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Explaining why the oil level cock was abandoned on the 40/50 gearbox.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 66\4\  scan0208
Date  18th July 1925
  
X8310

AJS.
c. Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}

BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /C6/H. 18.7.25.

E.A.C.7.GEAR BOX.

In reply to AJS2/M. 14.7.25. the oil level cock which was at one time fitted on the 40/50 gear box was abandoned when the self starter gear was fitted, as the latter made the oil cock inaccessible.

This was the only reason why the oil cock in question was discarded.

BY {R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} /C.
  
  
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).


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