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).
Bar chart tracking complaints for 4¼ Litre Bentley vehicles from July to December 1938.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 131\3\ scan0025 | |
| Date | 1st January 1938 guessed | |
| CHART OF COMPLAINTS - 4¼ BENTLEY 1938, JULY, AUG, SEPT, OCT, NOV, DEC ENGINE THROTTLE STICKING: JULY: DISTORTED 2, 22, NEW SPRING FITTED AUG: 24, 21, NEW SPRING SEPT: 26, 3 LUBRIC'd, 11 NEW SPRING FITTED, 14 OCT: LUBRIC'T 5, DISTORT'd, NEW 6 SPRING FITTED, 12 NOV: SPRING LINK FITTED, LUB 2, DISTORTED, 12 NEW SPRINGS, 18 DEC: SPRINGS STRETCH AND WILL NOT FULLY CLOSE THROTTLE, NEW MOD. SATISFACTORY, W277 P153 DIS, DISTORTED, 8, NEW SPRINGS NOISY VALVE GEAR DUE TO WORN TAPPET ROLLERS AND PINS: JULY: NIL AUG: 1 SEPT: 4 OCT: 2 NOV: VALVE SEATINGS DISTORTED, ROLLER & PINS, 4 HEAVY OIL CONSUMPTION: JULY: 3 AUG: 2 SEPT: 1 OCT: W242 NOV: K126 DEC: P142 W279 K, 4 WATER LEAKS FROM CYLINDERS 2 & 4 PLATES: JULY: 2 AUG: 3 SEPT: 4 OCT: 6 DEC: 2 EXHAUST MANIFOLD STUDS BROKEN: JULY: 9 AUG: 2 SEPT: 4 OCT: 1 NOV: 2 DEC: M.S. STUDS ARE BEING FITTED TROUBLE DUE TO BENDING NOT STRETCHING EXHAUST MANIFOLD LUGS BROKEN: JULY: NIL GWH{George W. Hancock - Head Chateauroux} 2 (SHEET 2) | ||