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).
Request for a new set of ignition distributor parts with a more flexible spring made from spring steel.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 61b\1\ scan0050 | |
Date | 8th September 1927 | |
X.4041 C. EFC. BY/RD5/ML.8.9.27. I-30 8-9-27 35 slipped IGNITION DISTRIBUTOR - SEC:81 20. "D" SCHEME 260. Ignition lever in spring steel. Will you please put in hand one set of the following parts which represent an R.R ignition lever produced in spring steel and having a longer and more flexible spring than standard. We suggest that both the spring and the lever could be made by Gillots, the pen people, as their productions are very satisfactory for this class of work. STANDARD PARTS NOT REQUIRED:- D.71006.DC - Distributor Base. - 1 off. D.50794 - Screw Securing Spring Clamp. - 1 " D.50429 - Clamping Plate. - 1 " D.50793 - Spring for Contact Finger. - 1 " D.50075 - Contact Finger. - 1 " D.50079 - Nut for D.50078. - 1 " D.50078 - Special Screw for Contact Finger. - 1 " D.50467 - L.T. Contact Rivet. - 1 " D.50468 - L.T. Contact Screw. - 1 " D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} 1342 - Lock Washer. - 1 " K.2601.A - 5 B.A. C's'k Head Screw. - 1 " ADDITIONAL STANDARD PARTS:- D.50082 - .062 dia: Rivet. - 1 " D.51560 - L.T. Contact Screw. - 1 " D.51408 - L.T. Contact Rivet. - 1 " K.2604.A - 5 B.A C's'k Head Screw. - 1 " K.4301.A - 5 B.A Lock Nut. - 1 " K.4401.A - Plain Washer. - 1 " K.9003.A - Lock Washer. - 1 " NEW PARTS:- D.71407 - Pin for Spring - Contact Lever. - 1 " D.71408 - Contact Finger. - 1 " D.71409 - Spring - Contact Finger. - 1 " D.71410 - Distributor Base. - 1 " Note! The following std: parts:- D.50073 - Bush for Contact Finger, D.50074 - Dist:Piece for Contact Finger, are not to be tinned. | ||