Contents
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Preface
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OFFICIAL TRIUMPH TR2
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TR3 DRIVER'S INSTRUCTION BOOK
GENERAL DATA
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Spare parts service, Licence data, General specification,
Road speed data
MANAGEMENT OF THE CAR
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Controls, switches and instruments (clutch, bonnet locks,
choke control, gear lever, handbrake, radio controls,
overdrive control, petrol tap, seat adjustment, screen
washer, scuttle ventilator, brake light, direction in-
dicators, head, tail and parking lamps, horn, ignition,
panel lights, starter motor, windscreen (windshield)
wiper, heater switch, ammeter, fuel gauge, oil pressure
gauge, speedometer, tachometer, ignition warning light,
water temperature gauge), Driving the car (to start the
engine,
driv~ng, new engines)
GENERAL UPKEEP
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Regular inspection, Cooling system (filling, draining,
anti-freeze mixtures), Lubrication (engine, gearbox, rear
axle, brake and clutch operation, road wheel hubs, front
suspension and steering, propeller shaft, rear road
springs, hydraulic dampers, hinges, controls, door
Locks),
Tires (front wheel alignment, the jack)
BODYWORK
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Door adjustment, Soft top stowage, Soft top fasteners,
Spare wheel and tool stowage
RUNNING ADJUSTMENTS
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Engine (decarbonizing and valve grinding, cylinder head
nuts, valve-rocker clearances, ignition timing, valve tim-
ing, sparking plugs, carburetors, fuel pump), Clutch,
Brakes (adjustment of brake shoes-lockheed brakes,
Girling brakes, handbrake adjustment, bleeding the
brake and clutch hydraulic system), Propeller shaft,
Hydraulic dampers, Loose bolts and nuts
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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Ignition, Battery, Dynamo (belt tightness), Starter motor
(cleaning and lubrication), Control box, Fuses, Lamps
(head lamps-bulb replacement, lamp alignment, to
check and adjust alignment, parking lamps (front) and
direction indicator flashing lamps, tail and
dnection m-
dicator flashing lamps, number plate
illuminator and
brake lamp, ignition warning light, direction indicator
warning light, high beam warning light, instrument panel
lights), Windscreen (windshield) wiper, Direction in-
dicators,
Windtone horns, Electrical component
specification chart
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OPTIONAL EXTRAS 52
Radio, Heater, Overdrive (operation, lubrication, drain-
ing), Wire wheels
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RECOMMENDED LUBRICANTS
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Recommended lubricants chart-overseas, British Isles
OFFICIAL TRIUMPH TR2
&
TR3 SERVICE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
GENERAL DATA
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Chassis specification, Body dimensions, Car
we~ght, Tire
sizes and pressure, Water capacity, Oil
capacity, Petrol,
Body specification, Spire speed nuts (general notes,
description, tightening torques), Commission number,
Body number, Engine number, Gearbox number, Rear
axle number, Recommended lubricants (British Isles,
overseas countries), Lubrication chart, Nut tightening
torques, Fractional and metrical equivalents chart,
Stan-
C.
dard measure and metric equivalents
ENGINE
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Dimensions and tolerances, General description (engine,
cylinder block,
cyl~nder sleeves, connecting rods, aeroflex
compensating
pistons, crankshaft, valves, camshaft,
cooling system, fuel system, Hobourn-Eaton double
rotor oil pump, coil ignition, engine mountings, flywheel,
to fit replacement starter ring gear, crankcase
ventlla-
tion), Engine
lubrication, Oil pump, Crankshaft and
main bearings (main bearing clearance, crankshaft end
float), Connecting rod bearings, Piston assembly and
cylinder sleeves, Figure of eight joints, Camshaft and
timing gears, To remove camshaft, Refitting camshaft,
To set valve clearances, To set valve timing in the
absence of timing wheel markings, Ignition and dis-
tributor timing, To decarbonize, Valve grinding,
D.
Removal of carbon, Low compression Kit-part No.
502227, "Purolator Micronic" oil
filter-type,l7F.5102,
Removal of engine and gearbox as a unit, D~smantling
engine, Re-assembly
of
engme, Ignition system (notes on
sparking plugs), List
of distributors being serviced,
Engine noises (main bearing knock, crankshaft end float,
big end bearing knock, small end knocks, piston knock,
noisy valve rockers or tappets, ignition knock (pinking),
back firing into carburetor, excessive oil consumption,
low oil pressure, high oil pressure), Fault location chart
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COOLING SYSTEM 141
Description, To drain cooling system, Fan belt adjust-
ment, Thermostat, To remove thermostat housing, To
replace thermostat housing, To remove thermostat only,
To replace thermostat, Testing thermostat, Water
temperature gauge, To test water temperature gauge,
Radiator, To remove radiator, To replace radiator, Flex-
ible hose connections, Water pump assembly, To remove
water pump bearing housing, To replace water pump
bearing housing, To dismantle bearing housing as-
sembly, To assemble bearing housing assembly,
Recut-
ting water pump sealing
face, To remove water pump
body, To replace water pump body, Fan assembly, To
remove fan assembly from engine unit, To fit fan as-
sembly to engine unit, To assemble fan for balancing,
Anti-freeze precautions, Service diagnosis chart
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CLUTCH 155
General data, Tool data, Clutch operation, Twin bore
master cylinder, Clutch slave cylinder, Clutch operating
shaft, Release bearing, Cover assembly, Driven plate as-
sembly, Maintenance, Bleeding hydraulic system,
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