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).
Repairing a broken exhaust pipe and experimenting with an auxiliary breather to reduce oil consumption.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 5a\4\ 04-page217 | |
| Date | 14th January 1935 | |
| 45840 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} HOTEL DE FRANCE CHATEAUROUX. Indre. France 14th January 1935. To:- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From:- G.W.H. We held 2I & IV up yesterday to repair the broken Exhaust Pipe; at the same time we took the opportunity to fit the Ferodo S 4947 dimos to the servo. We are also trying as an experiment, an auxilary breather to the crank case, to see whether we can decrease the oil consumption. G.W.H. | ||