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).
Cracked cams found in Delco Ignition Governors after mileage tests.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 82\5\ scan0188 | |
| Date | 17th June 1937 | |
| D'elco Ignition Governors. B.3.Unit. THE CAM OF THE IGNITION GOVERNOR OF THE ABOVE UNIT WAS FOUND TO BE CRACKED AS SHOWN WHEN EXAMINED AFTER 16,900 MILES IN FRANCE. DIRECTION OF ROTATION. POSITION AND EXTENT OF CRACK. THE CAM FROM B4 UNIT (6BIV CHASSIS) WAS CRACKED SIMILARLY BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SLOT AFTER 16,000 MILES TEST; REPORTED 21.5.37. C.P.W. 17.6.37 | ||