1946–1948 Jaguar 1.5 Litre Instruction Book

This is the instruction book Jaguar Cars Limited of Coventry supplied with the postwar Jaguar 1½ Litre Model for 1946, 1947 and 1948. The title page gives the price as 5/-. It opens with a contents list, memo and licence data pages, general data for the four-cylinder engine, and road speed data.

The text covers driving hints for the synchro-mesh gearbox and Girling brakes, lubrication including the Tecalemit oil cleaner, tyre care and toe-in, brake linkage settings with dimensioned diagrams, and tuning the S.U. carburetters, including jet centring and causes of bad running. There are notes on the A.C. mechanical petrol pump, the Lucas electrical system with fuses, trafficators and a bulb table, decarbonizing and valve grinding, valve and ignition timing, the hypoid rear axle, steering adjustment, Luvax-Girling shock absorbers, and the Borg & Beck clutch. It closes with a fault-finding section, lowering the drop-head coupe hood, a mileage and maintenance diary, metric conversion tables and a list of component suppliers. Owners and restorers of early postwar Jaguars can use its adjustment figures.

This 36-page copy is free to read online. Use the page box and thumbnails beside the reader to move through the book.