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).
Report from France detailing vehicle repairs to the wing, carburetter, and clutch, along with an update on parts arrival.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\4\ B001_X 100a-page059 | |
| Date | 22th November 1932 | |
| To Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} From G.W.H. X4057 hotel de France, Chateauroux, FRANCE. 22.11.32. 2.PER.II. I have been in telephone communication with Sevres and they report that the clutch fabrics, sparking plugs, and other parts have arrived there. I am leaving here immediately after lunch for Sevres to pick up Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} in accordance with the telegram received from him. We shall therefore pick up the parts sent out to Sevres. We have had to hold the car up to repair the N.S.F. wing as this has started to crack and break up. I have had a stay fitted to the second bracket to try and strengthen the job up. Another stay will have to be fitted to these wings as the thickness of the material used in the manufacture of same is ridiculously thin. There is no strength in the wing at all. The outer edge which is folded over has no wire beading, the material being simply folded over to form the edge for the water splash gulley. The O.S.F. wing which is considerably strengthened by the fitting of the well for the spare wheel, and an extra stay supporting the well from the frame, has shown no sign of breaking or cracking anywhere, which proves the necessity for strengthening the supporting for the N.S.F. wing. RE. CARBURETTER. We have got much better slow running by opening up the throttle edge holes to 1.5 mm size. This has enabled us to increase the aperture round the slow running jet by one full turn of the adjustment. Consequently we are getting a larger volume of gas which makes the engine fire more evenly on all six cylinders. We believe we can make further improvements but at the moment we are carrying out tests on the engine mounting etc. RE. CLUTCH SLIP. When we dismantled the clutch we found that the clutch fabrics were smothered in oil. The oil having entered the clutch by the holes provided for the finger levers. This of course is due to the excessive amount of oil in the clutch case being flung about by the flywheel. We have drilled the case under the flywheel and fitted a drain pipe, and later | ||