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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).
Line chart tracking the number of complaints for a 4 1/4 Bentley engine from January to June 1938.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\2\  scan0223
Date  8th July 1938 guessed
  
CHART OF COMPLAINTS
4 1/4 BENTLEY

NO OF COMPLAINTS
20
10
0

1938 JAN FEB MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE

ENGINE

ENGINE BEARINGS
MOD B
MOD C

ENGINE 1750 } PERIOD 3000 }

TIMING GEAR RATTLE SLIPPER WHEEL
DISTORTED
NEW TYPE SPRING FITTED

THROTTLE STICKING

NOISY VALVE GEAR TAPPETS ROLLERS & PINS

DETONATIONS

HEAVY OIL CONSUMPTION

CHART ALTERED TO SHEW MOD B & C
FITTING OF WHITE METAL TO No 7 GIVING SMOOTHER ENGINE

CHANGING OF COTTON DUCK IN SLIPPER WHEEL CURES THESE COMPLAINTS

G W H I
  
  


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