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).
Logbook note detailing vehicle running issues including clutch, timing gear, and carburation problems.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 98\4\ scan0170 | |
| Date | 30th January 1941 | |
| Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wym.{G. Harold Whyman - Experimental Manager} from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}17/ML.30.1.41. 400d 9.B.V. (Logbook Note.) 6 gallons of petrol were added. Apparently the clutch pedal is fouling the boards since it tends to stick when the clutch is released. The rattle from the timing gears is quite alarming. The slow speed carburation under idling conditions was so bad that I thought that either :- 1. The carburettors have never been set, 2. They are flooding, 3. The pistons are sticking in the dash pots. Apart from the timing gears, there were other rattles which may have been pistons or valve gear. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||