Chart tracking complaints for the 4 1/4 Bentley model for the first half of 1939.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0043 | |
| Date | 1st January 1939 | |
| CHART OF COMPLAINTS 4 1/4 BENTLEY 1939 JAN FEB MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE Initials/Codes (top left): SG {Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} HS {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} C. By RM {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} MX {John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} RMC H SR LA {L. A. Archer} K {Mr Kilner} /KC GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} /K Row 1: Description: ENGINE BEARINGS, MOD. B, TAKING SLACK OUT OF BEARINGS ONLY Data: W307 Complaint: COMPLAINT OF SLIGHT THUMP Row 2: Description: MOD. C., DRILLING OF CRANKSHAFT FOR LUBRICATION, NEW BEARINGS ACZ. FITTED. N° 7 WHITE METAL AC9 FITTED TO CONRODS. Data Jan: MODC: 13, P 160, P 158, P 156, W 295 Data Feb: K 15, K 54, R 15, W 315, W 305, W 308, W 305 Data Mar: K Complaint: COMPLAINT OF THUMP BY OWNERS AND TESTERS, CONFIRMED BY OIL FLOW TEST, LOW OIL PRESSURE Row 3: Description: ENGINE ROUGHNESS AND TIMING GEAR RATTLE, 1750 - 3000 R.P.M., DEALT WITH BY ALTERATION TO CRANKSHAFT DAMPER LOAD. Data Feb: A.C. 8, W 315 Row 4: Description: DETONATIONS Bottom Right: GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} I | ||
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).