Long term & Commonly Neglected Maintenance

[frannyB]

I know this is a bit old, but super useful to those of us who are a bit new

I would add:

Flush out your windshield washer reservoir. The fluid had gone moldy in mine and clogged everything up (smelled really interesting too...).

Inspect/Lube the pull cables for the boot and bonnet. If they break it can be a fun time getting at least the frunk open.

Lube the pulls and cables for the vents too. I had one get stuck and kink the cable to the point it snapped.

Grease and adjust your top (cab) and look for scraping or other problems.

Clean door switches. There are a few other accessories that read their position.

Pull up the floor boards and look for water/rust and corrosion to wiring there. My locks didn't work because of a corroded connection under the pass floor-board.

Clean seat directional switches.

Inspect the wire bundles that go from the car to the door. Mine had worn enough to short out and melt some wiring for the windows.

Check that the last time the car was on a lift nothing got crunched.

Oh, treat your leather! It dries out so fast.

Ok, I'm reaching a bit

Franny

[Jerome74911S]

According to Google, the spreadsheets with all of this do not exist - or otherwise the link is invalid.

[woland]

This morning my SC refused for the second time to start within three days, ten miles from home (nice small village without any car assistance, nor a gas station)

In few weeks I already changed fuel filter, cleaned up the fuel accumulator, verified spark plugs, fuses and distributor (cables, plugs). FP has 20.000 miles
Verifing again everything I found that the relais of the pump came out too easily, so I looked at it and saw that the cross-cuts in many pins were too attached



I took it apart with a blade and obtained a good contact then inserted the piece in his plug



The engine fired immediately

At home I rehearsed (rehearsed is correct?) all the relais and sprayed the holes with CRC in the fuse box and in the engine compartement

I think this small device will be an important and commonly neglected maintenance to do if you never considered this particular in the past

[Matt_911]

Sub'ed for any updates.
Great thread guys. Love your work.

[RWebb]

based on the latest anecdotes ... rubber brake hoses may be good for 20, 25, or even 30 years - might depend on brand/quality tho

[ryanjboutin]

This thread is very Ca$h Money.

Glad I found it early on in ownership! lol

Free bump for n00bs that are into maintenance as much as driving.

Cheers, mates.

[gregwils]

Google seems to keep changing the link even though the spreadsheet is unchanged. You should be able to download it and add items /change frequencies, etc in your own copy. Just consider this a head start...

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