MORE HINTS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 662, 14 May 1929, Page 12

MORE HINTS

The Care of the Car Magnetise Screwdriver It is a good plan to magnetise a small screwdriver by stroking it several times across an ordinary horseshoe magnet, so that when handling | small screws in awkward positions | they will “stick” to the blade of the i screwdriver. In the event of a screw being dropped into some place inaccessible to the hand it may be retrieved by the screwdriver. Rubber Hose Stops Noise A 1925 four had a noise, which seemed to come from the timing gears, which were replaced. Then the generator and oil pump were looked at. Finally it was decided : that the noise came from the oil pump, being carried up the oil piping I to the pressure gauge on the instrui ment board. A small section was ■ cut from the oil pipe back of the I gauge, and the two ends connected I with a piece of rubber tubing. This stopped the noise. While it is true oil harms rubber the fluid in the upper part of the tube is not oil but. air. Drain Carburettor Petrol which remains in the carburettor for some time when the car is not in use loses its strength. If the engine does not start easily drain the float chamber of the carburettor. Upper Cylinder Lubrication The old dodge of adding oil to the i petrol has recently been revived i under the imposing title of upper cylinder lubrication. To prevent valve squeak and to preserve their stems, ! it is quite a good idea to add suffi- j cient oil to the petrol to make it j assume a slightly yellow ti#,e —about | an eggcupful to each gallon will i suffice. The only points to watch is j that castor oil should not be used 1 for this purpose, as it does not dissolve in the petrol.

MOTORISING THE WORLD SEVEN YEARS’ PROGRESS That the use of motor-cars is increasing throughout the world by leaps and bounds is well known, but the actual figures are amazing. The expansion of various countries during 1922 to 1929 is shown in the following table: Per Country. 3922 1929 cent.

V. vsuitbAj . in- ~ 463,448 1,061,S2S 129 . 10.o05,660 24,494.580 133 497,582 1.3 72,109 175 45.9S3 *131.500 186 53.000 172.000 224 New Zealand 37,500 125,690 238 IS,Oil 61,000 I 'nio-nnY 10,000 34,591 245 1,108,900 S.000 30,896 2S6 Denmark . . 22,260 SS.S9S Argentina .. 75,000 299.839 200 Spain . . 37,560 156,501 26.468 3 t 6 :>.os \ 25,720 407 S9.19515,851 91,3S4 545,100 25,000 155,000 Venezuela . . 2,500 15,750 13,500 85,500 Czecho-Slovak la 4,133 49,151 World . . . - . 12,5SS.949 31,929,952 154 World less U.S 5. 2.0S3,289 *.43o,372 256 Motor-cycles not included —“American Automobile.'’