Confirming a production fix by soldering the ball end on the Oil Relay Ignition Governor plunger.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 65\1\ scan0117 | |
| Date | 22th June 1925 | |
| To E. {Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} X8685 OIL RELAY IGNITION GOVERNOR. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 4/LG22.6.25. X8685 X8940 With reference to the report from France that the ball end at the bottom of the plunger on the Oil Relay came adrift. On all the production cars this ball end has been finally locked in position by soldering so that [strikethrough]xxxx[/strikethrough] there is no risk of this trouble occurring. Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||
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).