Standardisation report for replacing the 'S.G.' Rolls valve guide with a new bearing type.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 13\5\ Spare05-page134 | |
| Date | 1st June 1932 | |
| STANDARDISATION OF CHASSIS PARTS PART TO BE REPLACED WITH NEW BEARING. VALVE GUIDE. 'S.G.' ROLLS. REPLACING OLD VALVE GUIDE. TO SUPERSEDE EXISTING VALVE GUIDE. Explanation or reason for report. Fitted to EX-53 and run for 10,000 miles in trade. Giving good results. The old guides were fitted to 'S.G.' only, but these new guides were also fitted to Goshawk(Aero Engine)(Codename for 20HP Car / Aero Engine after Kestrel(Aero Engine)) chassis since their approval. Fitted on chassis numbers as per approved schedule. The number of the first chassis on which the new part will be fitted....... 89 in N.2. Date when chassis will be handed to test................... Production Cost of scrapped material, if any............ Nil. Cost of jigs and tools.......................... Nil. INITIAL | DATE | REMARKS DR | 28.5.32 | Passed for R | 30.5.32 | Passed ROW | 31.5.32 | Passed C | 31.5.32 | Passed DR | 31.5.32 | Passed AD | 31.5.32 | Passed EV {Ivan Evernden - coachwork} | 1.6.32 | Passed EB & H | 2.6.32 | Passed B | 6.6.32 | Passed MI | 13.6.32 | Passed RH {R. Hollingworth} | 14.6.32 | Passed VOID | ||
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).