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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1926.

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August, 1025

Winner of Russian Endurance Trials

February, 1024).

Holder of Trans Australian Record

-November, 1021

Set Record Cape Town to Johannseburg

July, 185

Set Record Barcelona" to

June 17, 1026'

Madrid

Set Record New York to San Francisco

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With the gasoline filtering for hauling two-ton loads of coal. devices now being included In It is now goared too high to do the equipment of many makes of this work What pinion and. cars, there should be very little ring-gear sizes should I install to chance of solid matter ever bo give it about 70 per cent. of its ing carried along with the gaso-present speed and corresponding fine as far as the carburetor but ly increased pulling power PoIts in the case of any car which has extra large tyres and two-ton lacke a modern gasoline filter springe have been put on, Do and has merely tho" ordinary you think this proposed change cappor gauze screens in the fuel is advisable. ..:. line, some grit usually gets by Answer: We should not want these rather crude excluding do-to go ou record as advising over- vices and reaches or enters the loading any truck by. 70 per cont. odrburutor itself

as you propose. Such practice is DEFECTIVE STRAINERS. nothing less than abuso. How

ever, if you are willing to shorten Gauze atrainers are not only the useful life of this truck and permeable to the smaller solid incur the probability of heavy re- impurities, but there are many pairs to the rear-end and other cars with their filtering screens parts, the proposition may be all punctured and some with one or right. There may be doubt. mors of them entirely missing whether you can got gears that Motorists should assure them will give the desired reduction, selves that the gauze screen in at least without using a pinion the vacuum-tank end at the car that is too small for satisfactory. buretor aro in place and in per-use and will have to find out fect condition or frequent car what the factory or others, can. buration troubles are very likely furnish for this axle and use the to occur.

pair that socce nesrost right. Many users"get by" for a time Solid particles reaching the with overloading like this, but most of them find that it ven- screen at the entrance of the ortually results in loss. Large buretor float chamber" and being caught there in such volume that tyres and stiff springs do not en- tirely protect the rear-axle and the meshes of the ganze become almost completely obstructed, other parts front the effects of cause most of the fuel feed extreme continued overloading. troubles that are met with.

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RESTRICTED FUEL FLOW. W: R. asks: Why does my When an engine runs irregular-

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DEMONSTRATIONS OFly and finally stalls, apparently noise, whenever the engine is from lack of fuel, especially if it neither pulling or holding back? has been pulling hard, but ean It runs perfectly when the en- be started again, after a short gine is under load or when the wait, the presence of a partially car is coasting. When the car is clogged strainer may be suspect-j jacked up and run on high gear ed. Cars which run properly on the rear-end seems to jark back KOWLOON TAXI CAB Co., Ld. level going, but which wanken in and forth slightly, although the.

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