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).
Correspondence detailing vehicle repairs, including a cylinder head replacement and chassis examination.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 180\M2\M2.1\ img034 | |
| Date | 23th May 1922 | |
| ORIGINAL 11 Hotel de l Ouest Faval H.S. for Hy.{Tom Haldenby - Plant Engineer} 69II May 23. 1922 X4086 I have today (AM) sent to Paris by Grande Vitesse the cylinder head complete with all the valves and have written to Wallis and asked him to send it to you by air without delay. I hope you are sending a new head soon as the car is laid up. We are examining the chassis superficially meanwhile. We have dismantled the front springs and re fitted the clips and sheath. They were not a very good job. We found the aluminium packing piece under the near side spring broken into bits and have had a steel one made to replace it. Aluminium seems poor stuff for this job being very brittle in such a thin sheet. 7 G II We are also going over 79H oiling & greasing. The engine is over oiling although it does not oil up the plugs. The exhaust smokes and the oil consumption is about 600 miles per gallon. As a preliminary we have | ||