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  2. Advertising

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  4. TRUCKS and TRACTORS OUR PAGE FOR THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE

    The main function of a delivery truck is to deliver the goods quickly and economically. No matter how beautiful the body or the paint and ...

    Article : 292 words
  5. ROAD TRANSPORT

    If is a most extraordinary fact that, although economy of running is the fundamental basis of efficient motor transport, very few owners take the ...

    Article : 145 words
  6. THE OVERLAND TRUCK

    The British Overland 1-ton truck exhibited at the show by Messrs. Adams Motors Ltd. is manufactured throughout by the Willys Overland Crossley ...

    Article : 161 words
  7. The Modern Tractor

    "Power forming has come to stay in Australia." This statement was made by a practical man who had put the iron Horse to a thorough test, at all ...

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  8. TRUCKING STUD RAMS PROM MURGOO STATION TO THE COAST

    The wonderful aid rendered by the motor vehicle in the development of the outback is evidenced by the above illustration, which shows stud rams at Murgoo just commencing a 230-mile two-days' run to Derby. Without the aid of the motor this journey would occupy instead of days and would entail such loss and difficulty as to make the venture doubtful of profit. Now, thanks to the motor, things have changed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 79 words
  9. ENGINE VIBRATION

    Engine balance and the elimination of vibration is one of the big problems with which engine designe[?] have been confronted, but, as has been ...

    Article : 836 words
  10. DEPRECIATION

    One of the most s e rious, items in the [?] [?] [?] is [?] the amount of which is naturaly dependent upon ...

    Article : 364 words
  11. WHAT INSTRUMENT?

    What particular implement or machine for farm service would you sooner make? This was the poser which was put up one time during a ...

    Article : 153 words
  12. MODERN IMPLEMENTS FOR MODERN FARMING

    This is an age of progress, and farmers are realising that while any old machine may do at least fairly satisfactory work under favorable ...

    Article : 142 words
  13. MOTOR SHIPS

    Not only on land is the internal combustion engine making headway against steam, but on the sea. The internal combustion engined ship is ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. CURRENT CONSUMPTION.

    It takes on an average 20 minutes of running for the generator to put into the battery sufficient current to make up for that used in making one start. ...

    Article : 88 words
  15. USEFUL CAR TABLE.

    The need for a small table in a touring car is often experienced, especially at wayside stops for refreshments, when, in winter time, it is not always ...

    Article : 183 words
  16. SECURING LOOSE WINDOWS.

    It will often be noticed that after about a 12 months' funning the glass panels on the doors of landulets or the windscreen glass becomes loose in ...

    Article : 158 words
  17. NOVEL DASHLIGHTS.

    All that is necessary to make quite a serviceable dashlight is to obtain an old tire valve cover and body, a small pocket lamb bulb, and a bulb holdec, ...

    Article : 219 words
  18. GOOD GROUND CONNECTION.

    Do not forget that the ground connection of the ignition circuit should have a dependable connection to the metal parts of the car. If the ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. WEATHERPROOFING HINT.

    Considerable discomfort is often experienced owing to the rain blowing through between the hood and the top of the windscreen. To fit a canvas flap ...

    Article : 120 words
  20. REMOVING CARBON.

    A Ford back wheel key makes an excellent tool for removing the carbon from Ford piston rings grooves, as it just fits in the grooves, and has sharp ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. TIGHTENING SLACK SCREWS.

    Various screws forming part of the construction of an automobile will occasionally work slack owing to vibration. The threads become worn, so ...

    Article : 92 words
  22. PREVENTING BONNET RATTLE.

    On many cars the strips of canvas tape threaded round the flange of the radiator and scuttle on which the bonnet is supported prove inadequate as ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. EMERGENCY FORD LIGHTS.

    Should battery or dynamo trouble on a Ford car be experienced and the head-lamps, in consequence, not receive sufficient current to prove ...

    Article : 125 words
  24. WATERTIGHT JOINTS.

    If the joints in the water circulating system are leaking, oil, varnish, or plain boiled linseed oil smeared over copper asbestos packings and allowed ...

    Article : 40 words
  25. MISSING SPARK PLUGS.

    When the porcelain of a spark plug gets covered with grease and [?] often meta[?] in nature—the current is likely to jump across this bridge from ...

    Article : 41 words
  26. STICKING TIRES.

    Sticking tires are caused by rusted rims. To remove the cause paint the rims with flaked graphite mixed to a creamy paste with petrol. The theory ...

    Article : 85 words
  27. COWL SQUEAK.

    A cowl squeak may often be traced to a speedometer shaft which needs lubrication. The shaft should be repacked with vaseline or a very soft grease, ...

    Article : 59 words
  28. SIMPLE FLEX TERMINALS.

    The renewal [?] of connection [?] [?] switch[?] [?] car is often an awkward task, owing to the inaccessi[?] of the back of the ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. A FOOT OPERATED HORN.

    Sometimes, as when using the hand brake, one has not a free hand for sounding the electric horn. A footoperated button switch is, therefore, ...

    Article : 385 words
  30. IMPROVISED VALVE LIFTER.

    It is sometimes necessary to remove a valve from a side-by-side valve engine, and there is no special tool for doing so at hand. A length of stout ...

    Article : 143 words
  31. HOLDING A COACH BOLT.

    The predicament that arises when the squared portion under the head fails to hold a coach bolt while its nut is removed can ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. TESTING DYNAMO CONNECTIONS.

    The positive pole of the dynamo is connected to positive terminal of the accumulator, and not otherwise, as many people appear to suppose. Wrong ...

    Article : 104 words
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