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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).
Identifying the cause of trouble with a Distributor and Rocker Lever as a dimensional issue from press tools.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 61b\2\  scan0039
Date  29th June 1926
  
To EFC. from RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} C O P Y ½ 29.6.26.

DISTRIBUTOR.

We have gone carefully over Distributor, and Rocker Lever is the cause of trouble - it is .020 + on rubbing block centre (as shewn on attached).

The cause of this would be in press tools as these pieces are pressed and pierced - not drilled.

RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer}
  
  


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