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).
Oil leak from an axle and the testing of a vented axle plug as a cure.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\3\ 03-page059 | |
| Date | 30th April 1930 | |
| -2- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}4/MJ.30.4.30.Contd interested in is the rate at which an axle can lose oil through a leak of this nature. Having discovered this, we should like to know if the vented axle plug will cure it. 24-EX. The axle on Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}'s car has all the latest modifications on, so this is really the final one to test, to see if we have produced a cure. We are anxiously waiting to hear that you are satisfied with the centre point lubrication system. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson} | ||