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Servicing Schedule

GENERAL

Check seat belts

Check all electrical components

Check handbrake

Check tyres and pressures

Check road wheels

Check wipers

Check/lubricate hinges, doors, boot and bonnets locks and catches

Check cooling fans

 

UNDER BONNET

Check exhaust manifold bolts

Check rocker cover

Check distributor and high tension leads

Check drive belts

Check throttles and linkage

Check throttle stop

Check windscreen fluid level

Check PAS reservoir level

Check clutch fluid level

Check brake fluid level

Check clutch master cylinder

Check underbonnet grommets

Check engine breather hoses

Change spark plugs

Clean stepper motor

Check radiator and pipes

Change cooling fluid

 

WHEELS AND BRAKES

Remove road wheels and check

Check brake pads, discs, callipers, flexible hoses

Check suspension fixings

Check steering joints, rack gaiters, ball joints, wishbone bushes

Check PAS pipes and unions

Change brake fluid

 

OIL AND FILTER

Change engine oil and filter

 

UNDER THE CAR

Change fuel filter

Change gearbox oil

Change diff oil

Change clutch fluid

Change coolant

Change air filter

Check underbody

 

SPECIALIST TASKS

Check engine timing

Check headlight alignment

Check tracking and camber

The tasks are grouped for convenience.
If you click of the section heading (in capitals) you will be taken to someone’s experience of doing that particular task.
It is advisable, many might say essential, all would say sensible, to keep a record of what you have done and when. If you go to Print Record you will find printable .pdfs of the servicing sections.
There are no restriction s on printing them apart from the request that you keep any heading and footer.
All articles are the opinion of the respective authors. Most are amateurs. The information is given in good faith but there can be no guarantees that it is correct. They should be taken as examples of what has been done by others and not as instructions.