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).
Customer complaint about a 25/30 HP engine running backwards immediately after switching off.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 88\1\ scan0268 | |
| Date | 19th October 1936 | |
| Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} 261 Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister}12/HR.19.10.36. re 25/30 HP. CHASSIS NO. GTL-75. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} W. Barraclough, Esq. -------------------- The above Owner has complained that the engine runs backwards immediately after switching off. This feature has been complained of before on a 25/30 HP. engine and we would like to know whether there is anything peculiar in the design to account for this, and whether we can offer the customer any cure. We are changing the sparking plugs as a temporary measure. Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}/SB{Mr Bull/Mr Bannister} | ||