Progress report on vehicle repairs, discussing oil drip tests, gearbox oil leaks, and a request for further instructions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\2\ 02-page124 | |
| Date | 16th February 1929 guessed | |
| hubs & rear brake shafts out - tomorrow will erect these - Have we to dismantle water pump - starter motor - clutch trunnion & brake equalising shaft. All the rest is done - As regard byjin drip test - this is altogether out of the question at- present - The oil is so thick & in a congealed condition owing to the low temperature - All the byjin drip valves listed in the one shot only pass one drop of oil in 4 to 6 minutes. I have no information as to the correct amount each byjin valve should pass per minute - also is it necessary to pin out byjin where necessary. Will you wire instructions, as you will note the job is practically at-a standstill, what to do. It will be Monday before you get this & by the time we get a reply by post a week will be past by. {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Please reply & let me have more definite instructions. I am making up a report on the work completed & will send it on to you - we have cured oil leak from gear box by fitting baffle plate on lid {A. J. Lidsey} over 1 & 2 gear - remaking all face joints & most important of all a vent on box - By fitting a vent cured oil from entering servo - through the shaft the oil entered the servo by way of the shaft & gear box - the oil being pumped out caused by pressure in box. Its been hell working in the garage this week - the stove comes in very useful in the way of warming spanners & tools - will dry up now before I say something rude. Hope you are well - All your staff here have colds. Yours Faithfully, J.W.Stay. Bring me a side of Peppermint & a packet of fags when you return. | ||
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).