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).
Extract detailing issues with the chassis electrical starting mechanism due to cold weather.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 75\1\ scan0094 | |
| Date | 4th December 1919 | |
| R.R. 235A (100 T) (S. G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 643. 19-2-20) G 2618 X.3426 1 Extract from EFC4/T4.12.19. X.3634. X.3428. X.3660. CHASSIS ELECTRICAL STARTING MECHANISM. X.3426. We have received complaints from the Test Dept. of the incorrect operation of the electrically operated mechanism for the starter motor, also it appears that this mechanism on chassis 7-CA is not acting quite as it should be. Except in the very early stages, we have been under the impression that this mechanism was working correctly, but it appears that failure to operate correctly of late is rather due to the colder weather casuing the actuator box to be less capable of over-coming the viscosity of the lubricant in the gear box, or at any rate of overcoming it sufficiently quickly to bring the dogs into engagement before the motor has got well away. | ||