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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 982, 27 May 1930, Page 6

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The Care of the Car

A DRIVING HINT Sometimes, when descending very steep and greasy hills, a car may slide bodily with wheels locked on a slimy surface. The best way of regaining control is to ease the brakes momentarily, so as to allow the wheels to revolve again, and then to apply them gradually. PROTECTING PAINTWORK The sharp corner at the bottom edge of the bonnet can easily cause a great deal of damage to the adjacent paint-work if the bonnet is handled carelessly. Some manufacturers take the precaution of covering this, part with leather, while in other cases a contrivance inside the bonnet prevents this corner coming into contact with the scuttle. Where no precaution is taken it is a good plan to adopt the first-named one, and a piece of soft leather or rubber cut to suitable shape may be put over the corner and fastened in place with a material and a small hole drilled in the bonnet. LEAKING INDUCTION PIPE Slight leaks of air in an induction pipe may be the cause of poor engine running, and in some cases such leaks may ba so small as to escape the notice of the driver. Symptoms of a leaking, induction pipe are as follow: Weakness in pulling: a pronounced difficulty in starting and in getting away; misfiring, and a tendency for the engine to run smoothly only at high speeds. In some cases only one cylinder is affected, but usually the whole engine is involved. It is suggested as a remedy that, after an inspection for the more easily detected leaks, such as a defective washer or a badly fitted pipe, the joints in the pipe should have a coating of boiled linseed oil or oil varnish applied while the engine is running well throttled down. This will ensure the oil penetrating between the faces of the joint, and effectually stopping any small leaks.

NEW NUMBER PLATES HOW THEY ARE ALLOTTED Only a few more days remain for motorists to get their new number plates at the Wellesley Street Post Office, and many thousands have not made applications. The following list of numbers will enable one to tell the district a car comes from:

Auckland From 1 To 29,400 Thames 29,401 34,400 Hamilton 47,900 Gisborne 47,901 52,700 Xapier 52,701 62,300 Xew Plymouth 62,301 71,900 Wanganui 71,901 79,000 1 ‘aim erst on Xorth . 79,001 89.600 Wellington 89,601 108,900 "Blenheim 108,901 111.200 Xeison 111,201 114,800 estport 114,801 115,600 (1 rey mouth 115,601 117,400 < hristchurch . . 117,401 1 3 9,500 I imaru 139,501 1 15,900 Oamaru 145,901 1 48,500 Dunedin 148.501 160,600 Invercargill 160,601 170,000