A USEFUL TIP TO MOTOR CYGLISTS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3328, 5 November 1919, Page 4

A USEFUL TIP TO MOTOR CYGLISTS.

Most motorists who 60 much travel- ? ling over rough roadsvhave at ‘one !time [or another’ had trouble owing to fractured petml or oil_ pipes. The following is :1 use-5 ful tip that may enable a strandecl motorist ‘to complete his journey. An ordinary cork is obtained and drilled out about ‘the same size (if anything a fraction smaller)‘ than the outside dian{eter of the pipe. If the job is done in the workshop a. hand brace will make a clean hole, but on the road, Where a'~'han'd 'br"_a"b;e isnot always avail"zl'ble,~ ii Qiiiiblet‘ I"na‘3r' ‘be’ used to pperform‘ [this opera»'tlion.‘{ Having ‘.dril'L'e{d the i eork, the- tw_o_bl'oken"ends’ of the pipe are 5. inserteil'§"‘t’z‘ll"<in‘g 7'eai3é"s that where they join they shall‘be.in the same‘ ' position ‘reiatiriely « -*as"~’l,'e£tre the b'reak' tool}: place, so that the“tvvo‘broken ends fit _§nugly into -each other. All that remains to be done now is to"hind the cork tightly ' njifh‘ wire - at .the two ends=right along.-~ If it’ is desired to= make’ a ‘-more permanent repair, the ‘pipe may be well seccotined beforevi.nsertiilgf: in the cork. -