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).
Complaint regarding bending push rods on 4 1/4 litre Bentley engines.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0286 | |
| Date | 13th November 1936 | |
| Handwritten: Reiles Handwritten: 1113 Handwritten: Swell Have we any experience of this? Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Kingsbury. Nov. 13th. 1936. Bentleys. Complaints Push rods bending. This complaint is on the increase with the 4 1/4 litre. I have not reported this trouble previously, but there are too many coming along which points to weakness. They are bent as much as 1 m/m (milli metre). GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||