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Condition and dimensions of cylinder bores following a first grind out.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 146\3\  scan0090
Date  22th September 1936
  
A
REPORT UPON CONDITION OF CYLINDERS

CHASSIS N⁰ B 38 EF
JOB N⁰ 35620
DATE 22 - 9 - 36
1ST GRIND OUT
MILEAGE 37,114 Kms.
ORIGINAL BORES YES

CYLINDER BORE DIMENSIONS

NOTE
DIM'S "AA {D. Abbot Anderson} " TAKEN AT RT ANGLES TO C' SHAFT.
DIM'S "BB" TAKEN PARALLEL TO C' SHAFT.

Handwritten notes:
NOTE, The AA {D. Abbot Anderson} & BB measurements taken at the crown were taken .125" below the face of the cylinder Block.
Please refer to Sheet B. attached

TABLE DATA:
CYLINDER | MOUTH (AA {D. Abbot Anderson} , BB) | CENTRE (AA {D. Abbot Anderson} , BB) | CROWN (AA {D. Abbot Anderson} , BB, OVALITY)
1 | 3"2515, 3"251 (NEW) | 3"2525, 3"253 | 3"254, 3"257
2 | 3"251, 3"251 (NEW) | 3"2525, 3"253 | 3"255, 3"256
3 | 3"251, 3"2515 (NEW) | 3"2525, 3"253 | 3"256, 3"2575 (OVALITY: 15)
4 | 3"2515, 3"251 (NEW) | 3"253, 3"253 | 3"255, 3"2605 (OVALITY: 55)
5 | 3"2515, 3"251 (NEW) | 3"2525, 3"2525 | 3"255, 3"256
6 | 3"251, 3"251 (NEW) | 3"2525, 3"2525 | 3"2545, 3"2575
  
  
From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).


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