Bigger Engines : Longer Service
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BY using larger engines and H.D. oils. Liverpool Transport Department has extended overhaul periods up to 192,000 miles for new vehicles, Mr. W. M. Hall, general manager, states in his annual report. Intermediate docking periods have been extended. Maintenance costs will be reduced and fewer vehicles will be off the road for service.
Last year showed another improvement in the rate of fuel consumption, which now averages 9.312 m.p.g., representing a saving of £11,000 compared with the previotis 12 months. The improvement is attributed to fitting straight-through silencers, more frequent checks of injection equipment, blanking-off radiators during the winter and preventing over-fuelling by fitting a better type of smoke stop to the fuel pumps.
Tests have, been made with moulded clutch facings and an inhibitor in the coolant medium to prevent corrosion. A bus with no exterior paintwork had been running for six months, including the winter, with satisfactory results.
Mr. Hall mentions that tests were limited by a shortage of qualified staff, " due to the competing claims of other industries."
SPECIAL A LICENCE REFUSED
riA TRELLECH (Mon.) haulier, Mr. A. Hodgson, of Cleddon Hall, has been refused a special A licence for a lorry (8,1 tons) by the South Wales Licensing Authority.