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06-25-2009, 01:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Fair Lawn, NJ
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Having just gotten a new JK, I feel the need to do everything right the first time. I meant to do it for my TJ, but I never really got around to it. I've always done regular maintenance on all my vehicles, but I never kept track of what I did and when I did it.
I know a few people like to keep records of everything, from maintenance to mods and such and keep all the paper work in a file.
How many of you guys keep a maintenance log for your Jeep, and, if you do, what does it look like. I was looking for a good template online so I can keep everything orderly, but I couldn't find anything I was looking for.
I could make one, but I figured one of you guys had to have something that could make my life easier.
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06-25-2009, 02:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Reno, NV
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mine is a $2 small notebook from Walmart. Everytime I do something or put gas in I write it down...
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06-25-2009, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Neah Bay, Washington
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kairo
mine is a $2 small notebook from Walmart. Everytime I do something or put gas in I write it down...
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x2. Just a small little 3x5" notebook. I record every tank of gas, oil changes, tire rotations, and all other service in it. I save receipts for oil, supplies etc. in a folder that has all the paperwork for the Jeep. 
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"Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am --- a relunctant enthusiast . . . a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half for yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it's still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breath deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this: you will out live the bastards."
-Edward Abbey
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Currently Jeepless...
Previously owned: 80 CJ-5, 97 TJ, 99 XJ, 95 YJ 10 JK Rubicon Unlimited
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06-25-2009, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Fair Lawn, NJ
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What's the purpose of keeping track of gas mileage? I usually calculate it when I fill up, but I don't write it down. Any reason?
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06-25-2009, 02:25 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Reno, NV
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rjt36
What's the purpose of keeping track of gas mileage? I usually calculate it when I fill up, but I don't write it down. Any reason?
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you can trend mileage gains and losses that may be the result of a changed part or a component failure.
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Is: 2011 Ram 1500 Hemi & '02 TJ on 35's
[url]www.reno4x4.com[/url]
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06-25-2009, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Lehigh Valley, PA
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I have a spreadsheet with three workbooks in it - one for payments, one for maintenance and one for all the money I dump into it on other stuff.
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06-25-2009, 05:36 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Olympia, WA
Posts: 452
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Microsoft excel...
This way I can keep track of mileage, averages of cost, min/max, notes like condition of parts or why parts failed etc...
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06-26-2009, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Alpharetta, GA
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I save the oil change receipts and staple the little tearouts from the service handbook to 'em. There's not much of a point as I plan on keeping my LJ until one of us dies, but I guess it's not a bad idea.
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06-26-2009, 01:26 PM
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Injanir
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Knoxvegas, TN
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I would cry if I saw the dollar amount of money I put into my jeep. As far as records go. I might write on a gas receipt my mileage so I know when to change the oil. As far as replacement parts, Autozone has those records since most of mine have a lifetime warranty.
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06-26-2009, 01:38 PM
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there will be crying
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: West-BY GOD-Monroe, LA
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Mine is an excel document I keep on my phone. It dates back to May 2002 and tracks everything I have done on every vehicle I have had since then.
I can send you a copy to use as a template to build your own if you want.
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"The Jeep is America's only real sports car" - Enzo Ferrari
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" - Ben Franklin
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06-26-2009, 01:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Fair Lawn, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ancestralworm
Mine is an excel document I keep on my phone. It dates back to May 2002 and tracks everything I have done on every vehicle I have had since then.
I can send you a copy to use as a template to build your own if you want.
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Yeah that would be great. I'm just looking for a format so I could just plug the info in.
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06-26-2009, 01:58 PM
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there will be crying
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: West-BY GOD-Monroe, LA
Posts: 659
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rjt36
Yeah that would be great. I'm just looking for a format so I could just plug the info in.
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PM sent....10
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"The Jeep is America's only real sports car" - Enzo Ferrari
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" - Ben Franklin
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06-26-2009, 07:42 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Missouri
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I keep mine pretty simple on all my vehicles. In the blank pages in the back of the owners manual I put all my oil changes, mileage and date, and in seperate areas any major maintenance work such as axle oil, transmission, antifreeze, ect.. That way also if I ever trade it it's there for the next owner.
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Dont hate on the guy that keeps his Jeep clean....
Hate on the guy that doesn't get his Jeep dirty....
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06-26-2009, 07:54 PM
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As Seen on TV
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Newport News, VA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kairo
mine is a $2 small notebook from Walmart. Everytime I do something or put gas in I write it down...
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Me too! My dad has been doing this on his cars all my life, so it was just naturally something that I would do too.
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06-26-2009, 08:00 PM
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Web Wheeler
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: the western shore, WA
Posts: 1,334
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Neo1130
Microsoft excel...
This way I can keep track of mileage, averages of cost, min/max, notes like condition of parts or why parts failed etc...
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Same here. I keep track of what parts I bought, where I bought them, when I installed them, the part number, cost, intervals they need replacing and have pics/receipts of significant stuff in the same folder.
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