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 memo detailing slackness and lost movement in the Phantom III ignition controls.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\4\ scan0236 | |
| Date | 24th May 1937 | |
| To Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to H.{Arthur M. Hanbury - Head Complaints} c. to Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} c. to Hm.{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs} c. to RH.{R. Hollingworth} Lost 1113 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/S.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.74929 in lever E.85873. This slackness in the controls causes a lost movement of 10 notches of the ignition hand control. Hm{Capt. W. Hallam - Head Repairs}/G.W.Hancock. | ||