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 failures, specifically a loose float anchorage screw and a sticking choke valve.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 10th August 1936 | |
| (10) Carburetter failure. Sg.{Arthur F. Sidgreaves - MD} reported a failure of the float anchorage spindle on the Stromberg carburetter having been lost due to the locating screw having become loose and working out. A scheme has been devised for locking this screw. We propose fitting it to cars in production. We have not had any other complaint from cars in service and so do not propose fitting at lib the locking device to those cars, but are advising the Depots to make sure the screw in question is tight when dealing with them. The complaint of choke valve sticking due to distortion of the carburetter barrel has been taken up with the manufacturers. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W. Hancock. | ||