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Instructions for setting the F.A.C. throttle governor operating roller using a spirit level.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66a\3\  scan0070
Date  30th April 1925
  
TO SET F.A.C. THROTTLE GOVERNOR OPERATING ROLLER

SHEET A

SPIRIT LEVEL

WIRE TO BRING BUTTERFLY TO FULLY CLOSED POSITION

SLACK OFF BITING-IN BOLT E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} FIX ARM B TO ROLLER AND GOVERNOR SHAFT. PLACE SPIRIT LEVEL ON ARM B AND ROTATE ROLLER BRACKET BY MEANS OF THIS ARM UNTIL BUBBLE CENTRALISES. BRING ARM D IN CONTACT WITH ROLLER A. {Mr Adams} CLOSE BUTTERFLY THROTTLE BY MEANS OF WIRE C. TIGHTEN UP BOLT E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} THE THROTTLE IS THEN SET FOR SLOW GOVERNOR OPENING.

STAMPED TEXT: ROLLS-ROYCE, LIMITED. PXO JOM 30 APR 1925 DERBY
  
  
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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