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 technical faults and criticisms for 25/30 HP and Bentley models.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\2\ scan0272 | |
| Date | 10th October 1938 | |
| - 2 - (17). Difficulty of sorting out and re-connecting head and side lamp wires, when radiator has been dismantled, owing to distinctive colouring of cables being obliterated by oil etc. (18). Criticisms by chauffeurs of difficulty in replenishing oil to engine crankcase by the present filler. (19). Stripping of threads of drain plug orifice in oil pressure filter casing. (20). Lubrication of fan bearing. (21). Inaccessibility of water inlet connection to carburetter hot spot. ----- 25/30 HP. (1). Timing gear rattle. (2). Servo squeaks. (3). Brakes - (a) Inefficiency. (b). Squeaking. (4). Exhaust System. BENTLEY. (1). Failure of Pinion Bearing in Rear Axle. (2). Brakes squeaking. (3). Rear Silencer rattle. (4). Engine Bearings - 3 1/2 and 4 1/4 Litre. (5). Rattle in Steering Column. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||