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).
Quarterly report summarizing various vehicle faults and providing remarks on their causes and resolutions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 130\1\ scan0200 | |
| Date | 31th December 1934 guessed | |
| - 5 - TOTAL. REMARKS. CLUTCH FIERCE AND SLIPS. December Quarter. C.C. 37) C.P. 11) 48 Previous Quarter. C.C. 15) C.P. 2) 17 Six Months. 65 Adjustment of the toggles is often all that is necessary, but in severalcases the clutches have had to be re-lined. PISTONS SEIZED. December Quarter. C.C. 1) C.P. -) 1 Previous Quarter. C.C. 1) C.P. -) 1 Six Months. 2 Actual cause of seizure uncertain. IRREGULAR FIRING AND POOR SLOW RUNNING. December Quarter. C.C. 37) C.P. -) 37 Previous Quarter. C.C. 22) C.P. -) 22 Six Months. 59 These are chiefly overcome by adjustment to carburetter, plugs, tappets etc. A few are caused by the suppressors fitted to sparking plugs for wireless. POOR PERFORMANCE. December Quarter. C.C. 18) C.P. 1) 19 Previous Quarter. C.C. 13) C.P. -) 13 Six Months. 32 We do not, as a rule, find much wrong and usually find these up to standard. The remaining few are corrected by adjustment. H.C. HEAD | ||