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).
Modification for a common oil feed connection on a single-cylinder O.H.C. unit.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 133\1\ scan0004 | |
| Date | 27th February 1936 | |
| To BY.{R.W. Bailey - Chief Engineer} Copy to RHC.{R. H. Coverley - Production Engineer} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} Ba. Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Wd.{Mr Wood/Mr Whitehead} Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ryce. x1129 Car O.H.C. Single Cylinder Unit. We send you herewith LeC 4989 showing the oil feed to the valve gear, and a modified feed to the intermediate gear on the top-half crankcase of the above unit. The object of this modification to the crankcase scheme to LeC 4854 is to enable a common oil feed connection to be used for both the valve gear and the intermediate gear bearings. We should be pleased if you would send a print of this scheme to Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Ryce in addition to the usual prints. E/PSN. Att: LeC 4989. Handwritten notes: Bottom: LE Smith Can you tell me when this single cyl unit is likely to be finished. CEm. Left margin (sideways): Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} the Last Le C (cylinder head) will be tried out in about 1 weeks time for test in 2 or 3 months. LDS | ||