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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

OLDSMOBILE SIX

RODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS

111-inch Wheelbase—19.84 H.P. (RA.Ç. Railng)— 185 cuble inches piston displacement-1928 models,

Dickey-seat Roadster

.4-seater

G.$1,176

Touring Car

.5-Heater

Sedan (2-door)

.5-seater

Beda (4-door).5-coater

1,176 1,250 1,350

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All prices subject to change without notice. Keen appreciation has greeted Oldsmobile's smart new beauty. Naturally such modlah lines and striking coloura would win the lion's share of admiration from those who know It only by sight. But every day Oldsmobile perform ance seizes the attention of those who never knew it before- because you can't know it till you drive the car, thrilling, smoother performance is the crowning feature of Oldsmobile the overflowing measure of value now yours at prices lower than ever before.

This

THE DRAGON MOTOR CAR CO. LTD.

Telephone Central 1246 or 1247,

HAPPY VALLEY.

BỊ VONG NEM CHƯNG ROAD,

1928

Triumph Cycles and Side Cars

HAVE ARRIVED.

NEW COLOUR

new desiGN

and wonderful to look at.

Alex. Ross&Co. (China) Ltd.

Prince's Building and No. 1, Chater Road.

MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1928.

AIR LEAKS PROBLEM.

IMPROPER MIXTURE RESULTS IN IGNITION MISSING.

HINTS

FOR THE

MOTORIST

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

от

UNRELIABLE HEADLIGHTS.

There

It goes

Hydraulic Brake Liquid. Question: have been using castor off as the liquid in the four- wheel hydraulic braking system of do not release quickly enough. If my car and find that the brakes wash it out with kerosene and refill it with standard brake liquid, will it work normally? Please give directions for so doing.

Answer:-It should work all right, even in cold weather, when filled with standard liquid recom mended for use in washing out the system, not gasoline or kerosene. The wheel cylinders can be emptied of castor oil, by means of the bleeder tube and bloeder con- nexions, that are furnished with the brake equipment and the mas ter cylinders can be drained by disconnecting the compression coupling at its outlet connexion and operating the pedal. The re- servo tank can be emptied by taking off the top and sucking out the liquid with an all-gun. The car should have stood in a warm place for some time before the

Closely akin to backdiring is the problem of air leaks, which upset the operation of the engine. Air leaks in the mixture pipe and manifolds and, pasanges to the value ports upset the mixture and cause noise, and the same, may be said about leaks in the joining of the cylinder head, but in that case the blow-out affects the power of the engine In two ways. It re- leases some of the expanding The following suggestions relate of lamp fronts and which give Rasca which drive down the pistor, to the prevention of such annoy-visual indication to the operator and it also allows air to enter on ing and dangerous happenings as of headlamp failure, the suction stroke, upsetting the one or both headlights going out, without saying that headlights mixture balance of the engine and either permanently or Intermit will not burn brightly, on an Causing erratic running, with mis-tently, or one or both of them exhausted battery, unless the firing on one or more cylinders. burning so dimly as to be of no engine is running and it is also to Air leaks in the induction system use. Broken, uncertain or imper be remembered that if connexions make for erratic running, and fect connexions are the most com-

are defective between the genera much loss of power, and the sympmon cause of headlights that fall tor, and the battery, bulbs are like- boms are often wrongly attributed to burn, burn spasmodically or ly to flare up and burn out when to carburetor misadjustment, don't burn up to normal brilliancy, the engine is speeded up.. Generally, air leaks there are Points at which there may be poor accompanied by a slight hissing contacts...that put out all lights noise, who may be detected if the may be: At the starter-switch car la put near the Induction (where the lighting circuit usually jolata,

