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Engine testing procedures for spark plugs and carburation settings.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 174\3\  img209
Date  2nd March 1940 guessed
  
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clean insulator without disturbing oxide film or plug points.
Determine whether this causes trouble. If not, then clean
points, to see if this effects a cure.

9. Obtain voltage figures on the same engine with
clean plugs and the same plugs, at intervals of
1,000 miles until the trouble has developed.

Tests A. {Mr Adams} 1, 3, & 4 should be carried on cars with
economical carburation settings.

Tests B. 5, 6 & 7 should be made on an experimental
chassis with economical carburation and after the plug
trouble has developed.

Rm {William Robotham - Chief Engineer} FJH. {Fred J. Hardy - Chief Dev. Engineer}
  
  
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).


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