ON OVERHAULING.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19772, 9 November 1929, Page 10

ON OVERHAULING.

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dr. no ac.-.vjt.t a.'ow th- r.»*-n «'%.r" •' "A-' p" »ga:n*t the r. :.n-*-tiag r.xi. n n.--v p;«toas arc >■ \peas 1-. e A l.in-l "!a«->--l nader she i-< i.nder as :' .* »'■"'' • JQ r» ased to *h- p:s'.,a. and -. ■■■ the r .i.:..n is fr.-.- a rag ...n be s'jfTe.i ins'd- :l '••> n.in'' a cashiot.

One of the *ery first considerations »o I, >rif in mind, w h--n an ..-.erhau! is is that the who> machine sh-uM b* as clean as possible. <lean Im-'ss <rr\'s 3 tw.-> fold purpose m this -as<». namely, th* of the in ijr>ss of ei'emal dirt to th" working jjrts daring dismantling and the show tag «P of »"" rcehani.-al defeat* which mair mad.

Cham* vhnoM !>•' in J"nt'lan<-*> with th» iii»trui-tir>n book an«l •faoaM b«> n«-ith--r too tight nor ton loose, about j to l.n up an 4 down play beiag allowed -wh-M. th- 'ham .« at it* tijthtMt point. Wlul*. th.« wheals are out *oak the chain* in paraffin, and thea k* them U* for •on.* tim«« ia a bath of «a|rine oil or »p*cial lubricant which ha» »>*«•» »Hghtly warmed. Excctwire heat will spoil the temper of the links.

All control cables nhoa.d be detached and, if frayed, n-n«-wcd. The casing* dhoald hare oil poured through them by connecting them to an oil pin with a rubber tab«\ and the, inner wire* must thea b* refitted and properly adjusted when the machine i» reawiembled. Remember to leave a little stack in the elntea cable, aa otherwise alips may oeear. All brake and gear-control joints aad bearings shonid be well oiled.

The chief of the Swiss postal motorcar service, writing in "Bus and Coach," aaa wme impressive details to give about Alpine Services. The eoaehea are, specially bailt, a large proportion beiag fltted with six-cyliadered engine* of 100 kp. Evea the sharpest tarns can be taken without reversing. Only ears 'wi'tb eagiae brake* are used, and it it noteworthy than in 10 year* of this atrriee tiers baa not been a ring!* aeeideat worth mentioning. Last ioam«r the total mileage run in the Alps was $14,700. aad there was only oae trouble la eeety 11,700 miles, including tyres.

1h» Pari* traffic problem is described as **ot so maeb a problem as a national SOiffOW.