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).
The condition of a high-pressure pump and its components after a 15,000-mile run.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0184 | |
| Date | 21th April 1938 | |
| -2- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems}2/WH.21.4.38. The fibre impact washers were still both attached to the armatures, although this pump had not the latest modification to the spindle to prevent them becoming trapped. This is the second High Pressure pump to run 15,000 miles with the Neoprene water excluders and in neither case have they caused any corrosion or sooting due to reduced ventilation. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/JBD.{John B. Dixon - Fuel Systems} | ||