doing your own servicing
Submitted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at 18:17
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nowimnumberone
we had an 80 series cruiser in today that i had to give a mojor service to.
245000 ks customer usually does his own servicing he tells me.
start at the front wheel bearings originall grease.(toyota use a vaseline looking grease and original gasket)inner seals leaking.cleaned and refitted his wheel bearings they were spot on still.
brake pads must have been done at some stage but todays were down to an almost imesurable thickness.
front diff oil was black and as thick as ive ever seen about half a litre.
gearbox tranny oils were black as but were still full.
rear brakes were almost as low as the front.
rear wheel bearings were also original grease and axle seals were leaking
the uni joints took between 10-12 pumps of grease each.
engine was 1hz and oil looked to be about 50000ks old and oil fuel filters could hardly be found from dust and oil.
air filter weighed about 10 kilo from the dirt in it.
but over all a good car.
talking to this guy tonight hes been every where in it and going to qld this weekend he used to live in
darwin out bush he said.
never had one ounce of trouble since new.
now todays service probly cost around $1000 now if you work it out over the 12 years he had it its not even $100 per year to keep serviced.
thats a cheap 4by to own.
cheers
Reply By: Richard Kovac - Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 00:08
Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 00:08
nowimnumberone
Earthmoving fitter for some years, during the 90s recession, some people started doing there own,, call out one day owner in tears, engine missing knocking 1000 series Perkins, loaded up Ute with a rocker cover gasket & I'm off.
Push rod popped out from under the rocker (adjust clearance ever 1000 Hr) slacken off adjust all re fit rocker cover with new gasket..LOL and all a go
I tell the owner there Is more to a service than just changing the oil and filters...
he still remembers this today..
Richard
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Reply By: Robin - Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 08:04
Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 08:04
Sounds like that guy with the 80 series was pretty lucky Nowinnumberone.
Certainly do all own servicing here to from brand new , but
mine is in better
condition that what you observed.
Servicing was a part in the decision I made to get the petrol patrol
as there is little to do and its all pretty basic and easy as opposed to the
diesel version.
Still find it hard to believe that brake pads and spark plugs etc last in
excess of 100,000km
I have not taken it back to Nissan since first free service 5 years ago
and this lowers running costs, but its more about knowing something about
the car if it has a problem
miles from nowhere.
Robin Miller
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Reply By: Member - Glenn D (NSW) - Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 22:23
Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 22:23
Hows it going ,
I normally do my own servicing and follow the workshop manual .
Two years ago I fell down some steps and hurt my back enough to be out of action for a couple of weeks.
A service was due and I had already bought everything I needed, the problem was I had no hope of getting under the vehicle or lifting the wheels to rotate the tyres.
Spoke to the guys at the local servo and they agreeded to do my service with the stuff I had bought.
When I went to pick my vehicle up the mechanic that worked on it asked me where I normally got it serviced , when I replyed that I did it his eyes lit up . Have you changed the timing belt? he asked , thats the thing that most 'back yard mechanics' overlook . When I replyed no , I recieved a stern lecture that included neglegence and bent valves , it also drew all his workmates !
" Give me one good reason why you havent changed the timing belt with these K's " he asked "
Well its got a timing chain for one thing ! " I replyed . At least his mates had a laugh that arvo .
Glenn.
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