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).
Critique of instruction manual layouts, comparing lubrication sections in different book versions.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 26\2\ Scan391 | |
| Date | 26th June 1930 guessed | |
| -5- Second, details on the above with pictures.(How to do it). Third (p.24) some miscellaneous jobs. Fourth (pp25-32) details on engine lubrication. Fifth (pp33-36) what oils to use. Care of the various parts, i.e. operations other than lubrication, are considered of secondary importance to lubrication and are therefore treated in a separate chapter. Chaper IV is simplified by treating it as a summary with references to more detailed descriptions which are given later. This is a matter of preference in arrangement and I think could be improved in both books. The aim in the Am. book has been that reference to the short chapters 1 and 2, to page 19 (lubrication), and to page 37 (attention) should make the owner or driver sufficiently acquainted with the car for normal every-day use, leaving him to digest the rest of the book when he becomes more interested. Something of the same is in the English book, but I suggest that the arrangement is not as clear. (1) A great amount of space is devoted to the chassis lubrication system, but without listing the drip plugs which are the only things (except the felt filter every 20,000 miles) which may ever need attention. Chapter XI of Am. book is shorter and lists the points lubricated. It is at the rear of the book. All that seems needed under Chapter II is notes on using the pedal and refilling the tank. (2) The lubrication chart does not face the listed operations. (Requires revision for feed to axles). Chart does not show lubrication of - Fan Battery distributor Water pump Generator Magneto Universal Joints and sliding joint on propellor shaft. Engine Gearbox Rear Axle cont'd.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} | ||