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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).
List of repairs for starter motors, distribution boards, switch boxes, and starter switches for the month of August 1931.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 70\3\  scan0025
Date  4th September 1931
  
X8783

HY.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer}
C.MD.
C.EP.{G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer}
C.HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/HEW.

EJB1/EG.4.9.31.

Repairs for month August 1931.

20. HP. Starter Motors.

1367. GCK.73. Sticks and spins after use.
S.6.N. GDP.69. Slips.
U.4.F. GUJ.38. Armature winding burst. Rewound.
T.7.H. GXL.64. Modernize.
S.8.K. GKM.36. Slips when hot. Repaired by 'N' dept.
1760. GYK.14. Overhauled.
1779. GSK. 9. Slipping.
1788. GYK.15. Thumps.
1123. GLK.30. Overhaul.
1802. GSK.56. Knocks.
1512. GOK.21. Knocks.
Z.4.B. GTM.27. Clings.

40/50. HP. Starter Motors.

AI.85. 6.CY. Fails to function constantly. Adjust Points.
EG.45. 92.LC. Overhaul. Old type. 40/50. HP.
FA.35.N. 103.GN. Sticking Out.
YJ.75. 199.XJ. Reset motor switch points.
PQ.95. 56.WJ. Armature windings lifted. Rewound.

Distribution Board and Cut-out.

UN.15. 92.LC. New Points.
1062. GDK.15. Overhaul.
1236. GNK.11. Damaged due to accident.
1819. GYK.15. Overhaul.

Switch Boxes.

H.9.B. GPS.5. Repair Lock.
1004. GDK.15. Overhauled and new wires.
1798. GYK.15. Overhaul.
ET.65. 81.YC. Does not always switch off engine.

Starter Switches.

805. GAK.34. Overhauled.
1017. GDK.15. Overhauled.

cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary}
  
  


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