Vocabulary

Starter motor – электрический стартер

to be put into engagement (зд.) – сцепляться

toothed ring – зубчатый венец

periphery – обод

disengagement gear – выключаемая шестерня

to project – выдаваться, выступать

moisture – влага

to arrange – встраивать

dust – грязь

driver’s cabin – кабина водителя

action – действие

to release pressure on the clutch pedal –отпустить сцепление

to disengage - выключить

direct drive – прямая передача

speed – скорость

hand brake – ручной тормоз

lever - рычаг

clutch pedal – педаль сцепления

lightly – слегка

accelerator pedal – педаль газа

to press – нажимать

to increase – увеличивать

gear shift lever –рычаг переключения скоростей

Starter Motor. How The Driver Starts The Car? Starter Motor

The starter motor is mounted on the left side of the engine. It is a small motor enclosed to prevent the dust and moisture from entering. The gear on the starter shaft is so arranged that. It can be put into engagement with a toothed ring cut on the periphery of the flywheel. The starter is only required to work for a few seconds. An automatic disengagement gear is used to put it out of action when the engine is started.

A steel rod connects it with the pedal that projects through the floor of the driver’s cabin. All that is necessary to start the car, is to press the starting pedal.

Low Speed. The driver releases the hand brake lever and presses on the clutch pedal in order to disengage the clutch. He moves the gear shift lever to the left and back. It is the low speed position. He releases pressure on the clutch pedal and at the same time presses lightly on the accelerator pedal. Now the car is started. He releases the second speed.

Second Speed. The driver released pressure on the accelerator and again disengages the clutch. He moves the gear shift lever through the neutral position. He returns the clutch pedal to its normal position and presses on the accelerator pedal. That is all. He engages the high speed.

High Speed. The driver disengages the clutch as before. He pulls the gear shift lever back from the second position. He increases the speed of the engine. He looks at the speedometer.

EXERCISES

1. Answer the questions:

1. How starter motor is mounted?

2. What can you say about an automatic disengagement?

3. How the car is started?

4. Does the driver move the gear shift lever through the neutral position?

5. The driver increases the speed of the engine at the high speed, doesn’t he?

6. What connects it with the pedal that projects through the floor of the driver’s cabin?

2. Fill in missing words:

The gear on the _________is so arranged that.

A steel _______it with the pedal that projects through the floor of the driver’s cabin.

The driver disengages the ______as before.

He ________the gear ________lever through the neutral position.

He ______pressure on the clutch pedal and at the ___________presses lightly on the accelerator pedal.

An automatic ___________gear is used to put it out of action when the _______is started.

Bank of words: moves ,starter shaft, engine, clutch, releases, disengagement, rod connects, shift, same time