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).
Engine misfire for Chassis 3.AX.201, owned by the Maharaja of Baroda, due to slack distributor pivot pins.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 146\1\ scan0037 | |
| Date | 14th October 1937 | |
| To Rolls Royce Ltd. Derby c. to HQ Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. Levallois Sr/VA3/GM.14.10.37 1245 re: CHASSIS 3.AX.20I - Maharaja of BARODA Mileage 5,687 While testing the above car after the fitting of a high pressure petrol pump etc..., we found that the engine badly mis-fired. The trouble was found to be due to one pivot pin in each distributor and which hold the low tension rocker arms being very slack. We tightened them up by re-rivetting them in their seatings. Childs - This is an alarming trouble. How do we account for it. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Sr/VA. VA | ||