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).
Instruction to dismantle a cylinder head and reduce exhaust valve guides for engine 25-EX.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 169\1\ img219 | |
| Date | 12th October 1932 | |
| 84663. RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux}1/KT.12.10.32. 25-EX. To confirm verbal instructions. Please dismantle cylinder head on 25-EX (Engine Unit P.II.21) and reduce exhaust valve guides .275" in length to reduce tendency of guides burning and collapsing. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} | ||