Bar chart of complaints for the Bentley 4¼ model during the latter half of 1938.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0004 | |
| Date | 31th December 1938 | |
| CHART OF COMPLAINTS 4¼ BENTLEY 1938 | JULY | AUG | SEPT | OCT | NOV | DEC ENGINE THROTTLE STICKING - JULY: DISTORTED 2, 22 NEW SPRING FITTED. TOTAL: 24 - AUG: 21 NEW SPRING. TOTAL: 26 - SEPT: 3 LUBRICn, 11 NEW SPRING FITTED. TOTAL: 14 - OCT: LUBRICT, 5 DISTORT, 6 NEW SPRING FITTED. TOTAL: 12 - NOTE: SPRINGS STRETCH AND WILL NOT FULLY CLOSE THROTTLE. NEW MOD SATISFACTORY NOISY VALVE GEAR DUE TO WORN TAPPET ROLLERS AND PINS - JULY: NIL - AUG: 1 - SEPT: 4 - OCT: 2 HEAVY OIL CONSUMPTION - JULY: 3 - AUG: 2 - SEPT: 1 - OCT: 1 - NOV: 2 (W.H.242) WATER LEAKS FROM CYLINDERS 2 & 4 PLATES - JULY: 2 - AUG: 3 - SEPT: 4 - NOV: 6 EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS BROKEN - JULY: 9 - AUG: 2 - SEPT: 4 - NOV: 1 - NOTE: M.S. STUDS ARE BEING FITTED. TROUBLE DUE TO BENDING NOT STRETCHING. EXHAUST MANIFOLD LUGS BROKEN - JULY: NIL GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 2 (SHEET 2) | ||
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).