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).
Engine noise complaints due to worn tappet pads and camshaft tearing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 11\3\ 03-page109 | |
| Date | 16th May 1930 guessed | |
| -2- be due to the pad of the tappet having become very badly worn through the tearing up of the camshaft. F.N. will have to understand this, or else we shall get complaints of a noisy valve, noisy engine, etc. Up to the present, we have not had any further news from the Police re the job here. G.W.H. | ||