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).
Typed list of vehicle faults and their frequency, covering brakes, gearbox, starter, and electrical systems.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 107\2\ scan0204 | |
| Date | 4th March 1938 guessed | |
| -4- BRAKE SQUEAKS. No. (1) Front. 1. (2) Rear. 3. (3) Front brake shafts actuating stiff. 2,1 (4) Rear actuating mechanism squeak. 2,/// (5) Inefficient hand brake. 11 6 Hand Brake reline suspect. brake left on Front brakes pulling to one side / 9. SERVO. Inefficient Brakes // (1) Squeak. 9,/// (2) Piston sticking. Hand 1. (3) control rod pins slight squeak 1 (4) Relined Servo 1 10. GEARBOX. (1) Difficulty engaging 2nd, top gear (hot) synchromesh inefficient bedding. 4. STARTER MOTOR. (1) Crashing. (a) new starter ring fitted. 4. (b) dressed up teeth of ring. 1. (2) Freed brushes. 1. (3) Push button faulty. 3. (4) Contact arm in motor defective, contacts remained closed. 3. ELECTRICAL 12. Hand Frame Earth connection broken (cable soldered into terminal) / 1 DYNAMO. (1) Failure to keep battery charged i.e. faulty regulator. 15. // (2) Armature fuse blowing or loose in clip. HP 371 13. /// hand (3) Solder melted commutator. 1. (4) Sticking of brushes. New fuse fitted. 2. // 37. | ||