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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1926.

FIAT

Have you seen the little "FIAT" yet, with a metal frame body, 4 wheel brakes, Balloon tyres, and low gasoline “ consumption, the car with a nome. behind it?

A trim little motor, noiseless, smooth, will take you up any hill-ne overheating reliable!

Spare parts stocked and every attention given by our service station, the Duro Motor Company.

Ask them for a trial spin, no obligations.

FIRT509

Fiat Model 507 4 seater Torpedo

$1900

$1753

'de Luxo $2050

$1800

1st shipment sold out

2nd

arriving shortly

Aucats for HONGKONG & CANTON

FINITY MOTORIST

THE

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

TIGHTENING UP THE STEERING LINKAGE.

As the connections between STEERING GEAR ADJUSTMENT. the steering connection-rod and s

Question How can I tighten the pitman arm (stooring or the mesh of the worm and worm- arm) and between it and the wheel in the stooring gear of my stooring-knuckle goar rod-arm, Car? I have turned the are of the ball and socket type, worms wheel around to now post- last motion at thego points can tions but this is not sufficient. I be removed by adjustment: Re-understand that this gear has an move the cotterpin, turn in on

the large slotted adjusting-sorew, eccentric bushing adjustment, which fills the tubular end of the but I cannot find it.

Anawan. There is no eccentrio

rod, until the spring within acts bushing adjustment in this stoer- forcibly enough on the outer ball-cup to eliminate play, thening device, the only adjustments boing that of the upper worm- carefully replace and bend over shaft thrust bearing, to correct the cotter-pin.

TIE-ROD ENDS

end-play in this shaft and an ad- Justment for ond play in He worm-wheel shaft. This consists The joints between the tic-rod burdened sbrew, the point of ands and their knucklo-arms are which bears against the end of usually yokos, and are inddjust the worm-wheel shaft opposite to able. Roaming out the holes and that to which the pitman-arms is fitting now over-size bolts is the attached. This screw 18 fasten- only way of removing loated by a lock-nut which, when motion. To prevent rattle due loosened allows the screw to be to play of the parts along the turned in and provents the worm- bolt, the yoke should be squeezed wheel shaft from moving end- together by tightening the bolt wiss under the influence of the until it almost binds the parts. worm. If you will make this ad- On some late care tie rod enda justment, we believe most of the are of the ball and socket variety lost motion will disappear, if the and therefore adjustable,

thrust bearing has been taken up and the worm wheel set in a new mesh position:

LOOSE KNUCKLE-AHMS. The steering knuckle-arm is sot into a tapered hole in the steering knuckle its end being

TO SOFTEN THE DUMPS,

Question A friend who owns correspondingly tapered-and the coupe, exactly like my tapers are drawn together by a own, claims that he has largely nut, secured with a cotter pin. prevented its bumping up and Occasionally the seating of those down on rough roads by carrying parts is not permanently rigid several heavy stones in the and when looseness develops the luggage compartment. Do you wheel concernod is loft free to see any objection in my trying wobble somewhat. Rotightening, this idea on my car?

Answer: While this is a very aftor a refitting of the tapered- surfaces, will overcome this crude remedy, It is a rather effec- tive one. Although it seems ton defect.

bad to add dend weight to make KNUCKLE-PINS AND BUSHINGS. a car ride easier it is, probably a cheaper remedy than putting on The vertical hole in the knuckle shock-absorbing devices, the effect usually contains a bronzo bush-of which it is not easy to prede- ing, within which fits the knuckle termine. There is little excuse

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SOCIETA ITALIANA IMP. ESO. ESTREMO ORIENTE, LTD. pivoting pin, which also passes for putting out a coupe which

MANAGERS: A GOEKE & CO.

3rd floor, China Building

Tel. C. 2221.,,

Tól. C. 2221

ATTENTION

FORD OWNERS

Arrangements

ve now been

completed whereby Ford Owners

are enabled to purchase

GASOLINE and TYRES

AT REDUCED PRICES.

6, Queen's Road Central

With mo

Tel. K,1216,

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through the two arme of tho rides hard, but so long as this is. forked axle end. Driving out done, one has to resort to any ex- and replacing this bushing and pedient which gives promise of substituting a new pivot pin will proving successful. do away with lost motion there.

MAKE PIFE JOINTS H TO

FIGHT. On somo higher priced cara of late model, the knuckles turn on Answer to E. D., who asks roller bearings, by adjusting what to use on pipe throads in which, whenever necessary, lost making up a gasoline pipo Imation can 'bo corrected in-line: Shellac the threads or use definitely. Adjustment of worn a heavy rubbing of soap. The gear steering devices will be latter is better if it may be neces- treated in a later.article.

sary to break the joints later.

SWISS MOTORING.

Car legislation in Switzerlandi

able

WORLD'S FIGURES-

According to the latest avail- is being revised, so that, in place

figures from American of the multiplicity of separate cautoned enactments affecting sources, the number of motor. motor tourists, there will be a vehicles in use in the different single set of regulations applic-parts of the world are: United able to the whole country. The new legislation (which, however, States, 17,726,500; Great Britain, awaits the approval of a plebi-778,000; Canada, 636,000. scite) contains provisions regard- France, 573,000; Germany 216,- ing liability for accident and.

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compulsory insurance. Incident, 000; Australia, 205,000; Argent- ally the Alliance Internationale ina, 120,000; Italy, 89,700; Spain, de Tourisme has approved 70,000; Belgium, 65,000; India, of the principle of compulsory 63,000; South Afried, 61,000; insurance.

New Zealand, 60,600.

TWO PASSENGER CONVERTIBLE COUPE.

ANDREW HARPER

AUHORISED FORD DEALER

Chatham Road, Hunghom...

Tel. C.4895.

MICHELIN TYRES.

GENERAL AGENTS & DISTRIBUTORS FOR SOUTH CHINA

The EUROPE-ASIA TRADING Co..

Ist. Floor, Pedder Building, 12, Pedder Street.

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A two-passenger coupe, construction, a new iden in converti- vertible at will from a smart, dis-ble body design, le exceptionally tinctive, custom-built closed Carrigid and rattle proof.

to a racy, youthful roadster is this new body model just produced by Dignity and simplicity of body

Fisher for the Cadillac chassİB.A

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are added by the unbroken

In the rear deck are a Tumble curve of the full-moulded fenders, seat and golf compartment, With The nickeled sidelampa attached the rumble beat occupied by pasto a nickoled cowl hand match the sengers and the top up the back headlamps in design.

panol of the top fold up against Adapted to every type of motor- the roof, providing the same cnaying, the body style is particularly companionship as in a phaeton or welcomed by devotees of outdoor coupe.The door-and-window con- Fports.

Goodyear Motor-cycle Balloons- big low pressure cords, give. smooth, safe and easy riding,

Next Time Buy

GOOD YEAR

MOTORCYCLE BALLOONS

DISTRIBUTORS

ALEX ROSS & Co. (China), Ltd. BANK OF CHINA BUILDING, HONGKONG

PACKARD

You need not be a millionaire

to own'a Packard limousine.

The fact that Packards predom- inate in the homes of million- aires simply means that money cannot buy a better car.

Judge critically each feature of design, test carefully every performance claim, compare throughout with any other car.

Then ask the price!

The Dragon Motor Car Co., Ltd. 33, Wong Noi Chung Road, Happy Valley Tol. C. 1246 or 1247.

Hongkong.

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