Specification revision for a Myth Engine M.40, detailing camshaft end float adjustment.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 153\3\ scan0188 | |
| Date | 12th October 1942 | |
| [Handwritten top left: O {Mr Oldham} /k Chassis] To Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} from Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} /CP. c to Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /OTS. [Struck through with a handwritten '3' below] [Handwritten top right: 1298] Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} /CP.8/LH. {Mr Haworth} 12.10.42. Myth Engine M.40 - No.1. Chassis - Austin/8 HP. Specification of the above engine unit is revised as follows :- Work carried out at Clan 5.10.42. Camshaft. LOP.RE.1682. Excessive end float .014" reduced to .004 by fitment of spacing Washer. [Signature] Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /Wym {G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} /CP. | ||
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).