The joints of the induction circuit-breaker

originates), at the ammeter, the manifold can be remade with well-(whichever is used) and at the main-fuse varnished washers, using gold size. lighting awitch. Imperfect con- The thinner the washer the beitor nexioris, affecting headlights only, the joint; but the faces nnst be may be at the branch-block,, the quite flat and must not have been lighting-switch, the connector or distorted by trying to open the an individual lamp, the socket of joint with a cold chisel or acrew-in lamp or the grounding of a lamp driver or other pointed or chisel-to the frame of the car, shaped tool.

is also the possibility of a broken Repair Blow-Outs,.

conductor, a blown fuse or dirt Blow-outs in the induction mani-between the circuit-breaker con- fold will necesitate new copper tasta. Bulbs may have been burn and asbestos washers in the cases ed out by some abnormal rise in where there are four circular poris voltage or other cause. Cleaning or a flat nabentes and copper and tightening of all contacts, washer manufactured to shape and testing fuses for tightness in their supplied by the car makers, in clips and inspection. of wiring for cases, where the ports are of possible breaks are advisable as rectangular shape and one washer precautionary measures. A lamp is combined for all four (or three) which burns dimly, even with a oullet porta.

fresh bulb, probably has an imper- When making a joint between fect ground connexion and needs the carburetor outlet flange and to have the metal at its point of the flange on the uptako pipe (in support cleaned and the clamping the case of vertical carburators), device retightened. A short-draining operation is carried out. or the face on the engine block (in circuit to ground, anywhere in a the case of horizontal carburetors) lighting circuit, caused by the the joint is made to advantage wearing through of insulation with a simple soft copper washer, against metal connected with the as it is advisable to allow the heat car frame, may have blown a fuse, flow from the pipe or the cylinders The location of the trouble can be to pass to the carburetor outlet. found by disconnecting all lamp Copper washers are best when circuita and re-connecting them, the are soft, so that they can one by one, until the particular the regular connecting-rod bolta bed down in close contact with the circuit is found which blows a with automatic spring take-up Banges to exclude the possibility fuse or operates the circult- bolts, such as are advertised for of air inflow, which would upset breaker. the mixture. If the washers are this circuit will usually reveal the stances?

Carefully inspecting use under the above circum- hard they can be softened by heat-short," which can be temporarily Answer: We ing to a red heat by laying them repaired by taping the defective what you say, that the crank-pins on the top of a flat piece of red-insulation. A complete set of are somewhat out of round and hot iron and then

suddenly baths and a liberal supply of spare that possibly the shaft itself is quenching in cold water after they fuses should always be carried slightly sprung. have themselves reached the red-and the lamp-fronts should always case, the thorough thing to do is, Blow-outs in the ex-be kept so that they can be detach of course, to remove the shaft and haust piping should be imme-ed readily, for replacing bulbs. have the pins ground true and the diately attended to, especially in Bulbs which have blackened shaft aligned. However, as A the case of closed cars, or danger should be replaced before they somewhat makeshift repair, wa of partial suffocation may arise. actually burn out, for blackening should not hesitate to install these They are easily detected by the an indication of approaching self-adjusting spring connecting- extra sharp exhaust noises, failure. Sometimes, especially on rod bolts and see if they overcome almost like cracking explosions: well lighted streets, one headlight the trouble satisfactorily. You The exhaust pipe should be taken may go out without its being had better have the connecting down and new copper and asbestos noticed. There are headlight re- rods themselves aligned, at the washers fitted and the bolts in the flecting prisms obtainable, which same time, if there is any suspicion danges well tightened again' with can be attached to the upper edges that they need it. lock nuts. Spring washers are not much use under the nuts of

hot state.

Crank Pins Out of Round.

