The specifications, costs, and servicing of a hydraulic brake system, including the master cylinder and hill holder.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\1\ scan0260 | |
| Date | 24th April 1940 | |
| - 3 - Cont'd. {John DeLooze - Company Secretary} 10. Master Cylinder. The length of the push rod on the master cylinder was queried. There appears to be no particular difficulty about varying the length of this. 11. Cost. £4.10s.0d. per set. To include : 4 Brakes. (Including back plates.) Hydraulic Equipment. Hand Brake (Excludes rods.) This to finish where it emerges from the bisectors. Hose frame fittings, copper tubing. Master cylinder. No fluid included. It was agreed that Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} /MHR {M. H. Rigby} would get out corresponding figures for the present costs of 12.B.V. and 9.B.V. 12. Servicing. Mr. Parnell agreed that he would extend the servicing requirements of an all hydraulic system to 50,000 miles for the master cylinder and 100,000 miles for the wheel cylinders to fit in with our proposed periods of major service. 13. Hill Holder. It was agreed that the hill holder should be supplied with the hydraulic brake system for the Rippletto. It was also agreed that a hill holder would be supplied for our existing cars having hydraulic front brakes only. 14. Weights. The projected weights of the equipment were given in the letter of the 13th. March. from Lockheeds and were as follows : - Continued - | ||
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).