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).
Complaints of spark plugs oiling up on cars that have been fitted with wireless installations.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 63\3\ scan0265 | |
| Date | 7th February 1935 | |
| N-W Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} WST r6153. Br6/S. 7.2.35. Technical - Re Cars fitted with Wireless Installation. ------------------------------------------------------ We are still getting frequent complaints of oiling up of sparking plugs on cars which are fitted with wireless, and so far there is very little that we can do to help people. We have been able to show some customers that by the removal of the suppressors from the sparking plugs, the oiling up of the plugs is cured, but naturally people who wish to use their wireless will not agree to the removal of the suppressors. During the correspondence which we have had with Wst for the last few months, he wrote us on December 7th last, that a new set of plugs with the modified electrodes were being tried out. Will you please let us know if the matter is any further forward, and if there is yet any known cure for this trouble. Needless to say, owners get very unpleasant and dissatisfied if they are suffering from a complaint for which we cannot give them a cure. Br.{T. E. Bellringer - Repair Manager} RW | ||