Request to manufacture and fit a new type of plunger for Vulture Automatic Tappets.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 123\3\ scan0124 | |
| Date | 5th February 1934 | |
| To RHC. {R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} X 4704 Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Std.21/KW.5.2.34. Vulture(Experimental 6 CYL OHV LONG STROKE / Aero Engine) Automatic Tappets. We wish to try a different type of plunger valve and a different method of feeding oil to these tappets. Will you please have an intermediate plunger casing (outer) made to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1296, and have this fitted with two plungers to Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 1298. We require .001 diametral clearance on each of these plungers. Attached are necessary Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} drawings. These parts are required as soon as possible. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /C.S. Steadman. | ||
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