Engineering query and decision log regarding various chassis components.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\4\ scan0116 | |
| Date | 31th October 1923 | |
| -2- Chassis. Description. Decision to be made by Cylinder contd. Shall we add monogram R.R. to Rocker Cover and Water Jacket Covers? By and Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Are wedges fitted on parallel tubes? Exptl:Dept: Valves & Fittings. Tangent Screw Valve Rocker Adj: not instructed. Exptl:Dept: Shape of Valve Head - E.70319 "Tulip" instructed. Umbrella E.70818 and Flat Head E.71163 being tried. Exptl:Dept: Is Valve Assembly tool E.71256/7 suitable? Exptl:Dept: Induction Pipes. Alter petrol drain washers from fibre to alum: as suggested by Exptl:Dept: "E" D.O. Autovac Connection on Inlet Pipe or part of starter Carb:Body. West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town). Are the alum:washers under pinned exhaust connection on the jacketted bend satisfactory? We asked Exptl:Dept:under By {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /Shn1/DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 31.10.23. Carburetter. We have issued experimentally the following types:- (a) Moving choke. (b) Fixed choke. (c) "Knave" 40/50 two jet. Mr Bailey. Shall we instruct up the one in hand to LeC.1809/10. Two jet on lines of 20 HP. We require particulars of starter Carb:Connections on Float Chamber. West Wittering(Henry Royce's home town). Camshaft. Have final check on drgs: which have been changed about so much. "E" D.O. Are designed cam centres satisfactory? Exptl:Dept: (Faint upside-down text at bottom right) R.R. 53 (50 T) (S.D. 408. 26-4-17) Bm. 2/156/14. | ||
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).