1924-01-12 — Page 9

MOTORING

SUPPLEMENT

OF

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

Saturday, the 12th. January, 1,2).

I Being the Official Organ of the Hongkong Automobile Association).

LOCAL MOTOR

NOTES & NEWS

In connection with the local because of the conditions Motor Gymkhana, which had to-streets,

be cancelled on account of the

difficulty in procuring a suitable

ground, we are asked, to state

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of

HINTS ON EASY

STARTING.

When the Engine is Obstinate.

"It was a cold, foggy, damp, musky night"-I mean morning and the engine refused to start! They often do, in such cir- 'cumstances. And these are

that intending competitors can The price of petrol is always a some tips on ways and means of secure a refund of their entry matter of interest to motorists, " making the boust start", says fee by making application, to and attention may at the moment a home writer

Mr. -F. M. Hodgson, e.o the well be directed to an acounce- First of all. you should keep Union Insurance Society of nent made by the Asiatic Petro-rour engine in good tune in regard Canton. d. Trion Building. leum Co. that the spot price in to carburetter adjustment. mag-

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Ceylon has been reduced, as from neto, and sparking plugs. December 3rd, by twenty-five engine out of tune in these re rents a gallon. It would seem sperts is always twice as difficult that there has been a prolonged to start as one that is in tune. Motorists are giau to note that and persistent agitation on this Secondly, if you have any little the road-repairing operations on subject, with the result that the downgrade run from your garage. the Dairy Farm Hill are now matter was discussed in the always back in so that you can nearly completed. A good job Legislative Council. has been done, and the surface of

the road should be excellent.

h

is now hoped that the Govern. ment will jush on with the im provements between the Univer Sity and No. 7 Police Station

use the slope for starting up. It's the best selfstarter extant! Using an incline in this way, flood the carburetter (if the morning is

The Government's attitude rally bad), switch on, put the aroused some criticism, for whilst gear lever in the speed below top.. ner hostile to the demand for declutch, gather a little nomen- lower prices, it professed to be tura, and let the clutch in.

And unable to see what it could do to off she goes! lower the price of the commodity.

· Have you a used car ff sale? An attempt was made to bolster DON'T MISUSE THE STARTER.

But suppose she doesn't? Well, change of Up weak arguments with absurd If so, you may have

analogies, the Controller of for goodness sake don't "kill disposing of it at a good price. Revenue pointing out that there the self-starter. When an engine" provided this Cocony is visited by was only a difference of 20 cents is really cold and sticky the self- certain people who are now said between the prices of petrol in starter may not be able to turn it

obe in Manila and. on the England and a Ceylon, without round at a fast speed. quiet, buying up" second-hand

taking into account mang vireme "chunk-chunk-chunk" type of to be shipped to Japan stances which male the com/engine turning by the self-starter: replace the cars destroyed in prison futile. the recent earthquake and fire. These buyers are Sad Do

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paying good prices, too. One cir

just sold brought P69). Its pur-

chase price nearly two years ago as a second hand car was Průh,

i- no use on a bad morning.

The

If you leave a heavy rug or overcoat over the radiator and bonnet t night-time it is

THE LATEST IN SIDE-CARS.

A novelty recently appeared in London streets in the form of a "spark-plug" side-car for motorcycles. This shows one in use by a young woman's pet doggie.

NEW FORD VENTURE.

COASTING "SNAGS"

SIMPLIFIED.

Re-engaging Top Gear

from Neutral

MOTOR "SPIRIT.

BRITAN'S ENORMOUS:

IMPORTS

Some ides of the enormen quantity of motor spirit importe

Apparently the art of coasting into the British Isles can

on motorcars is a difficult matter gained from a perusal of th

to explain thoroughly in so many Board words, says Cap: E Normanville.

of Trade returns fo

de October. No less than 7,511,36

Many people think that for an imported during this period gallons of motor spirit wor reason or another they or their while for the ten months andin cars are exceptions.. but the October 31st she total quantiti degree to which you may coast imported reaches the prodigon down hills must be primarily figure of 276,853,364 gallona. TE controlled by the degree of driving figures for both periods represen Iskill you possess That is an increase on the figures for thi serious point. If you are not corresponding periods in 1922 fairly skilled driver, you should though, due to the reduced price not indulge in the pleasures of of motor fuel, the value of the car coasting.

imports in 1923 is less. The valui ALTERNATIVE METHODS. Picture yourself touring. You ing the ten months ended October of the imported motor ipirit dar cute across a long down slope, 31st, 1923, was £13.900,858, whil say of in 15 or so. The road for the month of October alone E is clear, and there are no cross was £1.084,355.

