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).
Temporary fitting to stop crankcase breather fumes entering the vehicle body, and the need for a permanent design.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 74\3\ scan0112 | |
Date | 5th April 1921 | |
X.3908 To E.P. from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to EY. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}7/LG5.4.21. X.3908 FUMES IN BODIES. We have supplied you with one set of fittings in order to ensure that fumes from the crankcase breather are consumed by the carburetter and do not get into the body. This is, of course, against all regulations because there is no proper design yet being made. We have made up the fittings ourselves because we thought it was sufficiently important that customers should be satisfied. It is quite impossible, however, to keep on doing this and, therefore, a design should be got out. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} R.R. 235a 100(T) (S.H. 798. 10-12-20) C. 2843 | ||