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).
Recalling a standardization sheet for a Bentley radiator and thermostat scheme due to failures with excessive water pressures.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 87\1\ scan0260 | |
| Date | 26th October 1937 | |
| To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 240 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.10/JH.26.10.37. As discussed with you we are recalling the standardisation sheet issued for the Bentley radiator with dummy radiator shutters and thermostat scheme to Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}415 in view of the failures we have had with this thermostat scheme, due to excessive water pressures in the cylinder block. We are issuing instead a sheet for the dummy shutters with a revised thermostat scheme i.e. taking a ½" bypass pipe direct from thermostat casing to water pump and leaving the hot spot feed standard as at present. This means that the cylinder head, induction pipes, air silencer, hot spot feed connections all remain as at present standard and can therefore be released for "M" series production, the parts which are still held up being radiator shutters, radiator inlet pipe and connections cylinder head water outlet, water pump cover, and bypass pipe. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std. | ||