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Instructions for the periodic charging of axles with oil.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 27\1\  Scan313
Date  1st January 1930 guessed
  
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the piston has been screwed in a quarter of an inch. This is sufficient for each axle, and should be repeated at the recommended intervals of every 500 miles, or once a week.

The operation of charging the axles may occupy a minute or so, and may require a little force, but a few pauses will enable the oil to get through the pipes a little and relieve the pressure.

Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Tsm.
  
  
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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