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).
Page discussing engine misfiring causes, specifically distributor arcing.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 127\4\ scan0155 | |
| Date | 30th June 1939 | |
| -4- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}19/JR.{Mr James Royce}30.6.39. Finally, we often condemn coils as the cause for missing. Is it not more likely that the distributor is failing to pass the current? the odd spark jumping to earth on metal of the tower. This arcing across can often be heard from inside the car at the time the engine misses. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation} | ||