Bruce,
IMHO, generally the more manuals you can get, the better, as one manual may
not cover everything that you wish to know. That said, I have several
manuals for my TR6. Among the ones you list, the Bentley is a good choice
(I have that one). I would avoid Clymer manuals, as they are generally
crap. Another two you might want to add to your collection are:
How to Restore Triumph Tr5/250 & Tr6
by Roger Williams
Haynes Triumph TR5 & 6 (67 - 75) Repair Manual - Classic Reprint
Amazon.com used to have a deal where if you bought Williams' book and the
Bentley manual together, you got a price break. The last one is, as far as
I know, only available from the Haynes UK website
http://www.haynes.co.uk/
Hope this helps,
Hugh Barber
Hollister, CA
'73 TR6
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Bruce Robertson
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 9:04 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Which manual(s) should I buy
I hate to bother everyone with more simple questions, but I searched the
archive for "shop manual" and "workshop manual" and those terms seem to
appear in an extremely high number of posts to the 6-pack list. There
seem to be several shop and workshop manuals for the TR6, many of which
are available on Ebay, and I am wondering which would be the best to
buy, or if some of them are basically the same, or if there is a better
one I have not listed below, or if I should buy several different ones.
Three different ones I have found are a maroon cover 166 page
reproduction of an official manual, as seen at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6762&;
item=2433912456> &category=6762&item=2433912456
The next one is the from Robert Bentley publishing, has a green cover
and includes official driver's handbook and workshop manual, as seen in
the following:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6762&;
item=2434159094#ebayphotohosting>
&category=6762&item=2434159094#ebayphotohosting
Lastly, there is a book by Clymer Publications, named Triumph Service
Repair Handbook as seen in this ad:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
<http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6762&;
item=2434045328> &category=6762&item=2434045328
I also saw a competition preparation manual for sale, but I am not
likely going to be racing, although I may want to increase engine
performance. I read somewhere that a good Stromberg carburetor manual
was a must also, so if anyone has a recommendation there also, I would
really appreciate it. I just found books4cars.com, and they have a bunch
of TR6 books listed, including Haynes manuals for the TR6 and
Strombergs.
Thanks,
Bruce
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