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).
Logging troubles, mileage, and remedies for a 35-PK car during Test No. V.
| Identifier | Morton\M20.3\ img044 | |
| Date | 25th September 1924 | |
| ADOPTED SCHEME. 35-PK CAR. TEST NO. V.{VIENNA} EXPERIMENTAL REPORT. REF: | Expl. No. | TROUBLES. | MILEAGE. | CAUSE OR REMEDY. ---|---|---|---|--- | | Radiator top pipe broken. | 448 | Faulty casting - rad. stay too rigid. | | 3 side steering tube springs broken. | 1587 | New type springs fitted. | | Exhaust valve burnt. | 3177 | Old type valves fitted. | | Bonnet fasteners come undone. | 3402 | Not positive enough. | | 3 side steering tube springs broken. | 3547 | Two new springs fitted. | | Rear shock absorber brkt. on frame bent. | 5016 | | | RR. spare wheel carrier broken. | 5642 | | | Engine starving - not getting sufficient petrol. | 5768 | Petrol tank filter found very dirty - after cleaning, engine O.K. | | Step iron broken. | 7308 | Battery and large tin petrol carried on running board. | | Hartford shock absorber wooden bushes failed. | 10415 | | | Main cyl. extra oil pipe broken. | 10420 | Faulty-casting. | | Top half crankcase cracked. | 12613 | Faulty casting. | | RR. wheel carrier broken. | 14050 | | | Step iron broken. | 16914 | | | Front spring broken. Front spring broken. 2 valves burnt out. | 17245 | Old type valves. TOTAL MILEAGE OF TEST 18,734 - Average speed for first 10,000 miles - 39.6 m.p.h. The general remarks on the test No. V.{VIENNA} also apply to this test - the cars being identical. steering nut on this car was badly worn after the test. It was not new at the beginning of the test. R.R. 493a (50H) (D.B. 175 25-9-24) J.H.D. | ||