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 modify a starter motor solenoid cap and fit a new spring to test its 'cushioning' effect.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 62\1\ scan0265 | |
| Date | 19th July 1934 | |
| R.H.C. c - Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wst. 6134 BY/RD2/W.19.7.34. Starter Motor Solenoid. Will you please have the existing starter motor solenoid cap modified in accordance with Drawing D.74594, attached hereto, and also fit a spring F.83549 into this cap so that further tests may be made to establish how much 'cushioning' effect we can achieve. The solenoid in question is at present in Mr.Brock's office, having been dismantled from the engine. BY/RD. | ||