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 discussing the source of an oil leak found on a servo.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 18\5\ Scan085 | |
| Date | 6th October 1935 guessed | |
| Regarding the oil on the servo: neither the gear box or engine are ever washed down with paraffin. So I can't account for the presence of oil on the servo. Are you quite sure that it wasn't engine oil? I always find that however well a joint is made, unless it filled up with jointing compound oil usually manages to creep through. For example, the joint where the two cylinder blocks sit on | ||