Motoring With Robbie

A Thief will take off in a hurry the moment he opens the door of a car equipped with this burglar alarm. The horn is the alarm and it blows loudly and steadily when an intruder actuates the dome light switch by opening the door. Slamming the door won't silence the racket because there's a second horn relay, wired into the existing circuit as shown above, that keeps the horn sounding until you return and flip a shut-off switch concealed in a spot known only to you.

Handy Hint:

When changing wheels always loosen off the wheel nuts before jacking up the car. If the car has been jacked up and you encounter an obstinate nut there is a possibility you will rock the car off the jack in your struggle to free it.

Plastic insulating tape must be warm and pliable to make it wrap and stick easily. When using the tape in cold weather you can keep it workable by laying the roll on the shield of your trouble lamp, or on a warm engine.

No Cranking handle to ease the strain on the battery when starting in cold weather? Rock the car back and forth with the car in top gear and the ignition switched Off. This causes the wheels to rotate the engine slightly, just enough to break the piston seizure caused by oil that congealed during the cold night.

In Some parts of New Zealand where particularly low temperatures are experienced during the winter, water will freeze in the fuel pump sediment bowl. Thawing is sometimes impossible by just pouring hot water over the pump but to save enough to have an effect you can shape aluminium foil in to a container around and under the pump, and fill it.

Hub Caps make fine markers on the roadside if the inside surface is covered with red reflective tape. They can be waved by hand or propped up to reflect the glow of oncoming lights

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 157 : July 12, 1967

Motoring With Robbie