Wall Charts for Maintenance
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I N connection with the .advisory ser vice on vehicle maintenance given -by the West Midland Division of the Traders' Road Transport Association, a wall chart is now available which lists the various defects in vehicles for which
the examiner looks. Specimen items ale: "Ate steering-lock stops operating so that wheels do not foul other parts when on full lock? " "Are brake clevis pins locked? and "Is driver's seat secure? "
These charts are intended for display in workshops and garages Holders of C licences. whether T.R.T.A. members or not, can obtain the charts at Is. each from the Association at 99 Baker Street, Birmingham. 11, and hauliers from the Road Haulage Association, 536 Stratford Road, Birmingham, 11.
REAR LIGHT CODE
VEHICLE manufacturers propose to V draw up a code of practice concerning rear lights, stated the Minister of Transport in a written reply last week. Mr. G. R. Si rauss referred to the "confusion and annoyance caused by rear lamps of enormous size" of some
makes of vehicle. The Minister said that the difficulties arose from the intensity of the lamps, rather than "Their size.
. HOW CARBURETTERS WORK DU-BUSHED by Temple Press Ltd.. I Bowling Green Lane, London, E.C.1, at 2s. (2s. 3d. by post), "Carburetters and the Fuel System," describes in simple language the workings of various types of fuel-supply and carburation equipment.