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).
Letter from Smith's Jacking Systems Ltd. regarding faulty pumps and a Bentley Hydrolift jack.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 140\2\ scan0136 | |
| Date | 30th December 1938 | |
| TELEPHONE: GLADSTONE 6671-2 / 1166 SMITH'S JACKING SYSTEMS LTD. DIRECTORS: A.{Mr Adams} GORDON SMITH, CHAIRMAN. D.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} W. SESSIONS, GENERAL MANAGER C. W. NICHOLS, R.{Sir Henry Royce} G.{Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} SMITH. EDGWARE ROAD - CRICKLEWOOD - LONDON N.W.2 Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Gry.{Shadwell Grylls}9/MH{M. Huckerby} 30th December, 1938 S.H.Grylls, Esq., Messrs.Rolls-Royce Ltd., D E R B Y. Dear Mr.Grylls, Replied with thanks [Handwritten note] I thank you for your letter of the 22nd inst. and note that two of the faulty pumps have been sent to Messrs.Shelleys and the third is being sent to me here for my personal examination. I will let you have my report on this pump at an early date. With regard to the Bentley Hydrolift jack returned to us for rectification, we found it impossible to utilise all the existing parts when this jack was re-assembled, owing to the fact that the copper washer between the jack tube and the die cast body was in position and to remove this after it has once been fully tightened down, damages the casting. In the circumstances, a new body has been fitted. The jack and special bracket will be despatched tomorrow, and I trust you will find this entirely satisfactory. Yours sincerely, [Signature] DWS/IKS | ||