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).
Rear axle drain plugs being found loose, attributing the issue to the use of large portable jacks and proposing a modification.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 84\4\ scan0085 | |
Date | 19th February 1936 | |
To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} C. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} C. to EV.{Ivan Evernden - coachwork} X 202 HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/PD.5/JH.19.2.36. Rear Axle Drain Plugs. A number of cases have been reported in the garage lately that the drain plugs have been found only finger tight. This we attribute to moving the cars about with the large portable jack. As these jacks are universally used in garages it would seem that a modification is called for to the drain plug. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/P.Dodd. | ||