SQUEAK HUNTING.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19772, 9 November 1929, Page 12

SQUEAK HUNTING.

A LENGTHY BUSINESS. i nave :•■"•'a:.;. ■;■>'•::* < ni--rry rcor:;ing l-'t:i»i:u. The first e*<-e;i- ---; tial is a srf.sM.ii frigid, ah" is tat. but I not too f.tt to lie agi>. For h:s role a to leao violently . n v.irio : = portions r ri th-- c.ir —uMi.illy -lit- r'i!ir.!!i2 Mard- - '.Ti>ti»t the more acit" brain of the . foreman ot the party concentrate* upon ; locating the '•que.-ik* thus provoked. The grease gun had been on strike. i and during its absence for repair we -u-p-.cted that the new squeaks originat>rl from hearing surface* normally *afeg't.ird<d >n ninpie*. N';t a (.tit of ! it. Wh. !i the i;un returned half a tin ! of greas.- w.i* squeesed at -"jOOib per ! "inarc inch pressure into various parts of tlu- rar. yr-t all t'r;» new squeaks ! vtmrfd. We took th* car oat tor , l<*fi mile-, to h t the nreni«- percolate. but 'till th« squeaks persisted. So Donald, who s* g«-nial. agile. ai:d . itcigh- l,~*t ilb. -igreed to play htpart. The first and most severe wi'ieak } wa* located ■ letwwenIetwwen the spare wheel , and ita ttay. and wm eared by blackleading the tyre-. A" whole tamilv of , wiail squeaks was nainfnlly traced between the various <-bceN of metal • which e-irto*c Mich items as front [ dumb-irci',* and prevent mud from the

front wheels reaching th-.? radiator and starting handle. Taey srere givc-n a

squirt of machine ml, and must obvioii«H- har» another vxnirt every week. The bonnet contributed a flute obbligato. where its panels eha*-?d on lampwick threaded through shoulder* on tbe hod i Granhitv grease ribbed wrll bon.c *tor>n*-d that trouble. The wor-t squeak of all —well. I wish I could te!! yon wher« it '«»(• from; but the fact is Donald got tired before I definitelv located it—"BJI.D.." in "The Autocar "

', Availability of namerons easily apj plied flnish*"* is impellirg many <-ar | owners to think of rcflnishing their own I ears. The first and most important point to be remembered in undertaking this job is that the surface must be in perfect condition to reeeive the new finish. Cleaning it and removing the earlier j paint is laborious perhaps, but it is f th«* only way to nfjnre a «atiifaetory 1 jo l '-