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Summary report detailing various vehicle defects, including numbers and remarks, over quarterly and multi-month periods.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 130\4\  scan0082
Date  30th September 1936 guessed
  
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TOTAL. REMARKS.

DEFECTIVE SPARKING PLUGS.

September Quarter. C.C. 22) 22 KLG.850 type plug has now been standardised
C.P. -) These are giving less trouble.

Previous quarter. C.C. 28) 29
C.P. 1)

Six Months. 51

BIG END FAILURES.

September Quarter. C.C. 9) 13 Usually either No. 2 or No. 5 big end
C.P. 4) after long fast run.

Previous quarter. C.C. 2) 7
C.P. 5)

Six Months. 20

KNOCK IN TRANSMISSION.

September Quarter. C.C. 49) 50 Wear in wheel drivers or road wheel
C.P. 1) splines.

Previous quarter. C.C. 36) 36
C.P. -)

Six Months. 86

WILMOT-BREEDEN BUMPER DEFECTS.

September Quarter. C.C. 28) 28 Mostly rattle due to bob weights
C.P. -) collapsing.

Three Months. 28
  
  
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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