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Garage Equipment • at the Motor Show

26th October 1962
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MAIN interest from a commercial vehicle angle at this year's Motor Show is in the garage equipment to be seen on the stands of the concerns (37 in all) who did not exhibit at the Commercial Motor Show. Although the Commercial Show saw a considerable reduction in the numbers in this section of the exhibition, the Motor Show has its full compliment of makers of workshop equipment.

It is likely that this could be the pattern of future Commercial and Motor Shows. To exhibit in both is in many cases too expensive in time (because the shows are so close together) as welt as in money. Many concerns consider that the extra expense is not necessarily justified by the amount of business done at the Commercial Show.

Much of the equipment to be seen is applicable to commercial vehicles as well as cars, although the majority is suitable only for light vans. This is the case with Packaged Hi-Line two-level lubrication and service unit being shown by Mann; Egerton and Co., Ltd., on stand 442. The unit can include its own oil store and be installed in an area of 24 ft. by 13 ft. Basically it consists of a work gallery built around three sides of a 3.5-ton capacity four-post lift. Safety devices are incorporated to ensure that there can be no injury to personnel or damage to vehicles. Seven-, 10and 14-ton versions are to be introduced later. The model shown was fitted with a new hydraulically-operated lifting cross-member at the front and rear to give wheel-free lifting. Recently Mann Egerton became sole distributors in the -U.K. for two items of wheel servicing equipment prOduced by B. E. Muller, of France. Both are being shown—a wheel balancer which gives the location and value of the balance weight required quickly and accurately, and wheel alignment equipment (No. 665) which operates on the principle of a beam of light illuminating a series of readings.

Joseph Bradbury and Sons, Ltd. (Stand 435) are also showing a new vehicle lift. This is the Liftmaster Mk. I which has a capacity of three tons and is a four-post lift with a minimum width 'between columns of 7 ft. 8.75 in. The unit incorporates a secondary lifting framework to give a wheel-free position. On their Balcony D.P. Lift, which was introduced at the last Motor Show, Bradbury are showing a new safety device designed to prevent accidents to personnel during the lowering of the platform and meet fully the requirements of H.M. Factory Inspection Department. The device is shown in prototype form and it is stated that it meets every requirement of the Factories Act of 1961 with regard to balcony lifts. It iS anticipated that the device will be available within the next nine months.

A new garage jack to be seen at the Show is the High-Lite being featured by Frio), Ltd., on Stand 441. It has a rated capacity of 1.25 tons and the main feature of the jack is that it provides a lift from 4.75 in. to 3 ft. Overall dimensions B36 of the jack are 3 ft. 9.5 in. long by 1 ft. 6.375 in. maximum width and the handle is 4 ft. 2 in. long.

Another new wheel-balancer suitable for van-sized tyres is one being shown by Romac Industries, Ltd. (Stand 439). As with the unit featured by Mann Egerton, the Romac machine offers a simple and accurate method to indicate the position and size of the balancing weight required. No calculations are necessary as the wheel out-of-balance is recorded on a disc • shaped graph mounted at the free end of the shaft on which the wheel is mounted. From the pattern left on the graph paper the operator can fix the correct balancing weight by referring to an indicator located at the rear of the machine. Balance weights with a new spring clip are also introduced by Romac at the Show. Six sizes are available from 0.5 to 3 oz., in 0.5 oz. intervals.

Visitors to the E. P. Barrus (Concessionaires), Ltd., stand— No. 426—can see a variety of working exhibits and can try out for themselves items of equipment available from this concern. Introduced at the Show is a new brake drum lathe. the Van Norman model 204. The machine has many refinements, including an instantaneous feed adjustment, and will handle drums from 6 in. to 2 ft. 4 in. in diameter.

New items of equipment to be seen on the stand of Harvey Frost and Co., Ltd. (No. 429) are connected with vehicle breakdown work. One is the H.F. Steering Lock, a device for locking the steering of vehicles to ensure safety when on suspended tow from the rear end. The lock is fitted to the steering wheel by a quick-acting clamp, and telescopic tubes are then extended to bring the end-pressure pads against the insides of the vehicle doors.

The second introduction is the H.F. Stowit light tow pole. This is designed for vehicles weighing up to three tons and is made in a cranked form to avoid fouling of the vehicle being towed. A feature of the unit is that it can be dismantled into two parts easily for transportation. Overall length is 8 ft.; the

towing eye has an internal diameter of 2 in. A rigid model is also available. The final item is not new, being a further development of the H.F. Tow Boy combined crane and breakdown ambulance. It is designated the Mk. II and incorporates an over-run braking system.

A small vacuum cleaner which although called the Car Valeter is as applicable to goods and passenger vehicles as it is to private cars, is featured by Stenor, Ltd. (Stand 438). This cleaner operates off any air compressor capable of delivering 3-4 Cu. ft. per minute. Excellent suction is given at normal pressures of 90-120 p.s.i., but the unit works satisfactorily down to 70 p.s.i. The Car Valeter costs £4 7s. 6d. complete. Also being shown by Stenor is a new heavy-duty bead knocker which is designed to free a tyre bead from its wheel rim without damage and is made in one size suitable for all sizes of tyre, although from the look of the tool it is more applicable to goods vehicle tyres rather than car sizes.

