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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MOTORING SUPPLEMENT. SATURDAY, APRIL

IF I WERE BUYING-

SECOND-HAND

HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS.

BY M. W. W. THOMAS,

(By Special Arrangement with "The Morris Owner").

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Without doubt, the tyra whor I certainly should not buy a car ventures into the seu emachatad¦ without a triad run under.c 1 were market enn obinin better vare pin very mure if the vendor. hly money at the present lay the factory trial run at dve or 4x at any period in motering history. Į miles over give-and-taky ronde da

Providing the pay it ala paver really a far better index to the, for a good car and continues his average not-very-morkanieally

to a well-kumitat eboien

Hele minded individual than all the make, he is entitled to mall tappet feeding and enimpression pectation of pleasure and service, testing in the world, whatever thei Por modern

a1 Any vote pseude experts My A ert the Morria carn have many, amny subject. Spare parts for Morris mure years of de built into the cars are so reasonably priced that than one owner usually enjoumes.fit is really tar cleaper to put i It's parts that intole In the taking which it to be chatues British ears in their ath and eric the of secutul-hand sales one seventh year may

Am There Sally frequently be years am,

Go to a Dealer.

had for anything upwards of £25;wadays, nothing to fest in this

a reliable, readworthy proporating with a posed turn of her, mand a Joruc perint or neetal tekloster life still avarkalade

direct feen.

Morris Parts only,

Lazydentally. the 1:4 -at-

If I were malang an skoré ina [taywell that where renewals bai into the merond-hand market in become horosary nly getalne obtain my first car, oude min | Moretz parta had been used. I certainly go to a reuticole deale davite tux quepietons

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I am not saying that there are not upon which I found a lngle nug- bargains to be had from the Morris replacement.

shemale! private owner; but I do believe not know how for fle footizia that a conscientious dealer PAROW.

owner was prepared for save shill. give better value for money tabugs much spend pounds which, ni the tyre than the average private, course, would be my pounds. hatividual, and

White should regat! the car's ittle relles tioni * will show that this is to be ex ¡performance as the thiet index tol peted.

Hinduenes my purchase, there are The man with his first pareertain points I should examine obviously restulíes one with an order to get Alex of the high degree of mechanical famount of care bestowed upon the perfection. He must expert seme car generally, rather Than in worn parts, but they should be themselves. bein intrinsically relatively few, otherwise the ear

will be laid up for renewaby the For instance, 3 should feel the nature of which quite possibly the valve tappete for play, cadeavour- new owner does not understand injing to rock them front side to side, The least.

and bold do the rane with ne I would not hesitate

ajor two of the valves, Itald minute to say that the Average nake ensial examination of thr denler is far less likely to soll a steering connexions and rock the car with importani parts due for front wheels from side to side to Immediate renewal than a private detect play, at the the time owner. The latter has neither the noticine if there was any appreci-| facilities nor the inclination tjable weay in the wheel bearings. put the enr in first-class condition ? her things being equal, 1 for somebody else. With the should choose a car with dealer, on the other hand, it is a tyres. Five new tyres mudar a big matter not only of conscience but hole in £15 and this is no small; of good business. He is illitem in comparison with the there and reality accesible at the perchase price of the second-hand | ** new owner comes back to rot-jear, especially if the vehicle be

plain, and also al some later date two or three seasons old. when he comes back for a new vari of the sante make.

What to Expect.

Be Reasonable.

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Of course, I should ant expect a new cur for the price of a second-|

estie, I should naturidiy

I should expect my secumil-land | hand purchase, it were 20 44ntenance one or two short- model, in have I good per-jeomings. and I would much formance. As regards speed, for rather see these shortcomings in instance. I should expect, gay, the bodywork than in the chassis. ninety per cent. of the nccredited As a rule there is a tendency to

the tale maximum for

ron-choose second-hand cars for the cerned. For instimen, a Marris appearance of the bodywork in Minor is good for fifty miles per preference to `mechanical perfec hour: | should be well satisfied Lion, and there can be no denial with forty-five miles per hour on that, the man who spends 11 the speedometer of a sweond-hand spare time with a polishing rag model.

obtains a better price for his car The upholstery and internal than be the better man of the equipment of the car I shouls ex-two-

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Spends it with D pect to be clean and untorn if I spatner and oilgun, although, of were paying the current market course, we should look for a car price for the particular year and that has had a balanced measure model on offer. If a cat is of gliention in both directions. corded the ordinary consideration) The new owner can seureely given to furniture, there is expect a full kit of tools, but on

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need for the upholstery to the other, hund he ought to receive very shabby, and if the owner had a jack, pump and wheel brace, been so neglectful as to permit is especially as in nine cases out of to become damaged. I should ex-ten the seller will ac buing Beat him either to have it repured fear and thus getting a complete or make an allowance in risk ar-outfit again. cordingly. I should not, of course But perhaps the incut important) be unreasonable and expect a car thing to tell is that if I were buy-i which had never been sit in. fing second-hand I should buy now.

