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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).
Quarterly report summarizing vehicle component failures and remedial actions.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 130\4\  scan0116
Date  1st December 1936 guessed
  
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3 1/2 LITRE. 4 1/4 LITRE. TOTAL. GRAND TOTAL. REMARKS.

DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER.
December Quarter. C.C. 15 22 37) 40 Trip mechanism has now been
C.P. 1 2 3) improved to reduce failures.
Previous Quarter. C.C. 20 - 20)
C.P. 1 - 1) 21
Six Months. 37 24 61 61

DEFECTIVE HEADLAMPS.
December Quarter. C.C. 20 2 22) 22 Chiefly defective dipper gear, poor
C.P. - - -) contacts or broken feed wire.
Additional fuse to protect headlamp
Previous Quarter. C.C. 21 - 21) 21 is being fitted. Retrospective action
C.P. - - -) has been instructed to Depots.
Improved headlamp now standardised.
Six Months. 41 2 43 43

WATER LEAKS FROM ENGINE.
December Quarter. C.C. 1 1 2) 62 Chiefly from No. 2 water jacket
C.P. 54 6 60) plate. This requires improvement.
Previous Quarter. C.C. 11 - 11) 57 [Handwritten:] Swoll. See 4 1/4 litre still
C.P. 46 - 46) [Handwritten:] suffers from trouble.
[Handwritten:] We should investigate
Six Months. 112 7 119 119

DEFECTIVE STARTER MOTOR.
December Quarter. C.C. 7 1 8) 9
C.P. 1 - 1)
Previous Quarter. C.C. 8 - 8) 8
C.P. - - -)
Six Months. 16 1 17 17
  
  


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