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).
List of vehicle faults and required repairs, being page 2 of a report.
Identifier | ExFiles\Box 108\3\ scan0187 | |
Date | 30th April 1938 | |
- 2 - HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/LK.{L. King}1/VS.{J. Vickers}30.4.38. 10. Rear Wheelarch Support Brackets FW.1433/4 require strengthening. 11. Water pump - excessive end float in rotor shaft caused by rotor wearing on face of rear bush in the water pump. 12. Cylinder head - push rods slightly foul copper water jacket tubes. 13. Breather pipe broken on oil filler pipe. 14. Main Bearings. On the flanged face of the forward end of the thrust bearing the whitemetal shows signs of hard wear and small cracks - minor pieces of metal have broken away. 15. Two feed pipes from the main gallery oil pipe to the main bearings have fractured at the soldered joint. 16. The inner unit of the carburetter air silencer, comprising the inner pipe and filter frame, has become loose in the silencer shell. HPS{Horace Percy Smith - Experimental Factory Mgr}/L. King. | ||