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).
Failures of a carburetter high-speed jet sticking on a 20-HP chassis.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5\4\ 04-page136 | |
| Date | 19th January 1924 | |
| X4228 BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. Wor.{Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} EP{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}1/H19.1.24. 20-HP Chassis . Carburetter High Speed Jet Sticking With reference to your instructions, BY/SS{S. Smith}1/DB{Donald Bastow - Suspensions}16.1.24, we have had two further failures due to the sticking of this plunger, i.e. Mr. Watson's 20-HP car, and 83-K-O, Mrs. Derbyshire. Do you think in view of this further experience we should still use up the existing stock? I suggest that as soon as supplies of the new type are available, the existing stock should be replaced, and we should at least be in a position to replace faulty ones with the stouter construction, even although in both these cases, we are pointing out the trouble has been caused due to rough handling. EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||