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).
Record of engine maintenance and parts replacement for Chassis 9 PK.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 72\4\ scan0224 | |
| Date | 25th September 1924 guessed | |
| CHASSIS-9 PK. ENGINE. Crankcase & Bearings. Main bearings taken up, No 2 and 5 replaced (New bearings) cranksahft re-bedded. Oil Level Indicator to LeC.1762 fitted. Crankshaft. end Connecting Rods taken up and re-bedded, scored on Spring . Drive/made O.K. Camshaft. New front bearing fitted, other bearings O.K. Spring Drive. This has been examined and re-assembled. Tappets. Adjusting screws re-faced, faces on tappet levers trued up. Oil Pump. Gears quietened. Water Pump. New rotor fitted with spindle in Stainless steel to drawings E.23633/4. Governor. Thrust bearing removed, and replaced by ball bearing to conform with American practice, to drawing E.23919. Carburetter. New float needle, seating etc, fitted to drawings E.23341/2/3/4. to conform with American practice. Cylinders. Phosphor Bronze guides fitted and broached. Firths Silcrome valves with 45° seating fitted, to drawing E.24285. Pistons. Top scraper ring replaced on each Piston. | ||