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Outlining a four-point programme to address top overoiling for the P.111.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 144\3\  scan0101
Date  10th August 1936
  
V 1220

To Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} From Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. to F. {Mr Friese} Dodd.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} 4/MJ.10.8.36.

TOP OVEROILING. P.111 PROGRAMME.

(1) Valve springs. Check good ones.
(2) Check what close clearance inlet valves are worth. (1 1/2 - 2 instead of 3).
(3) Check what screens are worth.
(4) Co-operate with Wst. to get best plug for oil.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
  
  
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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