Letter from The Zenith Carburetter Co Ltd responding to a complaint about a sticking choke valve on a Wraith carburetter.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 122\3\ scan0124 | |
| Date | 5th April 1939 | |
| File 1033 GR. {George Ratcliffe} / The ZENITH CARBURETTER CO LTD HONEYPOT LANE STANMORE MIDDLESEX CARS DRIVEN BY OUR STAFF ARE AT CUSTOMERS OWN RISK AND RESPONSIBILITY TELEGRAMS: ZENICARBUR. PHONE. LONDON. CODE: A.B.C. 5TH EDITION ADJOINING QUEENSBURY UNDERGROUND STATION ALSO AT LYONS. PARIS. DETROIT. TURIN. BERLIN. TELEPHONE WORDSWORTH 2213 5th April 1939 Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Experimental Department, D E R B Y. Your ref: Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /GR. {George Ratcliffe} 5/JH For the attention of Mr. G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} Ratcliffe Dear Sirs, In reply to your letter of the 3rd instant and your complaint regarding a sticking choke valve on a Wraith carburetter, we cannot understand the request regarding the relieved bearings, because in actual fact the bearings of the throttle spindle were relieved as requested by you, previous to you having decided to have the thick strangler plate fitted. The thick strangler plate was fitted to carburetters completed the 8th September 1938 and came into operation at carburetter 5595, and all carburetters with such strangler plate fitted bear the suffix "U" or the suffix "U" and some other letter after the serial number. Yours faithfully, THE ZENITH CARBURETTER CO. LTD. AEP/GC A.E. Palmer | ||
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).