Routine Maintenance & Check-ups
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RE: Routine Maintenance & Check-ups
Brigette,
There are several posts found within this forum that talk about routine maintenance around the 75K mark. The 60K mark is one of the most important. So the first thing you need to find out is if an inspection was done at 60k. Mike posted a great checklist to go from. I cut and pasted it below. I recommend printing a copy of it and getting everything on list checked. Doing this will insure a great ride for quite sometime (granted to stay on top of your fluids and oil changes ever 3k). If there is any part of this list that you're confused on, don't hesitate to ask on this forum what it means. Someone will answer pretty quickly. Lastly, keep great records of maintenance. I keep two records because I'm ****. One in my glove-box, one on my home computer.
Care of: DiscoMike -
This is the parts list for a 60,000 mile service the way I do it.
1 Oil filter , K&N 3001
1 Air filter
1 Transmission filter kit
6 Qts of engine oil
12 Qts of ATF
7 Qts of 80/90W gear oil
2 Qts of Brake fluid
2 Qts of synthetic Power steering fluid
2 Gallons of OAT, orange coolant
1 Bottle of Lucas Power Steering additive
1 Bottle of Lucas Transmission additive
1 Can of Spray Carb Spray
1 Can Of Brake cleaner
8 Spark Plugs, I use Bosch Platium Plus 4's
1 Set of Magnacor 8mm plug wires
1 Serpentine belt if not yet replaced
2 Bottles of SeaFoam
60,000 Mile Service
Bleed the brakes
Flush and change the power steering fluid adding one bottle of additive
Service the tranny adding one bottle of additive
Flush the coolant system
Do an engine flush before changing the oil
Do an induction cleaning
Clean the throttle body
Add fuel additive to full gas tank
Change both of the diffs fluid
Change the t/case oil
Replace the plugs and wires
Replace the air filter
Lube all the drive shaft grease fitting including the 2 slip shafts
Do full inspection of brakes, hoses, bushings etc.
There are several posts found within this forum that talk about routine maintenance around the 75K mark. The 60K mark is one of the most important. So the first thing you need to find out is if an inspection was done at 60k. Mike posted a great checklist to go from. I cut and pasted it below. I recommend printing a copy of it and getting everything on list checked. Doing this will insure a great ride for quite sometime (granted to stay on top of your fluids and oil changes ever 3k). If there is any part of this list that you're confused on, don't hesitate to ask on this forum what it means. Someone will answer pretty quickly. Lastly, keep great records of maintenance. I keep two records because I'm ****. One in my glove-box, one on my home computer.
Care of: DiscoMike -
This is the parts list for a 60,000 mile service the way I do it.
1 Oil filter , K&N 3001
1 Air filter
1 Transmission filter kit
6 Qts of engine oil
12 Qts of ATF
7 Qts of 80/90W gear oil
2 Qts of Brake fluid
2 Qts of synthetic Power steering fluid
2 Gallons of OAT, orange coolant
1 Bottle of Lucas Power Steering additive
1 Bottle of Lucas Transmission additive
1 Can of Spray Carb Spray
1 Can Of Brake cleaner
8 Spark Plugs, I use Bosch Platium Plus 4's
1 Set of Magnacor 8mm plug wires
1 Serpentine belt if not yet replaced
2 Bottles of SeaFoam
60,000 Mile Service
Bleed the brakes
Flush and change the power steering fluid adding one bottle of additive
Service the tranny adding one bottle of additive
Flush the coolant system
Do an engine flush before changing the oil
Do an induction cleaning
Clean the throttle body
Add fuel additive to full gas tank
Change both of the diffs fluid
Change the t/case oil
Replace the plugs and wires
Replace the air filter
Lube all the drive shaft grease fitting including the 2 slip shafts
Do full inspection of brakes, hoses, bushings etc.
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