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Solution for oil leaks from the magneto control on the 40/50 chassis.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66a\4\  scan0056
Date  28th July 1919
  
To BN. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} from EH.
C. to DG.

RE OIL LEAKS FROM MAGNETO CONTROL ON 40/50 CHASSIS. X.3604

With reference to Mr. Hanbury's complaint of the oil leaking from the Magneto Control tube, this was a complaint on very early cars - we afterwards made some improvements which overcame the trouble. I should anticipate that it is on cars previous to the improvements where the complaint occurs. We think, however, that Mr. Royce's suggestion of fixing a tube permanently into the crankcase and working the control inside it is the only positive way of over-coming the trouble. Would Mr. Day please instruct a scheme for this.

EH.
  
  
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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