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Updated settings for a Stromberg carburetter DB.42 for winter running.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 102\1\  scan0393
Date  22th January 1936
  
To Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /Rm. {William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. to Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /CTS. {C. Trot Salt - Carburation}
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Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /G.R. 10/JH.22.1.36.
GUB.5. Unit B-3-M. {Mr Moon / Mr Moore}
The Stromberg carburetter DB. {Donald Bastow - Suspensions} 42. on this car was brought up to date in setting and controls etc.
E.83210 spring fitted to radiator thermostat for winter running. This increased water temperature to average of 78/80°C.
Choke 1 1/4" dia.
Main metering jet .064.
Bypass jet .042.
Main discharge tube with single feed hole 56.
Idle tube jet 64.
Pump jet 70.
Air bleed 70.
Seating .130 Petrol Level .625 "
Diameter of pump links split pin increased from 1/32" to 1/16".
Piston stop set .250" and thermostat set at 16.
Hs {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} /G. Ratcliffe.
  
  
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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