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).
Request to convert an oil pump to a larger capacity unit by fitting a list of modified parts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\2\ scan0062 | |
| Date | 16th May 1933 | |
| To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.7/KT.16.5.33. Please have the present oil pump on Ph.II. No.25 unit converted to the larger capacity pump by fitting the following :- (a) Distance piece to V.1571. (b) Modified driving shaft to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1001. (c) Modified driving gear wheel to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1002. (d) Modified driven gear wheel to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1003. (e) Modified driven gear wheel bush to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1004. (f) Modified spindle to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1005. (g) Modified bolts to Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}1006. (The alteration made to these parts has been to lengthen them by .538".) This is required as soon as possible. (Drawings Attached). Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. | ||