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List of complaints for the New Phantom model, detailing issues found in cars not yet delivered to customers.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 47\1\  Scan261
Date  8th March 1934 guessed
  
NEW PHANTOM(Codename for PHANTOM I) COMPLAINTS. X4/117os mc

RED COMPLAINTS are cars not delivered to customers.

OVEROILING.
29-MC. 31-MC. 25-MC. 56-MC. 70-MC. 86-MC. 18-MC
32-MC. 93-MC. 40-MC.? 41-MC. 68-MC. 70-RC. {R. Childs} 115-RC {R. Childs}
98-MC. 78-MC. 43-MC. 77-MC. 81-MC. 11-RC. {R. Childs} 32-MC. 84-MC
14-MC. 35-RC. {R. Childs} ? 61-MC. 68-MC. 88-RC. {R. Childs} 115-RC {R. Childs}
88-MC. 11-MC. 19-MC. -51-MC. 36-HC. 39-MC. 41-MC ?
35-RC {R. Childs} ? 44-RC. {R. Childs} 81-RC. {R. Childs} 33-RC. {R. Childs} 119-MC. 21-RC. {R. Childs} 60-
58-MC. 9-RC. {R. Childs} 120-MC.

Handwritten notes in left margin:
35 RC {R. Childs}
66
52
/ 14

Tappets noisy. 70-RC. {R. Childs} 20-RC. {R. Childs} 95-MC. 118-MC. 113-RC. {R. Childs} 79-RC. {R. Childs} 93-MC

CLUTCH.
1. Jaggers.
[text strikethrough] 50-RC. {R. Childs} [text strikethrough] 79-RC. {R. Childs} 77-RC. {R. Childs} 75-RC. {R. Childs} 82-RC {R. Childs}
55-MC. 34-RC. {R. Childs} 118-RC. {R. Childs} (5-MC.117-MC)
2. Not stopping. 83-RC. {R. Childs} [text strikethrough]C. (5-MC.117-MC 14-RC. {R. Childs} 17-HC.119-MC. 21-RC. {R. Childs}

EXHAUST.
1. Noisy.
117-MC. 38-MC. 12-MC. 39-RC. {R. Childs} 45-RC. {R. Childs} 35-RC {R. Childs} 17HC
95-MC.101-RC. {R. Childs}
2. Popping.
118-MC. 91-MC. 6-RC. {R. Childs} 7-RC. {R. Childs} 15-MC.113-MC.117-MC.
113-MC/117-MC. 49-MC. 49-RC. {R. Childs} 86-MC.
3. Butterfly squeak.
118-MC. 48-RC. {R. Childs} 3-RC. {R. Childs} 12-RC. {R. Childs} 93-MC.117-MC
79-RC. {R. Childs} 102-MC. 48-MC. 95-MC.119-MC.

STEERING.
1. Wobbles. 68-MC. 19-RC. {R. Childs} 77-RC. {R. Childs} 89-RC. {R. Childs} 101-RC. {R. Childs}
2. Road shocks. 14-MC. 117-RC. {R. Childs} 48-RC. {R. Childs}

TIMING GEARS NOISY. 12-MC. 10-RC. {R. Childs} 9-RC. {R. Childs} 55-MC. 61-HC.

Battery ignition points.
6-MC. [text strikethrough]C. 50-RC. {R. Childs} 51-RC. {R. Childs} 7-MC.79-RC. {R. Childs}
49-MC. 93-MC.

Springing hard.
25-MC. 95-MC. 118-MC. [text strikethrough]C.119-MC. [text strikethrough]
51-MC. 79-RC. {R. Childs}

Governor Control sticking.
[text strikethrough]. 49-MC. [text strikethrough]B. 55-MC. 72-RC. {R. Childs} 76-MC.
5-MC. 49-MC. 27-MC.

Poor acceleration at slow speeds. 118-MC. 76-RC. {R. Childs}

F.W.B.1. Grab.
31-MC. 83-RC. {R. Childs} 19-RC. {R. Childs}
55-MC.119-MC.
2. Squeaks.
118-MC. 3-RC. {R. Childs} 50-RC. {R. Childs} 7-RC. {R. Childs} 55-MC.

Carburetter & Petrol system. 5-MC.

Rubber joints. 28-MC. 89-MC. 79-MC. 54-MC. 5-MC.

Lubrication pressure. 50-HC.

Tappet springs broken. 118-MC. 29-MC. 11-EX. 93-MC.

Accelerator pedal sticking. 9-RC. {R. Childs} 118-MC.
  
  
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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