how do you keep track of your maintenance periods?
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Originally Posted by CKit,Jun 18 2009, 09:45 PM
I think you need more Land Cruisers...
It's too bad you didn't discover S2000s earlier or else you'd have three or four of them by now!
It's too bad you didn't discover S2000s earlier or else you'd have three or four of them by now!
-- i don't need a bunch of s2000s with different wheels on them --
if i get another S, it'll be the CR -- then i'll be done.
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Depends on the vehicle. I look at the service record and change oil & filter in most modern vehicles every time the odometer shows a multiple of 5,000. 3X5 card in glove box or owners manual with date and hours/miles of last service is handy for a quick reference.
Some of my older cars would let me know when they wanted service. I had a 1963 Plymouth that would be 1 quart down on oil 2500 miles after an oil change. If I added oil, it would use a quart every 500 miles so I just changed oil when it was a quart down. I had at least five cars that were like that - quart low, change oil.
Small motors - once a year or every 50 hours. You do have hour meters on your small engines, dont you?
Brake check at 50,000 and then every 10,000 until they need service. After the initial brake service I have an actual mileage to go by and the next check comes about 10,000 before the mileage.
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Excel. You don't need to use Excel in the garage (I don't). Use it before/after.
It's not that bad. Spend some time setting it up and then the maintenance cycles basically just repeat (copy & paste).
In the end you just have to go with what works for you. I'm no Excel guru but I'm very comfortable with it and even use it instead of a checkbook register or Quicken (and my workbook is not only set up to balance my checking account but evey credit card as well).
If a more manual/tangible approach is better suited to you then run with it.
Originally Posted by eric,Jun 18 2009, 09:38 AM
it's surprisingly tedious to make such a schedule on excel (been there) -- 
In the end you just have to go with what works for you. I'm no Excel guru but I'm very comfortable with it and even use it instead of a checkbook register or Quicken (and my workbook is not only set up to balance my checking account but evey credit card as well).
If a more manual/tangible approach is better suited to you then run with it.
