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).
Issues found with the clutch, engine timing case, and gearbox for a Phantom III.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 83\1\ scan0220 | |
| Date | 26th September 1936 | |
| Copies to E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Ll.Smith. To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} X100a Levallois. Sept. 26th, 1936. 6-B-IV Clutch. Two of the clutch fingers have worn and cut the case, approximately 1/32". The pressure plate and flywheel surfaces are in a good condition. The clutch trunnion is in a lumpy condition. It feels like a chipped surface, is not series. Front timing case of engine. A crack has developed in the flange of the case for the fan pulley aperture. We cannot find any direct cause for it, other than that the fan pulley flange has been rubbing. Phantom III. We have given Levallois assistance in changing a gear box; reported complaint of second gear coming out of mesh. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/G.W.Hancock. | ||