Paul-
By all means- get the FACTORY issued manual! All the others are compilation
guides, and while most will pertain to your vehicle(when you get one) only
the factory produced one was specifically made for your vehicle, or family
of vehicle. The information in a factory manual is much better than any
Chilton, Haynes(shudder), or other book. Usually you will spend between 40
and 100 bucks for a factory manual. it is well worth the investment. Some
people criticize factory manuals are written for mechanics only, and the
others are better for everybody. This is BS- the factory manual may be
written for machanics, but if you are going to laern about a car, and how to
repair it, you better study the real book- not the "idiots crib notes"
version. Remember- a Chiltons or Haynes will often have a statement or
picture captioned "...This may differ on some vehicles..." This is because
they are appending, and don't include all the info the factory one does.
Also, the pics are better in factory ones(and the one for Herald, Vitesse, &
Spitfire 4, Mk2, Mk3 is full of pics- I know- that's the one I have.)
Do yourself the biggest favor you can- get a Triumph factory manual.
And while you're at it- get a factory Parts Book too. This will give you
great reference when tring to find a part at a flea market or swap meet, and
also when trying to figure how something goes together, or comes apart.
All my manuals are factory- for my 52 Seagrave fire truck, my 69 Plymouth
and my 64 Triumph- even my WWII Willys jeep had factory books.
Scott
64 Herald 1200 Convertible
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Cartwright" <pcart@willinet.net>
To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:50 PM
Subject: Manual for general knowledge.
>
> I do not own a Spitfire, yet, and I do not have a lot of automotive
> knowledge, yet. Which manual would be the best one to get for general
> knowledge, Hanyes, Bentley, or The Factory Service Manual?
>
> I would like to purchase one manual so that I can picture what you are
> talking about, and see how things work. I will purchase the others when I
> purchase a car.
>
> I believe I am looking for plenty of drawings, photographs, and an
overview
> of the different systems on the car. I do not need very technical
> information like the torque for bolts, etc.
>
> Thank you,
> Paul Cartwright
> Ottumwa, IA
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