Included in the wide range of special tools, pullers, presses and body repair equipment, J. W. Pickavant and Co., Ltd. (Stand 422) are showing four new items. The JWP 336 Nut Splitter which can be used on nuts measuring up to 1.375 in. across flats, is a larger version of their JWP 316 Splitter which has a capacity up to 0.812 in. across flats. The two tools are sold as a kit in a fitted wooden case—JWP 336K. Useful for repairing damaged bodywork panels is the JWP 334 Dent Raiser. This comprises a serrated lever arm with a rubberbacked lever plate and two puller plates. In use a puller plate is pop riveted to the centre of the dent to be pulled out, the

arm is attached and using the lever plate as a fulcrum, the dent can be raised.

The third introduction is the LKV-52 race extractor set which is specially designed for the withdrawal of ball races situated in blind housings and can be used on bearings measuring from 1.125 to 5 in. outside diameter. The final new item is a ratchetwrench screwdriver—P.12232—for Philips-type screw heads. There is right-angled drive to the bit which is double-ended and covers from No. 1 to No. 3 sizes. This tool costs I0s. 6d. retail.

A wide variety of hand tools is displayed by B. Draper and Son, Ltd. (Stand 430), new items being bolt croppers with replaceable cutting edges, a 6-ft. 6-in.-long tape measure having a nylon case with a small window in the top through which a reading of the dimension outside the case to the end of the tape can be seen and a spout attachment for all sizes of drum—the Lube-Spout which is forced into the top of the drum at the edge to pierce the material and to make a hole through which the liquid can be poured. Also showing a wide range of tools are the British Extracting Tool Co., Ltd. (Stand 420), but in this case the display is confined mainly to pullers and extractors. A new item is the Betco No. 133 flywheel puller for B.M.C. Mini cars and the 5-cwt. van based on them.

Compressed air equipment and tools are featured on a number of stands at the Show. New compressors are shown by Bristol Pneumatic Tools Co., Ltd. (Stand 431) and B.E.N. Patents, Ltd. (Stand 449). Bristol feature the Model 309/J.9, a 9 c.f.m. unit with a working pressure of 200 p.s.i. This new model is a twin-cylinder version of the Bristol 5 c.f.m. machine and incorporates the concern's Duplex principle in which the two stages of compression are carried out in different parts of each cylinder by means of a truncated double-acting piston and cylinder of two diameters. The B.E.N. compressor is the RMV 10, a single-stage, 10 c.f.m. unit. It has a 3 h.p. motor

and a working pressure of 150 p.s.i. Also new is the B.E.N. Handicut panel cutting kit which includes an air-operated hammer and a number of chisels suitable for various duties in body repair work such as cutting out panels and breaking spot welds.

Aerograph-DeVilbiss Co., Ltd. (Stand 445) feature a new 0.5 gal. "remote paint cup and in addition to a wide range of spray painting equipment. Air Industrial Developments. Ltd. (Stand 419) are showing pressure-feed containers including a re-designed 5-gal. capacity model. They are also featuring their new Model 30/120 fully automatic compressor plant and two versions of their new E.P.3 portable compressor.

Additions to their range of rotary Impactools being shown by Ingersoll-Rand Co., Ltd. (Stand 443) are the 34U, 434 and 410 models. These have maximum torque ranges of 450-750, 6001,000 and 350-575 lb.-ft. respectively and are particularly applicable to commercial vehicles.

Being shown for the first tine in this country is the Sun 300 quick-service tester featured by Suntester, Ltd. (Stand 415). This model has been designed to provide in a compact form 90 per cent, of the facilities provided by the larger engine diagnosis and electrical test equipment available from the concern. Crypton Equipment, Ltd. (Stand 428) are also showing many examples of similar equipment including the latest model, the low-priced Model 8D.120 Scopemaster. Crypton are also exhibiting a newly developed drive for their CH.10 Test Bench which makes it suitable for checking alternators at up to 12,000 r.p.m.

Electrical service equipment is shown by Runbaken Electrical Products (Stand 421), a new item being the 1396/40 All-Charge Major. This is a battery booster for 6, 12 and 24 V. circuits with a maximum charge rate of 40 amps, obtainable in 11 stages. A re-designed version of the All-Charge Junior is also shown. This has an output of up to 8 amps. at 6 or 12 V. J. A. Ryley, Ltd. (Stand 434) are giving demonstrations to show the operation of the JARC 50 range of brake testing equipment. A new model is the Linesman which is intended for installing hydraulic fluid in brake pipe lines in small production shops. As with other versions the unit can also be used to bleed, empty and flush out systems and test for leaks. The Servac Tester is. sold as a kit for checking vacuum-servo systems. Also new from this concern are covers for their J.A.R. cable winders.

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