SPEEDING THROUGH

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 242, 3 January 1928, Page 6

SPEEDING THROUGH

Say it with brakes and save the flowers. ! When lights fail to burn with the j engine running, the trouble sometimes is due to a loose connection that is j affected by vibration. * * * I Railroad crossing signs these days are like the X in the newspaper photographs. They mark the spot where the body was found. * * * Motor lubrication is about 2 per cent, of your car’s upkeep. Do not fail to drain the crankcase at regular I intervals and fill with clean, fresh oil. j and save unnecessary expense. * * * A peculiar grating of the horn is generally caused by a broken diaphraghm. A new diapraghm should be installed. * * * Wise motorists always keep the best tyres on the front wheels. Little difficulty will be experienced in holding the car on the road until it can be stopped if a rear tyre blows out. THE LAST SHALL BE FIRST Husband: “Well, thank the Lord, the car is finally paid for!” Wife: “Isn’t is splendid? Now we can turn it in on a new one.” * * * He Did, He Did He thought his car would never skid; He left behind a wife and kid! Startling results in silencing car noises often can be achieved by the mere act of tightening the bolts in the spring eyes and brackets. That heavy pounding noise from the front of the car often is traceable to loosened spring bolts. Car owners will look for something serious frequently when this simple gesture will effect a cure. ■K * * A piece of an old inner tube will protect the coil and distributor from water during the rainy season. Take a flat piece of rubber about one inch larger than the distributor head, cut small holes in it and pull the distributor wires through to line un with the holes in the distributor. Pull it down close to distributor to get the best results. * * * Great interest was taken in the opening of the new Goodyear Tyre Factory at Granville, New South Wales, recently, nearly 500 representatives of Government, commercial and business interests being present. The Governor (Sir Dudley de Chair) performed the ceremony, afterwards inspecting the factory. * * * Many a motorist has discovered that owning a hammer doesn’t make a man a mechanic. * * * She stood in the street at midnight, As the traffic homeward sped. She was very much struck by the moonlight, But that’s not why she’s dead. * * * Emergency stops cause undue wear on the tyres, drive line and the whole mechanism of the car. Always apply your brakes gradually and come to a stop slowly unless an emergency stop is necessary to avoid an accident.

The Hawke’s Bay Automobile Association has a membership of 810, an increase of 212 on last year.