Discouraging the use of thick oil in gearboxes and back axles due to cold weather handling issues.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 42\2\ Scan152 | |
| Date | 29th November 1924 | |
| To HS. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} ) EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} ) FROM R. {Sir Henry Royce} Handwritten: X4219 (crossed out) Handwritten: X3840 Handwritten: 51 R6/M29.11.24. X.4219 X.3591 I should discourage the use of thick oil in gearboxes and back axles. The brown Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) which has come here is extremely difficult to handle when it is cold in the morning. Where the gearbox was filled I do not know. This car is 4-G-11. R. {Sir Henry Royce} | ||
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).