Elusive engine knock during a 10,000-mile test of the latest type of split aluminium pistons.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 77\3\ scan0118 | |
| Date | 14th February 1920 | |
| X.3757 Hs. {Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} from EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} c. to Bn. {W.O. Bentley / Mr Barrington} c. to Wor. {Arthur Wormald - General Works Manager} EP {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} 15/F14.2.20 X.3647. RE 10,000 MILES TEST OF LATEST TYPE SPLIT X.3751. ALUMINIUM PISTONS. Yesterday's run on chassis 53-CW 260 miles. Total miles run since pistons fitted.. 6010 " Report; Rear 3 pistons changed over to front. Elusive knocks still bad and still seem most easily affected by shorting 4, 5, 6 cyls. as demonstrated to you, EP. {G. Eric Platford - Chief Quality Engineer} | ||
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).