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).
List of instructions for modifying and testing the B.60 No: 2 engine.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 124\2\ scan0061 | |
Date | 12th March 1940 | |
HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/RH.{R. Hollingworth} 1044 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JRS.17/ML.12.3.40. B.60. No: 2. Re Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JRS.8/ML.4.3.40 and 2/ML.6.3.40. please carry out the work in the following order: (1) Remove balance weights and rebalance crankshaft. (2) Modify wheelcase to take Summers indicator, but do not fit. (3) Return engine to No: 5. test house for test. (4) Fit Summers indicator shaft to camshaft. The existing spindle in the crankshaft is to be left in. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JRS. | ||