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Experimental features of a distributor unit to be fitted to engine 9-G3.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 61b\2\  scan0083
Date  19th March 1928
  
X7690
To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
c. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /AJL.
EFC {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer} 4/T19.3.28.

DISTRIBUTOR UNIT FOR 9-G3.

Herewith we hand to you for fitting to 9-G3, a battery ignition distributor to LeC.2460, incorporating the following experimental features :-

(1) Distributor head varnished internally with Elo synthetic varnish.
(2) Make and break cam arranged for quicker break.
(3) Mushroom type H.T. rotor.

No (3) is already fitted to 9-G3 and should be retained when the above unit is fitted.

EFC. {E. Fowler Clarke - Electrical Engineer}
  
  
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