- Jan 31, 2011
- 5,769
- 8,194
- 55
I love cars, have always loved cars, always old ones, classics, and there's nothing better than finding the old service manual. Its quite simple, read the manual, follow the instructions in it, to the letter, and enjoy your car.
I have always liked the preciseness in the instructions, tyre pressures, levels, all given in no nonsense langauge
If we follow the service manual, other than accidents, which do happen, we should be able to own and drive a car for a lifetime. Those that clean and polish their cars, service them regularly, and run them on the correct levels of fluids and pressures,will eventually end up with a car of an age that still looks as good as the day it was bought.
All you have to do is follow the manual.
So why are we not all driving round in 30 year old immaculate cars? easy, we do not follow the manual,. It is utterly pointless only following say, 80% of it, doing everything perfectly, but then deciding the bit about wax oiling, is probably going too far, right up until the rust sets in, or even worse, following the rules in the book to the letter, but paying an expensive mechanic to do what should be your job,
What people look for in older cars is as much originality as possible, it may seem a good idea to take the roof off, and have yourself a DIY convertible, but at the end, when it is inspected by the main dealer for its last part exchange, it will be classed as unoriginal and devalued.
If the manual is stating only to run on petrol, why would anyone read up on the internet about cheaper, more powerful ways to run it, when the original service manual has already stated 'use petrol', some people get swayed with false products that will only end up with engine failure.
My manual clearly states I must not jack up the car unless I use a certain point underneath. Why would I want to argue about this, Why would I want to spend hours in pouring rain testing each part of the car to see if it holds the jack, when I was lucky enough to get the manual and know exactly where to put it.
Why do we as people, pay more attention, have more conviction and less argument to a car service manual ,than we do for the service manual of life.
You cannot run a car by taking only 80%, or 85% or even 99%, which bit are you going to ignore?? it has to be 100% to get the full benefit
Apologies for my car analogies today,
thank you for reading
I have always liked the preciseness in the instructions, tyre pressures, levels, all given in no nonsense langauge
If we follow the service manual, other than accidents, which do happen, we should be able to own and drive a car for a lifetime. Those that clean and polish their cars, service them regularly, and run them on the correct levels of fluids and pressures,will eventually end up with a car of an age that still looks as good as the day it was bought.
All you have to do is follow the manual.
So why are we not all driving round in 30 year old immaculate cars? easy, we do not follow the manual,. It is utterly pointless only following say, 80% of it, doing everything perfectly, but then deciding the bit about wax oiling, is probably going too far, right up until the rust sets in, or even worse, following the rules in the book to the letter, but paying an expensive mechanic to do what should be your job,
What people look for in older cars is as much originality as possible, it may seem a good idea to take the roof off, and have yourself a DIY convertible, but at the end, when it is inspected by the main dealer for its last part exchange, it will be classed as unoriginal and devalued.
If the manual is stating only to run on petrol, why would anyone read up on the internet about cheaper, more powerful ways to run it, when the original service manual has already stated 'use petrol', some people get swayed with false products that will only end up with engine failure.
My manual clearly states I must not jack up the car unless I use a certain point underneath. Why would I want to argue about this, Why would I want to spend hours in pouring rain testing each part of the car to see if it holds the jack, when I was lucky enough to get the manual and know exactly where to put it.
Why do we as people, pay more attention, have more conviction and less argument to a car service manual ,than we do for the service manual of life.
You cannot run a car by taking only 80%, or 85% or even 99%, which bit are you going to ignore?? it has to be 100% to get the full benefit
Apologies for my car analogies today,
thank you for reading
