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).
Issues with gearbox No. 3-HS and instructions for its repair.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 94\1\ scan0310 | |
| Date | 22th January 1936 | |
| x328 To RHC{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} c. to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth.5/JH. 22.1.36. Gearbox No. 3-HS.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} This gearbox is now in the shop, having been returned from Shardlow. The Synchromeshes are now very good, but the new 3rd speed wheels are noisy and also the side shaft. Will you please quieten the box. There are only 2 plungers in the 3rd and 4th sliding piece. Will you please not alter this arrangement when you rebuild Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Smth. | ||