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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1925.

DISPENSE with RICKSHAS HUNTING SQUEAKS AND A ROYAL OWNER-DRIVER

AND MOTOR BUSES.

You'll lose nothing "on time-you'll gain in punctuality and all this, at less cost than Richsha or Bus fares. Its worth considering in Hongkong or Kowloon.

The mighty miniature in your garage ensures satisfaction "and provides economical and reliable transportation.

£169.0.0.

SOLE AGENTS FOR:

THE "AUSTIN SEVEN" Alex. Ross & Co. (China) Ltd...

THAT'S IT-THE 1925 HARLEY.

The pride of matorcycle achievement. A new machine at a new price.

Model 61-Standard equipped with magneto, prosto- light, lamp, luggage carrier, pump, tools horn, and speedometer, ready for the road.

Model 74-Standard equipped same as above,

Model 61-Electric. Roady for the road.

Model 74-Electrie: Ready for the read.

Sidecar, Single passenger

Sidecar, Double passenger

RATTLES.

MINOR MOTOR. ANNOYANCES.

Although most royal person. ages are accustomed to ride in finomotor care, there are probably not very many of them who may bo sean driving their own automobiles.

LUBRICATION TESTS.

HIGH COST OF INVESTIGATIONS.

The item below was clipped from a Wall Street Journal. N

“The motorist who slides up to

Nothing, perhape, is more an naging to the owner-driver than

His Highness the Rajah of tho accompaniment on his tours of those elusive, squeaks and rattles Santosh has recently been photo a garage and orders a certain cil which sometimes develop in his graphed in Caloutta at the wheel

car. The advice and experiences of his 40-50 b.p. Rolls-Roycel for his motor gives little thought of a motor owner, which are sot The Rajah is regarded as a first-to the significance of his demand forth in this article, should prove rate driver and a discriminating or the careful investigation back interesting and useful to all those judge of the bost types of modern

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of it. Perhaps he gets his in- who drive a car. To the owner cara.

formation as to the grade of foil driver there are few more intorost-

his engine requires from the ing amusements, then locating and oliminating those small, but in-

agent, who sold him his car or tensely irritating, squeaks and

from, the garage he patronizes. that noise had been caused by None of these individuals have rattlos, which, sooner or later, develop in even the most expon tapping contact between the gained this information from sive and best tended cars. Thon two members. The board was experience but from advices, pro what a pleasure is the first drive then replaced with rubber sheet-bably in chart, form, issued by

companies manufacturing lubri after a succoseful day's "rattling."ing between it and the framing. That nerve-soothing silence, brok. I was dow prepared to lay long cating oils. Expense of gather en only by the pleasant purr of odds that a cure had been effect-ing this data is enormous. the tyres and the bourdon-like ed, I would have lost! Fortun-Vacuum Co., for instance, is said note of the exbaust. "Heard ately for my peace of mind, at to spend more than G. $300,000 melodies are sweat, but those un, this juncture the dashboard clock year simply in investigating the heard are sweeter." The extra- had to be sont away to be regulatoil requiremonts of internal com- ordinary silence of the modern ed, and the first time the car was bustion ongines of every make motor car has made the finding of on the road clockless the noise and of every model. The com- rattles a very difficult businoes, was entirely absent. The "win-pany sends its engineers to the as their cause is usually obscure, der," which is of the binged various automobila plants where In the old days the comparati- variety, was loose, and had been engines of each new series are vely trifling noises which disturb hammering against the well in tasted to determine what grade of our peace to-day would never the dash into which the clock fits, oil is best suited to it in low have been heard amid the general Door rattles can usually be temperatures and high tempera uproar. I therefore consider that stopped by fitting rubber buffers, tures. Thus, if for your 1923 the sport to be derived from trac- but care must be taken not to model is recommended a light oil ing the elusive modern rattle to its make the door too tight to shut for both summer and winter driv lair is very much better, and the easily when the car is at rest, ing while for the same.company's satisfaction gained by effecting and tight enough to prevent noise 1924 model a medium oil is "kill" much greater than it used when working is set up by flexing recommended for summer to be.

