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 | |
- 8 - 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 | ||