Iroads visible.

Now you can drive down that

islope. you can hold the clutch;

jout down it, or you can "nip" the ranted. And it is that fact

merel

gear lever into neutral, and coast which makes the job compara down it. The two first methods tively easy for you. jare neither so mechanically sound) Consequently you

nor so pleasurable as the latter. accelerate the engine to a speed There is no difficulty in getting corresponding approximately with jinto neatral. And there is really the speed of the car for top-gve but very little in getting back driving, and then either on with from neutral to top gear, though drawing the clutch or without jmany seem to fear it.

gently bring the gear lever into And so long as the speed of the the top-speed notch. lcar is within the range of your A SIMPLE EXPERIMENT. Idriving speed on first, second, You may ask, “ Is it easier to third, or fourth gear, it is quite get back to top by withdrawing Long Jump Record.

within the ability of reasonably the clutch or without disengaging The recent record climb of the expert driving to get from neutralit ? **

On my own car it Brooklands test hill by one of the into any one of those gears chosen, easier to do it without disengag The debate, however, did not wonderful aid to easy stating in MANUFACTURE OF WIRE200 miles" race Bugatti car THE SPEED SOUND." ing the clutch. prove futile, for though post the morning. It causes the engine, Because outside manufacturers but even that fine performance how to get back into top gear, you will probably find the same caused something of a sensation, We will take the easiest first- If you try this dodge, I think may not necessarily be propter and lubricating oil to cook down failed to meet specification for has now been eclipsed. The new Suppose the car is coasting at 30 state of affairs with your own car, the Perry Company's con- slowly, and that means much less wire used in winding armatures record is held by a four-cylinder impa, and you want to re-engage Speed the engine up to a degree cesston caine" at an extremely tickiness and stiffness in the of" starter generators used on A.C.. opportune moment. It is very morning.

Ford ears, the, Ford Motor Com-The climb

Joyce. the top gear.

of revving" which you are con The buyers are making no noise satisfactory to motorists that the

accomplished. in their purchasing and are deal. Company has responded to what of the self-starter won't do the manufacture business. This new 8.23 seconds, and the car jumped engine when it is driving the car being driven at the rate it is going

pany has itself gone into the wire from

You ought to have a very fair fident is in excess of what its a standing start in idea of the speed sound" of your speed would be if the car were e with private owners, rather was evidently an urgent plej, do not go on using the elec industry at the Highland Park 34 feet as it cleared the crest of at 30 mph. And it is fairly obwith the top gear in. txarage men. The earth.ke demand. There may still he trie motor until you have done Plant, though not yet in full pro- the hill at close upon 60 miles an sious that if you accelerate the Let the accelerator go. Now the destroyed practically difference of upinion as to the something likely to make its induction, is at present turning out hour. The A. C. was quite normal engine to a speed corresponding gently pull the change speed every motor car in Yokohama unadequacy of the reduction, but effective action effective. There

every day some 70 miles of finelas to chassis, its streamilne body with 30 mph. when on top, the lever towards top gear engage say in Tokyo, and car are twenty-five cents less is a distinct are several little things you can insulated copper wire. needed in those cities. Sot to concession after many months of an.

The making of 6,500 generator standard.

being the main departure from gear will engage without a mur.iment until you hear a quiet" tick-

The Brooklands au-imur, expensive

tick-tick" of the "dogs." wanted fruitless agitation.

units daily calls for the absolute thorities, it appears, will have to

Keep standardization

Luckily in practice it will en- very gentle pressure on the Firstaid for an obstinate engine ticularly wire size. If the wire cords if this sort of thing to more variation from the correct continues. And it will go in

of parts, par-establish classes for jumping re-igage without any trouble with lever, so that the tick-a-tick All Firestane cont Tyre- and is fairly simple. There ought tulwinding on the armatures istinues! tubes are built with the same be an air strangler on every car, slightly off size, or if the insulat

speed than is theoretically war.(almost automatically. methods, materials and workman- but as there is not you can reine- ing cover is a bit thick or ship, and the car owners by dy the defect with a piece of ragjirregular, either the winding will FINE SHOWING IN

equipping with Firestones, can-or a glove. Either stop up the not fit in the armature segments and air jalet of the carburetter alto-jor lower generator efficiency will NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. ening the same areness

dependability as experienced by zether, or stop up from three-result.

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FIRESTONE FEATS.

