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).
Recurring failures and breakdowns caused by distributor rotors.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\2\ scan0346 | |
| Date | 2nd July 1936 | |
| WST See me r6119. Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}9/HR. 2.7.36. re DISTRIBUTOR ROTORS. -------------------- We have previously drawn your attention to failures of the above due to breakdown of the insulation between the rotor blade and the distributor spindle. We do not know whether any alterations are contemplated but we are still getting these failures. This week the rotor failed on Fl. Lt. Staniland's Bentley, causing a roadside breakdown, and another on an almost new 20/25 HP. car. We send you herewith the rotor off Fl. Lt. Staniland's Bentley. Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB.{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} | ||