Your Paige— Its Care and Maintenance

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 226, 13 December 1927, Page 7

Your Paige — Its Care and Maintenance

On some cars, the owner driver finds that various factors of design and construction combine to make maintenance attentions a pleasure rather than drudge. % One such is the Paige. In the following article maintenance points of the 6-45 model in particular are outlined. If the crankcase oil is changed regularly every 500 miles (despite the fact that an oil rectifier is included), and the cooling system kept filled with water, the engine will require practically no attention except at long intervals, when it may become necessary to make a few minor adjustments. Such matters as decarbonisation and valve grinding will not concern the owner until the car has covered many thousands of miles, and then the operations will be found easy owing to the clean layout of the detachable head and attached fittings.

The oil reservoir has a capacity of six quarts and the oil level is determined by withdrawing an indicator plunger housed on the right side of the crankcase. A high pressure oiling system forces oil to all bearing surfaces, and in normal operation the oil pressure gauge on the facia board indicates between 35 and 45 pounds a square inch. Should the pressure drop below 35 pounds, the cause should be investigated. At a car speed of 20 m.p.h. the oil pump circulates the entire capa - city of the crankcase once every minute. This rapid flow of oil provides every working part of the engine with ample lubrication, and is a feature of Paige design. If the oil gauge shows no pressure, the engine should be stopped at once, and the oil reservoir examined to see if the supply of oil is adequate. After 15,000 miles’ running, the plate

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which extends the full length of the engine block should be removed and the water-jacketing scraped free of corrosion accumulation —an almost exclusive point of design.

On the centrifugal pump shaft there is a greaser cup which should not be neglected. The operating shaft of the single plate clutch is provided with a greasing nipple, but the clutch itself requires no lubrication. The gear-box housing has a capacity of one quart of oil, and the makers recommend that this supply, and also that in the differential housing (two quarts). should be changed ever 2,000 miles. Also it is recommended that the two oil retaining all-steel universal joints should then receive lubrication attention. The universals are fitted with oiling plugs. A special plate on the rear axle housing makes back axle adjustments a simple matter. The chassis points of lubrication are easily and effectively attended to by oil gun.

The clearance between the valve lifters and the lower end of the valve stems should be one six-thousandth of an inch, adjustment being made when the engine it hot. Lift of the valves is .3065 in. For maximum efficiency spark plug gaps should be set between the limits of .025 and .035 in. Standard equipment is 7-Bin S.A.E.. regular A-C.

The electrical system is the well known Deleo-Remy, dynamo and starting motor being separate units. Brake adjustment demands the very minimum of attention, the equipment being the Lockhead hydraulic four-wheel type operating on 12-inch drums front and rear. The four brake bands are interchangeable. A parking brake operates externally on a six-inch diameter drum on the prop-shaft behind the gear-box.