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).
Actions on carburetters, clutch, connecting rods, and suspension.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 174\3\ img004 | |
| Date | 27th June 1935 | |
| -3- Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ra.ls/KM.27.6.35. (11) Carburetters Flooding. Dowering will ensure that we have a filter between the flexible pipe and the carburetters as on the latest A/25. (12) Clutch. Gry.{Shadwell Grylls} will continue to work on the question of difference in pressure between the clutch pit and the crankcase, and also order up oil seals for the rear main bearing. He will also try a crankcase breather on the liner of the one which proved successful on the last 10,000 miles on 21-G-IV. He will also order up V.M.X material for Borg & Beck clutch. (13) Connecting Rod Bearings. Ra. will go over the Spectro strut type connecting rods with Swindell. (14) Suspension. Leslie is responsible for getting the correct rating of springs instructed and also ensuring that any possibility of oil leaks from the shock absorbers similar to those running in France is deleted in the detail drawings. | ||