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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).
Monthly bar chart from 1939 tracking the frequency of various vehicle component faults.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\3\  scan0094
Date  22th June 1939 guessed
  
1939
JAN FEB MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE

HYDRAULIC SHOCK DAMPERS
A - OIL LEAK
B - INTERNAL KNOCK
C - ADJUST RIDE CONTROL
D - CONNECTING LINKS SLACK
E - TIGHT PISTONS
P177
P171

GEAR BOX NOISY
A - COMING OUT OF ENGAGEMENT
B - OIL LEAK
C - STRAINED SELECTOR GATE
D - WORN BEARINGS
E - GEARS NOISY
SEIZED
W292
W314

DYNAMO TROUBLES
A - OILED UP COMMUTATOR
B - FAULTY REGULATOR
C - BRUSH STICKING
D - DRIVE RATTLE
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W317
RACE NOISY
N 87
W 317
W 322

ROAD WHEEL HUBS RUBBING
A - ADJUST END FLOAT
B - FAULTY RACES
P 16

CLOCKS FAULTY
W340

PETROL GAUGE FAULTY
T - TANK UNIT
G - GAUGE
P 174
W 284
W 301
P 224
P 218

AVERAGE MILEAGE
JAN B 41000 D 36400
FEB B 26800
MARCH B 30050 D 25000
APRIL B 26080 D 18000

AVERAGE MILEAGE
JAN A 3500 B 10000
APRIL B 23700

AVERAGE MILEAGE
JAN 16000
FEB 4800

GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 7
  
  


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