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Bar chart tracking complaints for 4¼ Litre Bentley vehicles from July to December 1938.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\3\  scan0025
Date  1st January 1938 guessed
  
CHART OF COMPLAINTS - 4¼ BENTLEY

1938, JULY, AUG, SEPT, OCT, NOV, DEC

ENGINE THROTTLE STICKING:
JULY: DISTORTED 2, 22, NEW SPRING FITTED
AUG: 24, 21, NEW SPRING
SEPT: 26, 3 LUBRIC'd, 11 NEW SPRING FITTED, 14
OCT: LUBRIC'T 5, DISTORT'd, NEW 6 SPRING FITTED, 12
NOV: SPRING LINK FITTED, LUB 2, DISTORTED, 12 NEW SPRINGS, 18
DEC: SPRINGS STRETCH AND WILL NOT FULLY CLOSE THROTTLE, NEW MOD. SATISFACTORY, W277 P153 DIS, DISTORTED, 8, NEW SPRINGS

NOISY VALVE GEAR DUE TO WORN TAPPET ROLLERS AND PINS:
JULY: NIL
AUG: 1
SEPT: 4
OCT: 2
NOV: VALVE SEATINGS DISTORTED, ROLLER & PINS, 4

HEAVY OIL CONSUMPTION:
JULY: 3
AUG: 2
SEPT: 1
OCT: W242
NOV: K126
DEC: P142 W279 K, 4

WATER LEAKS FROM CYLINDERS 2 & 4 PLATES:
JULY: 2
AUG: 3
SEPT: 4
OCT: 6
DEC: 2

EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS BROKEN:
JULY: 9
AUG: 2
SEPT: 4
OCT: 1
NOV: 2
DEC: M.S. STUDS ARE BEING FITTED TROUBLE DUE TO BENDING NOT STRETCHING

EXHAUST MANIFOLD LUGS BROKEN:
JULY: NIL

GWH {George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 2 (SHEET 2)
  
  
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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