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).
The deterioration of the Phantom III petrol pump rubber mounting due to leaking petrol.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\2\ scan0308 | |
| Date | 27th November 1936 | |
| 1113 E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Cricklewood. Nov: 27th, 1936. PHANTOM III. Petrol Pump Rubber Mounting. We are having a serious deterioration of the rubber mounting. The rubber block is becoming a sticky mixture due to petrol leaking from the pump on to it. If the rubber mounting is going to be permanent it will have to withstand petrol. With the new pumps, leaks cannot definitely be said to be dispensed with, as it is a question of whether the bottom plugs of the pump are petrol tight, or not. In most cases the leak has come from these plugs, and the damage done before being detected. G.W. Hancock. | ||