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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).
Monthly bar chart tracking various engine issues and their resolutions from January to June 1939.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\3\  scan0066
Date  30th June 1939
  
1939
JAN, FEB, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE

ENGINE THROTTLE STICKING
DUE TO
RETURN SPRING STRETCHING
DISTORTION OF THROTTLE BODY
GUMMINESS
A - NEW SPRINGS
B - LUBRICATED
C - DISTORTED
MODIFIED SPRING ANCHORAGE AND NEW SPRING IS BEING FITTED
Bar chart data includes values such as: 17, 13, B, 3C, A, C, W 301, W 328.

NOISY VALVE GEAR DUE TO WORN TAPPETS, ROLLERS AND PINS
21,000 MILES
Bar chart data includes value: 6.

A.{Mr Adams} HEAVY OIL CONSUMPTION
B. LOSS OF OIL PRESSURE WHEN CORNERING
L SECTION RING FITTED
Bar chart data includes values such as: 7, K, P169, P181, P159, W316, W320.

POOR PERFORMANCE IRREGULAR SLOW RUNNING
VALVE SEATS DISTORTED M.R. SERIES
Bar chart data includes values such as: 4, W 301, K, P189.

EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS BROKEN
Bar chart data includes value: 4.

GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 3
  
  


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