EXPECTING TOO MUCH

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 100, 25 October 1930, Page 27

EXPECTING TOO MUCH

i fgBRVICB MANAGER'S TRIALS «"*A great-number of people interpret, jfrf, rather, mis-interpret, the word 'service' as meaning that they can at any time of the day send in their ear to the harassed service manager "with the demand that anything from a small adjustment to a complete overhaul be carried out immediately, and that free of chargel ' "1 remember," says one such, receiving a letter from a client some years »"O saying that he had purchased a err from me eleven months and throe weeks previously, and as he had another week iofore the guarantee expired he proposed to send the car in for the.purpose ot. having 5t completely overhauled. _ "On another occasion I was visited by a lady who had just returned trom a tour abroad with her . car, where, mving to the mud and dust of the for- . eien roads .and to neglect in washing, thl paintwork had suffered. She e.harniinrfv suggested that her car bo repainted again free of charge. "It is small interludes of this kind that make-the life-of.a-motor--dealer wnrth living. ■ The "mostunreasonable 7equcst! TJ. sometimes made. People who never-complain of a : blown, fuae „, leaky tap washer in their home, but sLoly ring'^p the-electrician or the Sffirr^oßew greatly injured because something happens to their car. <I hare paid £500 for the car and the tramp leaks,' they rago. - "Do thov ever ring up the architect and say, 'I have paid £5000 for this house and the tap leaks' or 'the fine hartblown,' or 'the door sticks?' Never. Yet the unhappy ear has for thousands of miles been bumped about at a speed of 40 to 50 miles per hour, on bad roads •S?A m *11 weatlers. It speaks volumes

caused these "old salts" to stick to tlio former method of starting. The early outboard models were not constructed to propel heavy loads. Their principal mission was to abolish the drudgery of rowing. But outboard motors are being built large and sufficiently powerful to-day to propel easily craft of fairly good size. SALT WATER DESTRUCTIVE. One disadvantage of the outboard motor is the effect .of salt water npou an engine left on the boat. While engineers have endeavoured to perfect a material which will resist the corrosive effects of salt water, .thus far advancement iv this direction has not progressed very far. Ho advises removal from tlie water and a good wiping and greas- - ing. - ■ ■ ' The simplic.ity.in the construction, Ji , most outboard motors makes them par i ticiilarly desirable/Prompt repairs car ; be effected without' arduous labour.! •Vfter a "short time the outboard motor- , user learns,tliat there are. feu-difficult-ies in the starting and operation ot his engine whieVcannot be corrected. ■ Ignition and gas-troubles appear to be the major problems when an engine becomes baulky. . Spark plugs arc apt to crack because of the intense heat and the reaction of a spray .of water upon the porcelain.- The writer has found that placing castor, oil about the plugs after using keeps thorn dry and enables prompt starting.after they have been wiped clean. . ..: ■ ■ ■ . , Outboard motoring-has assumed many new positions in the field af recreation and adventure. It stands out as one of'the most popular methods of racing. Tt is being used extensively m exploration Sir Hubert ■Wilkins speaks highly of his experience with his motor in the Antarctic region. Many other explorers have likewise endorsed the facilities of travel offered by the compact encincs. , , , , . One of the uses to which he puts his own boat is the taking of motion pictures and marine life studies in inland waterways, where ■ only boats of shallow draught can be taken. TO REMOVE STUDS If it is necessary to remove a stud, in the cyindcr head; for instance, any diiliculties experienced can. often be overcome by screwing two nuts on to. the stud and locking them tightly together. Then if one spanner be used which wll pover both nuts it-will be found possible to use it. as a bolt head and thus withdraw tb,e stud. Should thcro be. no thread available, make a saw cut across the top and use a screwdriver. There is a. third method and that is to file two flats at any part of. the stud which is not threaded and which does not matter, so that it can be gripped