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).
Amendment to the Instruction Book and Depot Sheet regarding the 20 HP centralized lubrication system and front axle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\2\ Scan323 | |
| Date | 26th September 1929 | |
| X5782 To Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Tsn. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Tsn.1/MJ.26.9.29. DEPOT SHEET- Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}113. CENTRALIZED LUBRICATION SYSTEM 20 HP. ------------------------- X3806 X5782. We have had an alteration put in the Instruction Books to the effect that owners should depress the Bijur Pump twice in the morning, and once afterwards, every 100 mls. We recommend that the Depot Sheet should be in agreement with the Instruction Book on this point. We think that on the Front Axle section a note should be added roughly as follows :- (g) Cross-steering tube ball ends must be filled with oil on erection before each ball is tightened into the cross-steering lever, to avoid an air cushion in the hollow ball. The balls can be filled by applying a Lucas oil-can to the holes in the tapers. Great care should be taken to ensure that the oil holes are in the correct relative position to the cross-steering tube pads when they are erected. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Tsn. | ||