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).
Dynamo fault on one Bentley and a contact breaker failure on another.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\3\ img196 | |
| Date | 22th May 1935 | |
| WST L6142 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. K/KC/DPB/22.5.35. Chassis No.B.178.CR.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} Owner - E.K.Cole. ------------------ We are returning to you under cover of our advice note No.4136, the dynamo removed from the 3 1/2-litre Bentley chassis, B.178.CR.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} The owner' complaint is the dynamo will not charge until the engine has been running 5 or 10 minutes. Our Shop report state this car has previously been into K for the same complaint. It appears that oil gets on to the brush gear and the brushes become tight in the brush boxes, causing black commutation. We are sending the dynamo to Works - serial J.7.ES,-for examination and correction. Chassis No.B.62.CR.{Mr Cra???ster / Mr Chichester} Owner-Gordon Thompson. --------------------- Defective Contact Breaker. You may or may not, ere now, have received a report from the above owner on his breakdown on the road near Lincoln at approximately midday on the 20th inst - he having got in touch with W with a view to them sending a man. The complete story as far as I have been able to ascertain from him is as under:- The car had been going remarkably well on the way South and just before reaching Lincoln, without any warning the engine stopped and refused to start. He attempted with the aid of an A.A. scout to fathom the mystery and eventually got in touch with some Garage people at Lincoln and they were equally at sea. He then got in touch with W who were sending a man out by road. In the meantime the Garage man had discovered that the trouble was due to the platinum point of the contact breaker where spot welded to the arm, had come adrift. -contd- | ||