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Show I STOP TROUBLE j ABOUT BUMPER Automotive Engineers Have Plan for Standardizing Work Two subjects of general Interest to automobile owners will be acted upon by the automobile engineers at the I summer convention of the society of Automotive Engineers at White Sul-I , phur Springs, W. V which opened1 June 80. These are the standardize-j Hon of passenger ear front-bumper brackets and crankcase drain-plugs The bumper mounting, which has, l oen proposed for sland.irdlzation by i the Parts and Fitting division of thoj S A. E. Standards committee, calls tor the plain bolt on tpe widely used at the present time Manufacturers Manufac-turers have indicated that if a standardized stand-ardized mounting of this type is ap proved they will drill the frame horn- that ihe second rivet hole of ihe frame horn c;in be used for the first H bolt of the bumper bracket. In some B cases It will be possible to use the ' lait bolt-hole of ihe bumper bracket ' Hfll fur the first bolt of a shock absorber. H It will, consequently, be a simple , fl proposition for service stations or ac- i H cesaOTy dealers to equip passrncer t cars with Ironi antomoMIe hnmiutta 1 fl as no drilling of the frames will be required as at present. Such drilling. as done ar i h present time! often weakens the frame due io proper j i judgment not belnt; used in ocating 'he holies. As bumpers are being used H as standard equipment by more car H manufacturers each year, the adop H tion of the standard will make It an fl easy manor for passenger car lnanw-H lnanw-H facturers to equip their cars with H bumpers as standard equipment, and H If it Is found advisable to change from H one make of bumper to rnolher, It B can be do- readily as practically all P bumpers will be interchangeable. H The recommendations lor crank-, I case drain-plugs specifn . a minimim V dear opening Of 1-4 inch, the drain niuir to be onorahle from unrir-r the H engine hood, and has been proposed ; ". by the S. A. E engine division, which H is representative of all automobile en H K.nf manufacturers. The r-commen J H dation is mad'. because at ihe present B Mme it Is frequently difficult to drain the oil from crank case due to the I H -mall size of drain plug generally used H and the fact that in most all cases it H is necessary to crawl under a car to operate the drain-plug. I'sers const quently do not renew the oil as often B as they should io insure the best engine en-gine operation 00 |