But if from five to eight seconds!

COAX THE THROTTLE.

The following wire received by these great race drivers. Here quarters to seven-eighths of it. So, with outside wire not giving a few of the Firestone different engines vary a little in full satisfaction, the Company the Firestone Tire and Rubber are

this respect.

Idetermined to make its own and Co gives the result of the 250record

Flood the carburetter and try improvements and simplifiction Mile National Champion-hip, run: May 9th, 1933. Firestone

standard wire making) ut Los Angeles, California, on equipment carried the first, four gain. If you are of energetic dis-of The Du Sovenier cars over the winning line and Position have a turn at the start-machinery have placed this plant 9th on the 1.14 mile board was the equipment on eight of handle, or if there is a second ahead of almost any others in pedwas “Aided by your ex- the ten money winning cars in run present let him, or her quality and economy.

press- the starting button while cellent product. I won rage here the Indianapolis sweepstakes.

One interesting drawing opera- you do the hand-starting effort. tion is where the wire passes covering the 230 miles at an Sept. 4th. 1923.--At Altoona,

When the engine does start, you through eight diamonds each re-) average speed of one hundred

Pennsylvania. In this contest, must not be in a hurry to openjducing the size a few thousandths) twelve and twenty two hund- reach of the first five cars to the throttle too wide. That is of an inch. The cost of each redths miles per hour. I cannot finish this race were Firestone sure means of stopping the engine diamond may run as high as $300 say too much for the excellence equipped.

in such circumstances. You must and it takes several days of con-

of Firestone tyres. Bennett Sept. 15th. 1923. The first five coax the throttle up" with little tinuous drilling with diamond Hill

cars to cross the winning line in dabs on the pedal. letting it back dust in order to pierce one. They! Following Bennie Hill in his the 100-mile National Champion to the slow-running position be can be used. about six months Duesenberg Special were Jimmie ship Automobile Race at Syra tween the dabs.

without appreciable wear. Murphy Durant Special: Eddie cuse. New York, were carried on But having actually got a start. Cotton, usod for the wire cover- Hearne, Durant Special: Harian Firestone Gum-dipped Cords and the "engine often shows signs of ing, is also made by the Company Fengler, Wade Special: Frank Steam-welded tubes.

fading away-ee" on really bad and is spun from fine cotton im- Elliott. Elliott Special: Red Sept. 29th. 1923-Also the first mornings. A little "waggling" of ported from England. Shafer, Duesenberg Special: cars to finish the 150-mile race at the float needle, with concurrent The new wire, which in every Ralph DePalma, Miller Special Fresno, California, were Firestone" waggling" of the throttle. will way meate the high standards of Hill averaged 112.22 miles per equipped.

usually effect salvation.

Ford manufacture, has brought al hour and covered the entire Nov. 29th, 1923.-The first If we now assume a terribly general improvement in the pro-

cars crossing the win-cold morning, on which the petrol duction of starter generators. ning line in the 250-mila National simply will not vaporise enough

seven

"/

distance without a stop.

Every one of these internation- Championship Race run at Los for a start, you must inject petrol ally-known drivers used Fire-Angeles, California on Thank-through the compression taps," dope" and will start any engine stone Gum-Dipped Cords and sgiving Day, on the 1.1/4-mile Don't overdo it--about a third of if there's a spark. Steam Welded Tubes. Firestone Board Speedway, were alla teaspoonful to each cylinder. But if it doesn't? Well, you tyres were the choice of these equipped with Firestone Gum- And what if she still won't must put hot water in the radiator, drivers, and Firestones carried Dipped Cord and Steam Welded start? For emergency you can or place rags soaked in boiling them through without trouble or Tubes. The winner, Bennie buy a two-ounce bottle half full water on the induction pipe, so as mishap, just as Firestone Gun Hill, averaged 112.22 miles per of methyl-ether from a chemist, to cause vaporisation of the fuel Dipped Cords have won many hour and covered the entire and fill it up with No. 1 petrol.

And if that doesn't succeed?- important races held this year. Idistance without a stop.

This makes a magic starting Ob, take the tram.

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Above is seen a new use for the motor van. Officials at the Dayton Public Library wanted to extend the service and get more books before the public. They didn't have money enough to build new branches so they hit upon the ides of a circulating library in a truck. It is equipped with 600 volumes of selected fiction and carries 104 current magazines. You get your library card from one of the young women who accompany the -truck and you draw the books you want. The only charge is the customary fins for keep

ing a book too long.