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 S.U. Carburetter Co. Ltd. regarding a loose brass piston key on experimental H4 carburetters.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 121\4\ scan0268 | |
| Date | 5th May 1939 | |
| 1031 TELEPHONE: BIRMINGHAM EAST 1171. TELEGRAMS: FLEXCARBUR, BIRMINGHAM. THE S.U. CARBURETTER Co LTD. PROPRIETORS:- MORRIS MOTORS LTD. VISCOUNT NUFFIELD CHAIRMAN OLIVER BODEN, O.B.E. VICE-CHAIRMAN ADDERLEY PARK, BIRMINGHAM, 8. T.C.SKINNER, M.I.A.E. MANAGING DIRECTOR YOUR REF: Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/CTS.{C. Trot Salt - Carburation}11 JH. OUR REF: BC/HJ. 5th May/1939. Messrs. Rolls-Royce Ltd., Experimental Dept., DERBY. C.T-S ✔ File Dear Sirs, Replying to your letter of the 4th inst., regarding trouble you have experienced on the first three or four experimental sets of H4 Carburetters, where apparently the rivetted over brass piston key has become loose, since about four months ago, i.e. after these few experimental sets were delivered, we have altered the type of rivetting employed in this brass key. The latest type of rivetting is as the pair delivered from here on the 4th inst. Whilst the rivetting used six months ago was undoubtedly not too good we do not think for a moment that you will have any cause to complain of the revised method. Yours faithfully, for THE S.U.CARBURETTER CO.LTD. B. Cooper | ||