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THE HONGKONG HOTEL" GARAGE

MOTORIST

HINTS

FOR

THE

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

"TIGHTENING UP" AROUND THE ENGINE.

Nuts tend to loosen by vibra- unions and other joints be inspect

SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1926.

PEDESTRIAN PRESERVATION.

A PLIA FOR PROTECTION,

(UY "CYNICUS.")

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tion and the contraction and ex-ed, but cracks and breaks shoulded from time to time, from Lan- pansion of the parts which they be watched for. hold and packings compress uni der constant pressure, causing

Miscellaneous.

The alarimlag statistics publish-

don and New York-New York and London-and then some, have, driven me furiously to think, in-; Imperfect joints. These effects The clips or cfcuts that hold cidentally bringing about the continue to some extent through-electric conductors and gas lines great discovery that "great minds" out the life of an engine, but they in place should be inspected for do not think alike to commence are especially pronounced for a tightness, the supports of the with, because, if they did, I should time after it has been disassembl-vacuum tank, ignition coll and not be the fret to think thus, pro- ed. Testing of all fastening de- other attached auxiliaries should viding that I am, of course. vices and tightening such as re-be' cheeked up and the supports quire It is necessary at short in- of, the radiator on the frame tervals succeeding an overhauling should be seen to be holding pro- and at longer intervals at other perly. timės.

During the progress of this ra- tiocination of mine, it has become. perfectly clear to me that what we really need, is a Pedestrians' (Mr. Clough gives some of the Protection and Preservation As- questions he receives from time sociation, unless, of course, the to time, together with the answers. jolly old pedestrian is to become Those appear weekly and provide entirely extinct like the dodo.

So panicky was a fellow pedes- an instructive reference.) Transmission Lubricant Escapes. trian of mine, that he suggested that I offer myself to the City Hall Question: I have trouble in keep-authorities to enable them to pre- be no looseness of front or rearing the 600 W oil in the trane-serve at least one specimen of 18 runs petrified pedestrianism as a pat engine supports or heavy pound-mission of my car,

How tern

for posterity-perhaps] ing will result. To prevent loss out as soon as it gets warm. of oll, all nuts which secure the car this difficulty be overcome? Anyhow, I'll submit the sketch for

Would a heavier lubricant be what its worth. oil-pan, the timing gear-case suitable?

The Engine Itself. All cylinder-head stud nuts must be kept tight, if water leaks into the cylinders and gas leaks into the jockets and the outside air are to be avoided. There must

The Cooling System.

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cover and the valve-compartment

Answer: The manufacturers cover must be secure. Exhaust advise strongly against the use of manifold branches must be secure- heavier lubricant, especially in ly clamped to the block and the exhaust pipe to the exhaust mani-cold weather. You do not state fold or blown gaskets and noisy the front or rear of the transmis whether the all escape is through operation will follow. If the block and upper erank case are sion case, but we suspect that it separate parts, the holding nuts may be at the rear end, along the

shaft. A felt washer is used to Only the other day, I read with may be found loose.

prevent all escape at both these great apprehension that a certain points and we think that the rear city in the United States already one can be replaced fairly readily, boasts that one in every three in- Every hose connection will need but the replacement of the front habitants owns BR automobile! to have ita clamps tightened. The lone is more of a job.

Unless In other words, the supply manifold to the block may have to these washers

dwindled has are renewed

pedestrians' we of be set up to forestall leaks. The are afraid you will always have done.

to. the inadequate fan belt may be found too loose considerable

01 two per and require taking up. If there haven't too high a lubricant level Even if these are preserved for are signs of leakage at the water in the transmission, have you? holidays and Independance Days, pump, the shaft packing nuts re- The oil should not run higher than it's a bit rough on the poor old quire screwing in a little.

the bottom of the lower shaft... pedestrian, Therefore, I urge

that before it is too late, we get! Winter Gear-Lubricant.

together and form an Association! The gasket at the carburetor Question: Is medium oil heavy just as the motorists have, but if Mange connection may have enough for use as transmission we don't hurry up, there won't bef squeezed loose, in which case air and differential. lubricant, in lenkage will develop there, unless winter?

Fuel System.

leakage.

You figure

car.

MOTOR TRIPS" ABROAD Magdalen Tower, Oxford University

Photo Courtesy Chryzier Maswell Motor Corporations

The possible origin of the name "Oxford", is interesting, One explana tion is that it points to a ford for oren across the Thames river..

FEW American tourists ever go

to London without going to Oxford, the home of the far- ous Oxford University whose his- 'tory can be traced back to the eighth century. And one of the architec- tural wonders of that famous city and equally famous university is Magdalen Tower-pronounced as if

enough of us left to even form a EXPENSIVE, AUTOS AVOID tuorum, let alone an Association.

ACCIDENTS.

GERMAN CARS FOR U. S.

spelled "maudien"--which was begun in 1492.

Magdalen College was founded in 1458. The famous Magdalen tower which is 150 feet high, required 13 years to bulld. It is one of the Aights of England

The roads from London to Oxford are perfect and no American in Eng- land with a motor car should think of leaving the country without mak- ing this 60-mile trip...

autos and are careful to avoid accidents which would spoil the auto's finial.

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the bolts are tightened and the Answer: Probably it would same likelihood of stray air and serve all right, but it would per- imperfect carburation is involy-haps be better to use a slightly

It has been noticed that there ed if intake branch connections thicker lubricant, if you can do

are fewer accidents caused by PREFER AUTOS TO DRINK. are otherwise than tightly secured so without having it become too

reckless driving by drivers of to their ports in the block. The solid to flow in very cold weather.

"Voluntary prohibition is com- There is a possibility that Lans-large and beautiful cars. vacuum tank will not function, if A good scheme is to supply the ing, Mich., will be selected as a

It is the drivers of the non-des-ing to pass' in England as a result any of the joints or connections in gear-box and rear-axle housing site for the first German automo-cript auto whe figure chiefly of the automobile," says Sir Henry its suction line to the inlet mani- with steam cylinder oil or gear bile factory on American soil. L. reckless driving traffic tangles. Maybury, director general

"The

of

fold or its draft line to the main oil and then thin it down with a w. Hirth of Hamburg, Germany,

It is assumed that owners of roads of Great Britain. tank and the carburetor, unless light engine oil until it is of a is in America to select a site for expensive cars are more concern-motor industry is developing at the connecting unions are kept consistency that will still flow the Daimler-Benz company.

ed with the appearance of their the expense of liquor." tight.

slightly at the lowest temperaturą

to which the car is likely to be Oiling System. J

subjected. In other words, it is Oil pipes must have tight joints]desirable to use a lubricant of na throughout or oil will escape and heavy body as can be used with- air may be sucked in and stop out danger of its becoming non- pump action. Not only must fluid.

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Ancient relics in Plymouth, New York is to have a cheaper Mass., are passing with the advent form of taxi transportation. of a busy civilization. The last of Motor-cycles with cab sidecurs the old hitching posts are being are being built to give quicker and rooted out to make more parking cheaper- service to Gotham space for automobiles.

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Thomas P. Henry, president of All the gold and silver dollars the American Automobile Associa- coined in the United States in tion, drove by auto across the con-1923 would pay but two-thirds of tinent in four days and 18 hours, the special federal motor taxes maintaining schedule and driving levied on the automobile and by night as well as by day. motor products Just year.

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