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).
Oil leak into the clutch pit of a Bentley B.6 unit and the fitting of an oil retaining device.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 85\2\ scan0040 | |
| Date | 17th October 1933 | |
| X212 To RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} from Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std.2/KT.17.10.33. BENTLEY - OIL LEAKING INTO CLUTCH PIT. We wish to have B.6 unit fitted with an oil retaining device similar to LeC.3568. Will you please make the necessary parts (to altered drawings attached) and fit same to B.6. unit. Note. In production it has been found most effective to make two segments of the felt ring, each two thirds of the circumference of the ring shown in drawing, and pack each into the semi circular annulus in the crankcase end cover, thus obtaining a pressure effect when assembled. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Std. | ||