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).
Responding to a query about oil leaks from Bentley axles, requesting a blueprint for an oil seal.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0077 | |
| Date | 24th September 1935 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GRY{Shadwell Grylls} Ex. Dept. Works. [Handwritten signature] Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} [Handwritten] tron SR/VAL/JB.24.9.35. Levallois. Re: Oil Leaks from Bentley Axles. With reference to your memo Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Gry{Shadwell Grylls}5/KW.21.9.35., we cannot at present give you the information which you require, because we have not dismantled the axles in question. As soon as the new gears arrive from Works we shall then make arrangements with the owners to let us have their cars in order that we can carry out the work. As soon as we are in a position to, we shall be pleased to let you have the information that you require. In the meantime we shall be glad if you would kindly arrange to have forwarded to us a blue print or sketch showing the "oil seal" as fitted to chassis B-87-DK onwards. "VA" [Handwritten signature] | ||