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WEEKLY

MOTOR WANTS

INSTALLING HIGH-COMPRES

BION OYLINDER HEAD Question The 1916 and pro. vious models of the engine used

shaft would help? What else can you suggesti

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1926.

HINTS FOR

MOTORIST

THE

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

FUEL PROBLEMS

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FOR SALE

MORRIS COWLEY.-11.9 2 seater Roadster with dickey, tivo wheel brakes 1925 model. In use 6 months, owner driver, under 2000 miles. Owner buying a 4-seater, Apply H.K. Hotel Show Room for appointment.

Car and

Answer: Your engine's prank- shaft is aufficiently well balanced

in my car were fitted with what to give smooth operation at all

TAIL

SEFOR

HORSES

are known as "low cylinder ordinary speeds and you would A special committee of the hoads, but later models are fitted be unwise to adopt counter Chicago City Council has To with the so-called "high" heade. balances until you have removed

ordinanso

Would the installation of one of other defects," which must be commended an

engines cause it to deliver more as you state. The jerking of your

A car which uses an unreason is due to too liberal fuel-feed at the low honda on one of the late present to make it run so badly quiring all equestrians, in the ablo amount of fuel, as compared the carburetor. with others, exactly ko it descriptive and frequently has the uncomplimentary name of Gas Eater" applied to 16.

HOW MOST OF THE GAS IS WASTED

power, on account of the increas-car is due to certain evlinders not city to carry red tail lights on

ed compression afforded?, firing at low throttle or fitting so

OYLINDERS THAT DON'T.

Answer: We do not believe so. weakly, as compared with the their horses, HOLD THEIR CHARGES Gas leakago from cylinders, which is perhaps the second This change from low heads to others, as to produce almost the greatest preventable cause of higher heads was forced upon effect of" niisses, Assuming that gasoline waste can be prevented manufacturers by the fact that the ignition system is all right, In a majority of cases its by grinding the valves until they the gasoline available after about it is probable that certain abnormal appetite for gasoline is are tight and adjusting them so 1916 would not burn, without cylinders are very leaky, at due to one or more of the three. they seat properly and hy knocking, in engines having low valves or pistons, or that there is following defects: The mixture maintaining cylinder, walls, pis-heads suited to the quality of fuel excessive air-leakage Into the it is using is excessively over rich, tons and piston rings so that the previously on the market. Higher intake system. If you can correct have nearly perfect compression its ignition is too much retarded escape of gas past the piston is heads and larger clearance spages conditions so that all cylinders

were adopted to decrease com-i or its oylinders are extremely at a minimum:

pression and enable pr.sent-day retention and that they all recolve loaky,

fuel to burn smoothly. Our their correct proportion of undi- impression is that if you were to luted mixture, this engine should install one of the low heads thigh run smoothly compression heads) on your late model engine that it would knock and the preniature com-

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LESSER CAUSES OF

GASOLINE LOSS ·

Other causes, which give the 'gas-cater" its unenviable reput ation, are poor lubrication, too cool circulating water, imperfect

The reclaiming of the sea-shore

. MIXTURE AND IGNITION h.p. NEW RALEIGHS and spare parta

The two first named causes of Henderson, Indian and harley Combinations, Triumph, Douglas, fuel waste are readily overcome Cleveland and Indian Scout solcs by adjustment, the over rich and practically new Gloria side mixture by a loaner setting of the

Cycle carburetor and delayed ignition atomizing on. the carburotor'a bustions causing the knocking opposite the Malacca Club is going car. Motor

by a resetting of the distributor- part, incomplete fuel'vaporization would decrease Exchange.

increase the available power: Observer. The material dumped THE HANDY LITTLE cam in the direction opposite to and dragging brakes. that in which it rotates. However, (Mr. Clough gives some of the Increased compression results in despite the ease with which it questions he receives from timo increased output only when the into the sea is granite, which is can be corrected, the greater part to time, together with the ans-combustion remains normal and apparently brought in by tong- Pulo Besar Experience must of all preventable gasoling waste were. These appear weakly and this depends upon fuel peculiar kang from the granite quarry at re-ities to a very large oxtent. You have been gained by those in the

in NUICK-6-cylinder 7-passenger Buick Touring No. 165 Good run- ning order. Five good Tyres on On five Wire Wheels. $1,500.00. view at Dragan. Garage, Happy Valley.

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CADILLAC 3-cylinder. 5-pussen- ger Cadillac for $1,500 cash. Box ger Hudson Touring in splendid No. 1475, care of "Hongkong Tele-condition. graph."

BUICK Touring No. 152. wood wheels and spare rim. tyres. Price $750.00 cash.

Five brand new

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BUYERS GUIDE

MOTOR CARS ·

AUSTIN--Ales. Roan & Co., China), fad. Bank of China Bldg.

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The 9/20 h.p ROVER

provido orence.).

instructivo

INCOMPLETE CLUTCH DISENGAGEMENT Question. Is there brake on my-- car? reason. I ask is that in shifting

clutch- The

rather than on at a sloth's pace, says Malacca

might be able to use a low head

WEAK OR MISSING" CYLINDERS

Car-1926 there is no stond and high, forks and when I speed it to 30 tides, whereas the thumping of

DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE SPECIAL COLONIAL MODEL BY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE HONGKONG AND

if you use special anti-knook W. D. Office that the porous laterite blocks obtainable in fual.

Malacca are more adaptable, and perhaps cheaper for making sea walls, than granite. The small Question: When I throttle cavities in the laterite blocks (to car down to a certain extent) break the force into first spoed and roverse, the the engine of my geare usually clash, while in 10 or 15 m. p. 1. the whole car of the sed water during strong

clashing..

m. p h. the entire dash and the the waves during the gales in the Answer: There is no clutch-steering gear vibrate violently. South West Monsoon on a solid brako, as such, on this our and This engine is supposed to have cemented granite sea wall has nothing that we know of about a dynamically balanced orank proved abortive in several cases the construction of the clutch to shaft. Do you think that a set of with sea walls at Klebang and cause any brake action, when it counterbalances on the crank- Banda Pryah. is disengaged. As both the shifts which you have difficulty with are made when the car is at rest? and the sliding gears therefore also at rest, it is evident that your clutch, must drug, thus kosping the countershaft gears in rotation, when they should be still. It may be that the pedal

ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Rd. KOWLOON TAXI CAB Co., La. will not push far enough forward

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'AUBURN-Universal Auto Supply Co., Asiatic Bldg. C.4915. BUICK-Hongkong & Kowloon Taxi Cab Co., Ltd.. 33 Des Voeux

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CADILLAC.--Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. CM759. DODGE BROS-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd., 33 Wong Nei

Chung Road, Happy Valley. C.1247.

ESSEX The Dragon Motor Car Co., Lid., 33 Wong Nei Chung Rd.

Happy Valley C.1247.

FORD-Andrew Harper, 6, Queen's Road. G.4895.

G. W. K.--Gilman & Co., Ltd., H. K. Bank Bldg. Tel. C.290.

Road, Happy Valley, C. C.1247..

HUDSON-The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd. 33 Wong Nei Chung LINCOLN. Andrew Harper, Queen's Road, C.4895. MORRIS-Hongkong Hotel Garage, Queen's Road. C.4795. PACKARD. The Dragon Motor" Car Co., Ltd. 33 Wong Nei Chung

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