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).
Request to obtain a new pinion spring for a Bosch starter motor from an Alfa Romeo.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\1\ scan0237 | |
| Date | 3rd July 1932 | |
| Roy{Sir Henry Royce}/Ms. from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. 8543. 86127. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst.4/ADL 3.7.32. BOSCH STARTER MOTOR OFF ALFA ROMEO. A small pinion spring which transmits the torque of the above motor has twisted badly and we shall require a new one. Will you please obtain from Messrs. Bosch Ltd. another spring to replace this one. The type of the motor is L.3 and the carcase diameter is 3.9". These are the only particulars we can give Messrs. Bosch of this motor. We hand you the pinion herewith to send to Messrs. Bosch as a sample. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. | ||