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THE HONGKONG- TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT.

THE QUESTION WAS

HOW TO REDUCE HIS PETROL BILL.

Then he had a bright idea and bought an

AUSTIN SEVEN.

You too can enjoy motoring at a Cent per mile.

THE FIAT PLANT.

Visitors Tour Works in Motor Coaches. ROADS IN FACTORY.

Sixty London grocers, all mem- bera of the Institute of Certified Grocers, recently enjoyed the ex- perience of visiting tho Fiat motor) works, at Turin, Italy, by motor coach.

So liberally are these works laid' out, that the six coaches carrying the visitors were able to travel under their own power down the long line of machine shops,. pass- ing from floor to fleer by means of the elevators, until they emerged on the roof track.

They returned to earth by way of one of the spiral roadways built in this unique factory.

FEWER AND FEWER.

Standard Tyre Sizes.

HINTS

FOR THE

SATURDAY, OCTOBER

6, 1928.

MOTORIST

ALBERT L. CLOUGH

CARING FOR THE TAIL-LIGHT.

The motorist himself cares little [abutting surfaces of lamp and about his care tail-light, but, "the bracket and securing them tightly powers that beff are generally generally removes this trouble, rather fussy about it, as its light Caro should be taken that the on the rear number plate is the number plate is properly centred only means of identifying a car at in respect to its source of illumi- night. Here are a low sugges-nation, so that all figures of the tions as to the tail-light, which car number will be legibly lighted. may help to keep motorists out of Carburetor Adjustant trouble with the authorities. Un-

lads the tail lamp is so wired as to

TURN THIS SCREW

Supposal!

burn, in sorios, on the same cur- The entire motor world is in-rent with the instrument lamp, so terested in the movement of cethat failure of the former is at tablishing a limited number of onea indicated by the extinguish- tyre sizes, thus gradually eliminating of the latter, it is woll ing all superfluous sizes.

frequently to make sure by actual This movement has reached a examination, that the tail lamp is. point where motor car manufac-burning. The red lens and the turera in the United States have window in the bottom of the tail entered into an agreemement to lamp, which lights the number use only 18 sizes of tyres on cars plate, should occasionally be wip- Answer to W. J. F-On the car- manufactured after January 1ed clean on the outside and also buretor used on the 1523-car, the 1029.

Other sizes, will, of course, bp on the inside. Glass only is a suit-screw in the bottom of the bowl Is manufactured as long as there is able material for this window, as the needle valve adjustment for a call for them from car owners, celluloid loses its transparency idling and very low speed opera- The bulb in the tall tion only. Turning it in wenkens but, obviously, these odd sizes and cracks. will disappear as years go on lamp should be renewed before it the mixture. Adjustment of the At present there are about 50 becomes dim from age and a spare mixture for medium and high different sizes on passenger motor one should always be carried. A speeds is made by turning the air- cars, so nearly two-thirds of them volt bulb is required if it is to valve adjusting screw, which is burn in series with the Instrument the screw that projects from the Jare due to go.

Mr. C. B. Whittelscy, of the lamp, Tail lamp bulbs which side of the mixing chamber, in an

ALEX, ROSS & Co., (China) Ltd. United States Rubber Comparry, burn dimly, even when now and inclined position. This adjust-

Prince's Building. 2nd. Book,-Ice House St. Entrance. 'STOCKS CARRIED

has been pioneering this effort to when all other lamps burn brightment regulates the air supply and bring about standardisation ofly, generally do so because the at the same time, the action of the motor tyres, and ultimately this lamp does not make good electrical high-speed fet. Turning In the

will make for contact with its supporting bracket air-scrow enriches the mixture. simplification chenper tyres, as manufacturers and therefore does not afford a will have less expensive equipment good ground for the circuit. tied up in their factories.

Cleaning, dirt and rust from the

NEW

STUDEBAKERS set new motoring fashion

Adjusting Drag-Link. connexions of the drag-link or Question. In adjusting the end

steering connexion-rod, should the balls be tightened In their sockets, until the springs acting on them are just tight or until the springs are partly compressed?

Answer: They should be tight- ened until the springs just begin to act enough so that there is no play, thus leaving practically the [full" compressive action of the springs to cushion the shocks that come from the front wheels to the steering gear.

Hand Regulation of Magneto

Ignition.

| ADVANCING OR RETARD-

ING THIS SPARK MAKES NO DIFFER - ENCE IT SEEMS!!

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Question: I have just over- hauled my 1920-car and find that I can advance and retard the spark-lever without making any difference in the running of the engine. This trouble: existed prior to overhauling. How do you account for it?

Anawor: We have not the igni- tion specifications of this car, but have the impression that it was high-tension magneto ignition. If the spark lover gives the full in- tended movement to the advance mechanism on the magneto shaft, that is all that can be expected. With the magneto which we think ls on this car, very little change in spark lever position is required through wide ranges of speed, as the inherent electro-magnetic re- action in the magneto armature itself largely takes care of advance and retard requirements. We should expect very little effect on the running of the engine by mak- ing uno of the slight range of spark timing usually provided in this Ignition system. If your magneto fa set correctly, it should give you good results, with little or no manual timing.

CAR HOTEL.

Eleven Floors Garage.

PART OF OFFICE BUILDING.

The first modern ramp garage built as an integral part of a metropolitan office building has just been opened in Detroit (U.B.A.) for the use of the tenants of the building who drive to work In their own cars. The new motör hotel is housed In ̈à "25-storey building:

The first 21. floors are devoted to garage space, those above to offices. The ramps are so laid out that cars coming in and up.nover

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FAST SPEED METER,

The U.S; Bureau of Standards. cross the paths of those going has developed a new metre which

TEACH THEM YOUNG.

North Carolina - has adoptóð. a

practical way of protecting its fu- down and out.

The new office building now can measure the speed of an on- turo pedestrians from automobiles, under construction by Flaher Bro-gine 25 times a second. The in- Once a month, school teachers are thers, of Fisher body fame, as well strument is dealged to determine required to discuss before their as the General Motors Building in the degree to which low-test gaso pupils a digest of the state traffic Detroit, will also have ramp sys-line will permit acceleration.

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