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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).
Diagnosing engine misfires by considering ignition coils and distributors as potential causes.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 163\7\  img340
Date  30th June 1939
  
-4- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}19/JH.30.6.39.

Finally, we often condemn coils as the cause
for missing. Is it not more likely that the distributor
is failing to pass the current? the odd spark jumping
to earth on metal of the tower. This arcing across can
often be heard from inside the car at the time the engine
misses.


Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}
  
  


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