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 failure of sparking plugs due to cracked insulators and the fitting of a new roller bearing to the dynamo.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 162\5\ img037 | |
| Date | 1st August 1937 | |
| 6001 CHATEAUROUX. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux}/4/JAB.I.8.37. To. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c.c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/Wst. c.c. Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/GWH.{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 26.G.VI.- 25/30 HP. K.L.G.Sparking Plugs FLB.30.X. We are sending you three sparking plugs which have failed due to cracked insulators, after approximately 3.000 miles running. We have sent with them an A.C.plug which we fitted in their place which failed in the same way. We have received and fitted the new roller bearing to the dynamo and have returned the one removed in the same parcel as the plugs. ---------------- Rm{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}/IMW.{Ivan M. Waller - Head of Chateauroux} Frank.Waller. | ||