MORE HINTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 728, 30 July 1929, Page 6

MORE HINTS

The Care of the Car SILENCING TOOL LOCKER The receptacle in which the tools of a car is carried is always either of wood or metal., and if the tools are not packed in tightly they will rattle about, and be the cause of a great deal of unpleasant and unnecessary noise. The tool box or locker can be silenced if it is lined with several layers of felt building paper covered with some suitable woven material, such as duck or canvas. Where the tool box is of wood, the packing can ibe tacked down with ordinary wire | nails. THINNING HARD GREASE Joints lubricated with grease are apt to become stiff by reason of the dryi ing and hardening of the grease in i the lubricators and bearing grooves, j The steering pins of some cars are bad offenders in this respect. A satisj factory method of overcoming the dif- ! ficulty is to fill the grease gun with j engine oil and hold in a gas jet until j the oil is very hot and thin. If the | gun is then applied to the nipple, it j will be found that the hot oil can j easily be forced into the bearing, j where it will displace or soften the hard grease. It is of advantage to work the bearing surfaces backwards and forwards while the oil is being forced in. TOO RICH A MIXTURE When supplied with too rich a mixture, either through choking the carburettor too much in starting, or through operating the motor with the carburettor control too far out, the motor is liable to refuse to run. To overcome this “loading,” open the throttle and crank the motor by the starter, with the carburettor control pushed against the dash. After the cylinders are blow*n close the throttle, and start the motor in the usual -way, being careful not to “lead it up” again by injudicious use of the carburettor control. AVOIDING ACCIDENTS WITH JACK It is a good plan when jacking-up to do any kind of work that is likely to take more than a few minutes to make a point of removing the jack handle from its socket. When undertaking any w r ork more elaborate than the changing of a wheel, so that the weight of the car has to be taken for some time entirely by the jack, there is always the danger of tripping over the handle if this is left in position and of knocking the car off the jack. This precaution is especially desirable when a man is working underneath the car. Should his assistant accidentally stumble over the handle and knock the jack away a very serious accident is likely | to result.