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HOW far can motor engineering concerns, which specialize in complete engine reconditioning, be useful to the wad-transport indusuy? This question was raised at a recent meeting of the Yorkshire Transport Society in Bradford, when a paper on "Specialized Engine Reconditioning as Allied to the Road Transport Industry" was contributed by Mr. J. Williams, of the Grange Motor Co., Ltd., Bradford.
Coun. S. Scott, hon. secretary of the Society,-pointing out that large operators had their own engineering Workshops, wanted to know the size of fleet that could be catered for by specialist engine-reconditioning concerns. • Mr. Williams said that the facilities were mainly used by undertakings operating up_ to 20 or 30 vehicles, but they could be beneficial even to larger operators For instance, some undertakings with more than 20 vehicles installed their own cylinder-boring bars, but there were not many with their own plant for crankshaft grinding.
Mr. L. V. Copland wondered whether there was really any financial saving in relying on such service for the realignment of distorted crankshafts. Would it not be better, he asked, to send them to the manufacturer?
Mr. Williams recalled that, because of a lack of other facilities during the war, there was no choice but for recondition big concerns to undertake this work. By the employment of hydraulic pressure. it was not such a difficult job as it looked, and it could be carried out successfully by such organizations with the appropriate tools and tackle.