of the chassis when running. and a light oil for winter use, it is not because the oil-company DETECTIVE QUALITIES REQUIRED METHOD OF DAMPING" SOUND. for saks of variation makes such The qualities necessary for Rübber packing for sound recommendation, but because it success in rattle detection are damping is usually very efficient has experimented with engines of quickness of ear and a persever- but unfortunately is by no means, both models in excessive and ance comparable to that of the a permanent remedy owing to moderate beat and cold." British bulldog. I recall one ex- the rapidity with which rubber ample of what might be termed perishes under road conditions. an extreme case, showing to Old tubes make very good pack- what longths the expert ing, and last a surprisingly long Afleet of V-63 Cadillac cars" is will go in order to run bis time. There is a substance used operated across the Syrian desert $775.00 $825.00 quarry to earth. Shortly after I by patternmakers called " plastic by the Nairn Transportation com S825.00 had acquired a particularly siloot wood," which is a godsend to the pany, of Beirut. Syria. The route It has from Beirut to Bagdad covers 603 car it developed a very slight, but amateur mechanic. $240.00 peculiarly irritating rattle, all soft, putty-like consistency, and miles and for 425 miles of the the more annoying as it was may be packed into all kinds of journey the cars are out of touch the "tinny

any base variety. It appear crevices and neatly trimmed off with

of supplies. ed to come from the After a short exposure to the air Passenger cars are accompanied neighbourhood of the Instru- it becomes hard like wood, at the by baggage cars which carry ment board just in front of same time rotaining a certain witer and provisions. the steering wheel. Examina resiliency: Metal hood sticks aro tion of tho windscreen showed a frequent source of rattle when that the glass had a little play in the joints get losee. The rivets metal frame. The glass can be set up, though 89 was taken out and rubber pack-a rule the whole hood has be taken down to got aling inserted all round, the job to

being finished off with special at the back of the rivets. It is cement to make it all secure. well worth doing, however, as the Result-rattle as bad as over cure is practically permanent. Next the steering column was Fan belta (especially those made. scrutinised, and slight slackness of wobbing) when very tight and was found to exist between the running dry, often set up a very tube and the control, rod passing piercing scream-like note which through it. The control rod was is very puzzling to the novice. taken out and bushes made for it A little grease is, of course, the hese being a perfect fit. All remedy, with perhaps a slight! being reassembled, the car wae easing of the belt tension, In taken out and tried. No better deducing the locus of squeaks, it "Once more unto the breach dear is useful to study the speeds of friends, once more!" The entire the engine, camshaft, and the instrument bbard was then re-various moving parts of the car, moved with its attendant festoons and compare them with the per- of armoured cable, oil piping, and iodicity of the squeak Intermit speedometer drive. All wires tent squeaks and noises amante wore neatly clipped so as to be from the springs or shackle bolts, immovable, and the speed omoter or they may be caused by move- drive was secured to the steering ment between the body and wings colume, there being a suspicion or obassis. Ex.

$875.00

$300,00

ASK ME TO POINT THE 27 NEW IMPROVEMENTS. GASCON'S MOTOR HOSPITAL.

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So don't wait until To-morrow for it may bo too late, only limited number of machines will soon arrive as first shipment. Come and let me have your name. First come first served.

A. GASCON.

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The latest addition to popular light cars which can be purchased in Hongkong is the 7 h.p. Jowott. The surpris ing power developed by those excellant little machines has won the slogan "The little oogine with the big pull".

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TRUCKS

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This one point alone is suf ficient to merit the serious consideration of anyone in terested in dependable trans portation: Graham Brothers Trucks are sold and serviced everywhere by Dodge Brothers Dealers.

Chassis, G$1,550 14 Ton, G$1,760

delivered.

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd.

Telephone 0. 1246 or 1247.4

33, Wong Nei Chung Rand....

(Happy Valley,)

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