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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).
Letter from The S.U. Company regarding the failure analysis of a Petrolift pump.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 31\4\  Scan155
Date  28th April 1932
  
X1487
S.U.
CARBURETTER
FLEXIBLE SILENT
TELEPHONES:
EAST 1662 AND EAST 1663.
General Manager:
T.C. SKINNER.
STATION:- ADDERLEY PARK, L.M.&S.Rly
THE S.U. COMPANY.
PROPRIETORS: MORRIS INDUSTRIES LTD
East Works,
Bordesley Green Road,
Adderley Park – Birmingham.
TELEGRAMS: FLEXCARBUR, BIRMINGHAM.
Your Ref.
Our Ref. TCS/DR
April 28/32.
W.A.Robotham Esq.,
Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd.,
DERBY.
Dear Mr. Robotham,
With further reference to the Petrolift which failed on Mr. Lappin's car, we have now examined this pump carefully and find that probably in order to clean the filter bowl, someone has been rather heavy handed with the nut at the bottom and has buckled what we term the Inlet Ring, this, of course, breaking the joint and allowing petrol to escape into the electrical apparatus, and also causing a bad air leak. I might add this is the first case we have had of this happening.
Kind regards.
Yours sincerely,
T.C. Skinner
  
  


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