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).
Complaints of the Phantom carburetter float chamber cover coming loose and recommending a locking device.
| Identifier | WestWitteringFiles\O\2January1926-March1926\ Scan182 | |
| Date | 19th March 1926 | |
| ORIGINAL. To E.{Mr Elliott - Chief Engineer} from Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} Hsl/LG19.3.26. PHANTOM - CARB. FLOAT CHAMBER. X8080 We have had a number of complaints of the cover on the float chamber coming loose which has flooded petrol and stopped the engine. We consider that if the float chamber cover is screwed up tightly this will not occur, but we still continue to receive complaints. We recommend that some form of locking device is fitted. The form used on the aero engines was quite satisfactory. Do you agree to our getting BY/SS.{S. Smith} to apply the aero engine form of locking device to the Phantom carburetter? Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} | ||