engine running slow- ily, place the inbe of grur ear on the ther end of the stethoscope. land press "your ear against it with sufficient pressure to close the ear to any sound other than that coming up the piece of wood,

You will now find your "dull thud takes on a more definite sound. Transfer the stethoscope.i to the outside of the cylinder walls, taking each cylinder in turn:

The cylinder which i-"at fault jwill give a pronouncedly knock inj the ethescope than the other vlinders.

If you heard a similarly loud: knock on the crank-shaft end be- jarings as well, you will know that it is a big end that is worn. If the sound is louder on the out- side of the cylinder wall. it will be the little end which is at fault. Either should be seen to before

it gets worse, but instead of saying

to your repairer. "There's some- thing wrong with the engine,”

Puking

and

detonation

THE

EVENT OF THE

SEASON

MOTOR GYMKHANA

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd. 1923.

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MICHELIN

THE

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CONSTRUCTION

Increases the mileage of

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ORS

As used by The Hongkong Government.

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(China,) Limited.

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