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).
Difficulties with the 10.B.V. petrol filler due to incorrect vent pipe fitting.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\3\ scan0100 | |
| Date | 22th March 1939 | |
| 1263 To By.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} c. to Da.{Bernard Day - Chassis Design} c. to Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}6/JH.22.3.39. 10.B.V. Petrol filler. The difficulty experienced when filling the tank is due to the fact that the coach builders are not fitting the vent pipe correctly. They are fitting the air vent pipe with a dip in it which becomes full of petrol and prevents the air escaping. The vent pipe must never dip below the level of the top of the tank. Similar trouble has been experienced before and has been taken up with Da{Bernard Day - Chassis Design}/JD.{J. Draper - Frames} Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||