MOTORING NOTES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXI, Issue 1450, 10 March 1931, Page 7

MOTORING NOTES

PROSPECTS FOR 1931. An optimistic view of the prospects for the British motor trade in 1931 is taken by Mr Reginald Delpech, sales director and founder of the Triplex .Safety Glass Co., whose firm supplies the wants of five out of every six makers in Britain. Ho foresees a big expansion in the industry, for at no time have cars been so cheap or so good. "I am not referring merely to the advent of the £IOO car, outstanding as that development is," said Mr Delpech. "In other classes, especially the popular 'light six' class, cars are to-day selling at less than half the price willingly paid for them only so recently as three years ago." This is put down to the spirit of enterprise animating the motor car manufacturer and the fitting of safety glass is quoted as an instance, Three years ago certain British manufacturers began to standardise it of their own accord, and to-day there is hardly a model of even the cheapest make that has not got "triplex" all round in its standard specification. ROAD AND RAIL. ' The extent to which the big railway systems are employing motor vehicles is indicated by a recent order placed by the Great AVestern for over 100 additional Dennis vehicles to supplement those already in its fleet. The new vehicles are of the forward control pat'tern, affording an exceedingly large body space relative to the wheeibase. • Wherever fresh discoveries reveal potential sources of wealth and centres of employment throughout the world, the question of transport becomes allimportant, and the fullest co-operation between road and rail brings the most efficient solution to the problem. MISFIRING ON THE ROAD. When a six or eight cylinder engine begins to misfire in one cylinder on the road it is not worth while making an immediate stoppage to trace the faulty sparking plug. Even with a proper testing instrument it may be quite difficult to identify the faulty plug with any rapidity. A procedureadvised is to drive on for, say, half a mile, stop the engine, and feel all the sparking plugs. The plug which has been out of action during the last halfmile will by that time be almost cold—at all events it will be quite pcrcentibly cooler than those which have been firing properly all the time. ITLIiTNG A GREA.SE GUN. Some car manufacturers Tccommend the use of a mixture of oil and grease for certain chassis bearings, and this has to bo injected from a grease gun. Filling with this mixture is often very difficult to effect cleanly, but it can bo clone >vith reasonable cleanliness in the following way:—Clamp the empty gun

lightly in a vertical position in a vice, then pour in the required quantity of oil; afterwards drop blobs of grease into the liquid, using a small tyro spanner or a similar article as a spoon. Tinally, replace the cap on tho nozzle. In this way the gun will not be so dirty outside as frequently is tho case. BRAKE DRUM WEAR. Uneven wear in tho brake drum, due to excessive heat, accounts for considerably more brake inefficiency than many motorists roalise. The condition

of the drums should be noted carefully when a relining job is ordered. Grinding the drums sometimes is the only way to take advantage of the new linTO PREVENT SKIDDING. When the weather is warm in Berlin, Germany, and the asphalt becomes soft with the heat, a heavy road-rolling machine is run over the surface. The wheels of this vehicle marks the surface with a pattern like that of bricks to prevent skidding.

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