Question:-The crankshaft' of y Ford engine has got into such a condition that I am unable to keep the connecting rods from Would it be advisable to replace loosening up and knocking.

presume from

If this is, tho!

exhaust flanges. The heat soon absolutely an essential point. obviated, and it is under such robs them of their spring and the (2) No universal joints (which in conditions easier to change gear, Joint becomes loose.

many cases wear out quickly or No matter how badly distorted Merits are Reported:

become very noisy) are necessary the frame may be, the alignment Where engine, clutch and gear-in front of the gearbox. (3) In of the gearbox and engine cannot box are in one unit, the following most cases the gearbox is more bo affeetod. Ong would therefore ure said to be merita: (1) All risk accessible, because in separate expect longer life from the gear- of faulty alignment is banished, arrangements this component is box, main shaft bearings, and and numbers of gearboxes have often placed under the cab and is crankshaft, rear main, bearing. | given trouble because of this error. difficult to get at when replenish- For the same reason the possibility Even though efficient universal Ing with oil or making any repair, of'n broken crankshaft is greatly joints have been produced, the and when it becomes necessary to reduced. Since a long clutch careful aligning of the gearbox is remove the gearbox from chassis. shaft and universal joints are not

Studebaker

HONGKONG HOTEL GARAGE

(THE HONG KONG SHANGHAI HOTELS, LTD.)

CAR SALES

ACCESSORIES'

Phone C. 4769

SERVICE

&

PARTS

Phone C. 40032.

Studel ener

(4) The unit system is more.com-necessary, unit construction pact, and the fact that it is much | should cut down weight and also nearer the engine relieves the cost of production. By reducing strain that is taken by the clutch the weight of the spinning' muss shaft in a separated gearbox. that has to be slowed when châng- With the unit system comes the Ing up, gear changes should be central gear change, which is in casier. Easy gcar changing closer contact with the gearbox affects the mechanic quite as much and ecleator, rods, and consequent as it does the driver of the vehicle, Jy relleves a certain amount of as the easter, it is for the driver to strain on the gear level. With the effect a quiot change the longer the gear change becoming temporarily | gearbox is likely to run before re- out of alignment when the chassie quiring attention from the is going over- uneven surfaces is! mechanic,

HIS MOTHER'S WASHING MACHINE.

Vernon Engle, 16-year-old boy of Elk Point, 9, D., wanted

an automobile. He's one of a family of 11, so dad couldn't ..........afford such a luxury. But here it is. Vernon made it himself

--opt of the parts of his mother's washing machine.

Buy power and economy not rated horse-power.

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THE 14/29 HP. MORRIS - OXFORD TOURER. 25 to 30 miles per gallon of petrol -1000 miles or raore per gallon of oil.

TO-DAY horse-power rating has an en-

tirely new value. It is not size that" determines a car's power and performance, but efficiency-and it is in the building of efficient cars that Great Britain leads, "the world.

Morris from the outset has built only high efficiency cars, and consistently'. through the years the power unit of the Morris has been more and more developed, towards greater efficiency, increased economy.

To-day, when choosing your car, look for efficient economical power-rather than rated horse-power. You will save good money.

THE 11.9 HP. MORRIS-COWLEY TOURER 30 to 35 miles per gallon of fetrol. 1000 miles or more per gallon of all.

Prices from

MORRIS

Dunlop Tyres and Well Daun Bquipment Standard.

MORRIS MOTORS (1926) LTD., COWLEY, OXFORD. ENGLAND.

The Hongkong Hotel Garage.

(THE HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI HOTELS LTD.)

26 Queen's Road, Central...

4 reasons

Why

You should buy

GOODRICH TIRES

Goodrich Silvertowns

«Best in the Long Run"

Here!

1. Long Wear

2. Traction 8. Lasting beauty

4. Low Cost per Mile

Sole Agents:

UNIVERSAL MOTOR & SUPPY CO.

61, Des Vœux Road C.

Telephone 0.4915,

All sorts of Automotive Accessories also in stock.

THE

MOTORZUNION

INSURANCE Co 17o Incorporated in England.

(Under the auspices of the Automobile Association}

SPECIALISES IN MOTOR INSURANCE

LOCAL AGENTS,

THE UNION TRADING Co., Lt.

YorkBuilding.

Phone C, 587.