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).
Request to rebuild a cast iron crankcase unit with parts from a 16-G4 engine.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 103\3\ scan0065 | |
| Date | 27th May 1931 | |
| COPY. 5000 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} From Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}6/KT.27.5.31. CAST IRON CRANKCASE UNIT. Will you please rebuild this unit with the crankshaft and flywheel which came out of 16-G4. engine. This will necessitate the fitting of a set of standard connecting rods, i.e. small pin China. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||