Specification note for fitting self-adjusting tappets to Spectre units.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\2\ scan0023 | |
| Date | 5th February 1935 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} +354 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Swdl. {Len H. Swindell} 2/KW.5.2.35. Spectre(Codename for Phantom III). This note is to confirm that you will fit the latest type of self-adjusting tappets to Nos. 1 and 2 units, as carried out on No. 3 unit. The following is the specification for the job :- (1) Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1495 eccentrics in cast-iron. (2) Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1567 Rocker shafts, hardened and copper deposited. (3) E.84827 Distance pieces between eccentrics. (4) E.85321 Plunger return springs. (5) E.85908/9/10 Plunger casings. (6) Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1651 Plunger body. (7) Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1496 Metering screw. Other parts to LOP. E.85337. (8) E.86288 Inlet valve S/SLV. } Lightened type. (9) E.86289 Exhaust valve KE.965. } Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /L.H.Swindall. | ||
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