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 from a guide on troubleshooting roadside issues, specifically focusing on the contact breaker.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 168a\2\ img316 | |
| Date | 8th May 1937 guessed | |
| 1 Extract from page 17 of "45 ways of over-coming troubles on the road". Given by standard Francaise des petroles, S.A. at their filling Stations. Contact Breaker. If the current is not broken when the engine is turned, it is because the contact points are not opening. Check the following points:- Whether the contact breaker points have lost their clearance on account of wear or breakage of the fibre block. Any mechanic, electrician, or even a watch-maker could make a new block of fibre if the necessary thickness was available, or even hard wood. | ||