Re: How I avoided costly mistakes, through my ignorance

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2011/12/26 16:30:20

Good story! I guess many of today's collectors grew up in the era of mostly maintenance-free cars, but it never fails to amaze me how few of them will read the owner's manual or check a lubrication chart and see that distributors, starters and generators have those little oil and grease cups for a reason.

I think a good practice when buying an older car is to assume none of the lubrication needs were properly attended to previously; get the chart and do it all, then you have a baseline for future lubrication needs.