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).
Service complaint regarding unsatisfactory ignition controls on the Phantom III due to slackness in bearings and levers.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\4\ scan0238 | |
| Date | 24th May 1937 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} c. to By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} c. to RHJ. 1113. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/O.H.2/JH.24.5.37. Service Complaints. Phantom III Ignition Controls. The controls for the ignition are not satisfactory in service. The spherical bearings E.100788/9 of the lower front cross shaft between the frame and front O.S. engine foot becomes slack. The bearings E.100788/9 of the top control tube E.85847 become slack. Slackness develops in the pin E.74949 in lever E.85873. This slackness in the controls causes a lost movement of 10 notches of the ignition hand control. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/O.W.Hancock. | ||