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).
Carburetter issue for a Phantom III vehicle at 200 miles, concerning brass turnings and pump construction.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\2\ scan0160 | |
| Date | 26th April 1938 | |
| File 1113 Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Mx.{John H Maddocks - Chief Proving Officer} EA. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}39/G.26.4.38. PHANTOM III. CARBURETTER. 3-CP-198. 200 MILES. I am enclosing brass turnings that I saw and took out from underneath the spring of the pump leather. The extra diameter of the spring over the brass turnings made the leather plunger too tight in the pump body. This caused a flat spot on the pick up. Cricklewood informed me that during last week they had a case of no holes being drilled at the base of the pump, which cut the pump action altogether. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||