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).
Reporting noisy relief valves on Ph.III and stuck tappets on 32-EX during cold starts.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 96\2\ scan0111 | |
| Date | 17th April 1936 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Swdl.{Len H. Swindell} X354 Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}8/KW.17.4.36. All the relief valves on Ph.III are noisy starting up from cold. We shall have to do some more work on this job. Most of the tappets on 32-EX stuck up when starting cold to-day. We shall have to investigate this. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||