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Notes on a lubrication issue where increasing gudgeon pin length cured piston knocks.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 16\1\  Scan012
Date  26th October 1909
  
H.R. 40(20)d H. {Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} 100/15.09 R.P. 4941.
X700
1400
Lubrication - on 110 J. {Mr Johnson W.M.}
Gudgeon pins collecting flat increased in length from 1 1/4 to 1 7/8 - two circular grooves round end of bush to suit.
Cured piston knocks - apart from extra oil.
Could be very same by varying oil pressure - similar amt. of smoke, at exhaust.
engine.
CP 26/10/09
  
  
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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