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).
Immediate alteration to the Peregrine Distributor Drive to improve oil sealing in the crankcase.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 2\3\ B002_X 116 117 119 120-page08 | |
| Date | 18th January 1933 | |
| To Mr. H[illegible] from R.{Sir Henry Royce}[illegible] [Stamp: RECEIVED JAN 20 1933] [Handwritten: X116] E/JNR.{Charles L. Jenner}2/HP.18.1.33. c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} re Peregrine Distributor Drive We send you herewith: LeC.3353 - showing a weir formed in the crankcase to raise the level of oil above the distributor drive gears to form an effective oil seal for the governor casing. This is an immediate alteration, and no more crankcases should be made without this feature. There is not time to get this tried on the car going on test in its proper form - nevertheless this can be tried out by fitting in a sheet metal weir fixed in some suitable manner, and we have already given RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} a free-hand sketch of this. E/JNH. | ||