MOTOR UNION

INSURANCE CV 172

Incorporated in England

(Under the suspices of the Automobile Association)

GRANTS SPECIAL PRIVILEGÉS TO MEMBERS OF THE H.K. A.A.

For full particulars apply to:--

THE UNION TRADING Co., Ltd.

York Building.

Phone 27738.

At this time of the year used vehicles are cheaper than they will over be in 1981. The first of March sech many

how cara

"VALVE SURGE.”

delivered and old ones consequent Get ly thrown upon the market, while second-hand purchasers have not hegan to buy in any quantity. efore the month is out there will be the customary annual run on The second-hand market, rieces will rise and the best of the Bargains will have gone to astule curly buyers.

Ιπ conclusion I would point out the excellent value olitainable in used Morris as a second car in families where the funds will not run to two new ones, nnd say our

their

the Best Out of

Your Car.

USEFUL HINTS.

that has helped considerably in the operation of the motor,

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18, 1931.

Engineers have tried to prevent valve surge by designing a type of dual, or multiple apring, one inside the other, and one spring acting as a sort of check on the other.

a fraction of a second, and a great loss of valuable fuel and power. will result.

One great dimeulty engineers

and delayed valve operation due Surging of the valve springs have succeeded in correcting of

to weakened springs will also ro- Jute has been what is called "yniva

But after about 10,000 miles duce the time during which the Hurge."

of use, even these double springs valve itself is held tightly to the A valve spring, like any other will weaken and break down an seat, where it in cooled while rest metal part, has a natural period der the strain of extremely fasting before its next lift. The of vibration. When the cam. that and heavy Impact. The cure, result in a quickly verheated operates the valve mechanism therefore, is replacement.

valve causing pre-ignition, noise By Israel Klein.

happens to be turning at a speed-

This is at

a mechanie's job, but it and other defective uneration. that coincides with this vibration is wall worth outlay. In fret, Of extreme impurinnce in the period, the spring will begin to some service men advise, valve It is good practice, therefore, proper operation of your automo-vibrate or surge,

springs should be replaced every to renew the valve springe each hile are the valves and their ne

The result of this surging is a time the carbon in scraped and companying parts. For it in bouncing motion which either de-the valves ground. That's quite The springs should be exactly the year, or about every 10,000 miles.

power and

economy can be

causes the valve to bounce out of portance of having good, strong originals, or the operation of the had from the engine.

ita sent. Thus the valves will and workable springs in the valve valves will be somewhat different Engineers have been putting a

open twice to each operation, and mechanism.

from that for which the engine. great deal of research into the the hot gasos in the cylinders, be

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has been designed. construction of these important fore they are realy for it, will. The quirk hard work to which

escape through the slight opening the valve springs and have so far succeeded made during the bounce, or result-tually reduces their pringiness parta

are put even In producing a product that is capable of withstanding, the tre from the delayed valve netion

and strength. The metal of which mendous heat and the incessant Thats leaking of usable explosive the springs are made in said to

the gas will show itself in backfiring become fatigued and it breaks) high compression and and in loss of power,

It will burn easily. high-speed engine.

the valves and the valve seats.] This deficiency will result in So careful must they be in the resulting in a poor fit even when loss of power, overheating of the design of valves that they have there is no surge of the springs, engine and backfiring. Worse yet. this gone into elose study of such a It will also produce excessive wear the timing of the valves will be valve mechanism as the spring, on the entire valve mechanism and come inaccurate, both valves will and they have produced á pari quick bronkdown of the parts, be held open at the same time, for

more that I should definitely ny i Lull" extet timing and tness that lays the closing of the valve or extreme, but it signifies the im- same in size and strength as the

from an authorised Morris Dis- tributor or Denter--they have the interests of the enr, and the buyer. at heart.

CLEARING THE ROADS.

More than 199,340 miles of high-moting it undergoes in

ways in the United States were kept free of ice and snow in 1929.

according to the U. S. Bureau of

Roads, it is expected that

mileage will be increased during the present winter.

A CAR FOR

The exhaust valves particularly is here that the hot gases require this attention, because it pass and produce their most deterio- rating effects.

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