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).
Loose gearbox drain plug on a Phantom III vehicle.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\2\ scan0278 | |
| Date | 17th August 1937 | |
| To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 328 CHATEAUROUX. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/4/JAB.17.8.37. 32-EX. PHANTOM III. Gearbox-Engine Stay. The drain plug worked loose in the gearbox. It could not have turned as the lock washer on the stay was in place and undamaged. The plug required about 1/6 of a turn to tighten it. ------------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} | ||