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 fault analysis report detailing issues with exhaust systems, timing gears, and valve springs.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\1\ scan0365 | |
| Date | 31th March 1936 guessed | |
| 16 Exhaust blows generally & out-out seized or rattled. March quarter C.C. 7 7 7 C.P. Previous quarter C.C. I 3 4 C.P. Six months I IO II II I59.RY (5.071 kms) Exhaust 5. cut-out seized. Dismantled out-out & made same free in operation. I6.SK (14.156 kms) ditto as above. 70.SK (21.500 kms) Front exhaust return pipe broken. Fitted a new pipe. III.SK (36.600 kms) Exhaust blows. Replaced broken studs holding hot spot feed pipe to induction pipe jacket. II9.SK (15.600 kms) Sliding joint seized. Dismantled & made same free in action. 66.JS{Mr Johnson's Secretary} (18.175k) Exhaust out-out seized. Dismantled & freed same. 187.TA (5.600 kms) Tightened up suspension of rear silencer. 17 Exhaust system rattles. March quarter C.C. I I I C.P. Previous quarter C.C. C.P. Six months I I I ----- 18 Engine rattle from timing gears. March quarter C.C. C.P. Previous quarter C.C. C.P. Six months ----- 19 Engine valve springs broken or weak. March quarter C.C. C.P. Previous quarter C.C. 3 I 4 4 C.P. Six months 7 I 4 4 Please refer to remarks of last quarter | ||