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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).
Oil cooler failures and big end bearing conditions on Phantom III cars.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 131\5\  scan0106
Date  11th November 1938
  
Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}
c. to EY
c. to Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Steadman
1114 also 361
Hd{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}8/IB.11.11.38.
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OIL COOLER FAILURES ON PHANTOM III.
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Reference Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Std.6/MH.{M. Huckerby}7.11.38. requesting that we should let you have some information as regards the condition of the big end bearings on all Phantom III engines that we have had stripped for some purpose or other.

The position is that we have had a look at the big end bearings on the following cars, and they have all appeared satisfactory at the mileage stated below:-

CUSTOMER. CH. NO. DATE. MILEAGE.

Glasgow Corp. 3-AX-35. Feb. 1938. 9,700.
Vernham. 3-CM-75. May 1938. 1,120.
Fisher. 3-BT{Capt. J. S. Burt - Engineer}-27. Sept.1938. 6,551.
Bradford 3-CM-111. April 1938 993.
Corporation.

We have also had failures on the three following cars:-

CUSTOMER. CH. NO. DATE. MILEAGE.

Hon.M.R. 3-AZ-154. Nov. 1938. 41,943.
Samuel.
Sir J.Leigh. 3-AZ-68. Oct. 1938. 27,604.
Wilcox. 3-AZ-186. Mar. 1938. 22,500.


Hd.{Mr Hayward/Mr Huddy}
  
  


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