doing your own servicing

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