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).
Quarterly report summarizing vehicle defects, causes, and statistics for various system faults.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\4\ scan0079 | |
| Date | 30th September 1936 guessed | |
| - 8 - EXHAUST SYSTEM RATTLES. TOTAL. REMARKS. September Quarter. C.C. 9) 9 Mainly due to flexible suspension C.P. -) brackets. Previous Quarter. C.C. 21) 21 C.P. -) Six Months. 30 DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. September Quarter. C.C. 20) 21 Noisy cables due to bends, or defective C.P. 1) trips. Previous Quarter. C.C. 33) 34 C.P. 1) Six Months. 55 DEFECTIVE HEADLAMPS. September Quarter. C.C. 21) 21 Chiefly defective dipper gear, poor C.P. -) contacts or broken feed wire. Additional fuse to protect each headlamp is being fitted. Retrospective action has been instructed to Depots. Improved headlamp now standardised. Previous Quarter. C.C. 30) 30 C.P. -) Six Months. 51 WATER LEAKS FROM ENGINE. September Quarter. C.C. 11) 57 Chiefly from No. 2 water jacket plate. C.P. 46) This requires improvement. Previous Quarter. C.C. 37) 37 C.P. -) Six Months. 94 | ||