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 S.U. petrol pumps removed from Bentley chassis during June 1939, detailing failures and owner complaints.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 162\1\ img012 | |
| Date | 10th July 1939 | |
| To. By from Pk/KC/FED. c.c to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JSD Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} - File W/Kingsbury 10th July 1939. We give below a complete list of S.U. petrolpumps removed from Bentley chassis during the month of June 1939, and where possible the Owner's complaint and the Pump's mileage. Date Chassis Mlg. Piece No Reason rejected 2:6:39 B. 22 C.R. 25695 D.B. 447 Nearside weak. (Modified unit fitted 2:6:39 B. 77 D.K. 4040 G.S.S.C. No:2.85.Intermittent sticking. 5:6:39 B.110 H.K. 18733 G.S.S.C. No:1168.Leaking offside vent. 5:6:39 B.143 H.M. 27082 G.5. Leaking nearside vent. 5:6:39 B.182 E.F. --- G.S.S.C. No:17.Defective (owner's complaint) 6:6:39 B.127 H.M. 10122 G.S.S.C. No:2078.Noisy and fails. 6:6:39 B. 28 A.H. 5498 G.S.S.C. No:Occasional failure. 7:6:39 B. 62 F.B. 33298 D.B. 447 Failed on road.(repaired outside) 7:6:39 B.133 H.M. 47713 D.B. 447 Offside unit not working. 8:6:39 B.138 F.B. 44907 D.B 447 leaking both vents. 8:6:39 B. 22 B.N. 5549 G.S.S.C. No:276.Continually failing. 8:6:39 B.108 H.K. 11321 G.5. Nearside unit very weak. 8:6:39 B.100 G.A.F. --- G.S.S.C. No:229. Failure. 8:6:39 B.180 D.G. 30815 D.B. 447 Continually sticking. 9:6:39 B. 94 J.D. 8344 G.S.S.C. No:2035.Continually failing. 9:6:39 B. 58 C.R. --- G.S.S.C. No:1956.Defective.Owner's complaint. 12:6:39 B. 14 K.T. 15331 G.S.S.C. No:1172.N/side unit leaking at vent 12:6:39 B. 82 M.K. 13154 G.S.S.C. No:2182.Nearside unit fails. 13:6:39 B.122 C.R. 12079 G.S.S.C. No:398.Offside unit not working. 14:6:39 B.157 G.P. 14801 G.S.S.C. No:389.leaking both vents. 14:6:39 B. 71 M.E. 9672 G.S.S.C. No:2159.leaking offside vent. 15:6:39 B. 50 G.A. 15172 G.5. Nearside unit not working. 15:6:39 B.170 G.A. 9108 G.S.S.C. No:454.Nearside unit faulty. 16:6:39 B.192 H.K. 17108 G.S.S.C. No:1993.Offside unit not working. 16:6:39 B. 75 G.P. 23448 G.5. Offside unit not working. 19:6:39 B.165 A.E. 64613 D.B. 447 O/side not working and leaking. 20:6:39 B. 12 J.D. 28143 G.5. Leaking both vents 20:6:39 B. 75 B.N. 46092 G.5. Offside unit not working. 23:6:39 B. 5 H.M. 18738 G.5. leaking both vents. 23:6:39 B.108 J.D. 9985 G.5. leaking both vents. 23:6:39 B. 3 L.E. 9815 G.S.S.C. No:1991.leaking nearside vent. 23:6:39 B.201 H.M. 20023 G.S.S.C. No:795.Faulty and noisy. 23:6:39 B. 19 F.C. 3978 G.S.S.C. No:1901.Failed on road and noisy. 24:6:39 B. 46 C.R. --- G.S.S.C. No:686.Total failure. 27:6:39 B. 15 A.E. --- G.S.S.C. No:465. Failed on road 27:6:39 B.165 A.T. 5545 G.S.S.C. No:580.Offside unit noisy and leaking 27:6:39 B. 83 H.M. 28901 G.5. leaking offside vent. 28:6:39 B. 93 J.Y. 9683 G.5. leaking nearside vent. 28:6:39 B.170 G.A. 9852 G.S.S.C. No:79.Offside unit failed on road. 29:6:39 B. 24 C.R. 47810 D.B. 447 Continually failing. 29:6:39 B.118 G.A. 33865 D.B. 447 Continually failing. 29:6:39 B.100 B.N. 12711 G.5. leaking and intermittant failure. 29:6:39 B. 7 F.C. 16823 G.S.S.C. Nearside unit faulty. 29:6:39 B.163 D.K. 5000 G.S.S.C. No:2390.Failure. 29:6:39 B.127 D.K. 19413 G.S.S.C. No:197.Nearside continually failing. 29:6:39 B. 72 J.Y. 23747 G.S.S.C. No:904.Complete failure. 30:6:39 B.190 C.R. 39166 D.B. 447 Modified type fitted. 30:6:39 B. 49 C.W. 19939 D.B. 447 Offside unit very noisy. | ||