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).
Letter to The S.U. Company regarding a petrol pump diaphragm and carburettor flooding issues on the Bentley.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\1\ scan0089 | |
| Date | 22th January 1935 | |
| x2677 Exptl. Dept. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}16/KW. 22nd January, 1935. C.T. Skinner Esq., The S.U. Company Ltd., East Works, Adderley Park, Birmingham 8. Dear Mr. Skinner, Here is the diaphragm from one of your Petrol Pumps which has just completed 16,000 miles running on the Continent. We are still getting complaints of the carburetters flooding on the Bentley, and should be glad to know what development work is going forward on the float mechanism with a view to obviating the trouble. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||