Dave Rupert wrote:
>
> My PERSONAL feeling is that Haynes manuals should be reserved for
> wiping up oil spills.
I wholeheartedly DISAGREE with this comment. Haynes has the best
pictures of all the manuals I have seen. (i.e. pictures of an actual
OLD TRIUMPH being dismantled...) And they use simpler language.
Suggesting the book is only good for cleaning up oil spills is
ludicrous. The key is to have BOTH books... and reference them both.
While I agree with many of your points, the HAYNES manual is what got me
started on my first TR 4A in 1977... I didn't have a "factory" manual
until many years later, as it was not available. If it had been the
other way around, I may have been intimidated by the factory manual, and
may not have dived in as deep as I did... time and time again. Anyone
getting into their first TRiumph should own BOTH of these manuals.
Wipe up the oil spills with something else.
Justin Wagner
This is because they make absolutely no mention
> of using jointing compound on the TR4 rear oil seal, among other
> things. If you can still get a Bentley Workshop Manual, I feel they
> are worth the price. Bentley goes into much greater detail, and you
> don't run into comments like, "this operation can only be done by an
> authorized Triumph service agent, so we won't even bother to tell you
> how to do it. Foolish mortal.". I think TRF carries Bentley.
>
> David Rupert
> 1967 TR4A
> 1980 TR7
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