Runner
Veteran Member
- Joined
- May 12, 2007
- Messages
- 1,723
- Location
- Missouri
- Tractor
- John Deere 2520, 1989 John Deere 185, 1960 Panzer T70B
I keep a three-ring binder in my shop in which I have pages with commonly used information on the various vehicles/boats/tractors/engine-driven items that I have to care for.
I keep separate pages for cars, trucks, etc., and each one has things like, lug bolt size/torque, oil filter number, required oil viscosity, oil quantity, air filter number, oil drain bolt size, etc.
Also keep handy reference pages in there like how much oil it takes to get a 50:1/32:1/25:1 mixture for a one-gallon gas can.
Whenever I need to work on something that requires the use of a shop manual, I make copies of the required sheets and take them to the shop, rather than getting the original manual dirty and torn-up. Then, I three-hole punch those pages and keep them in the notebook for future use.
I find it really saves time/effort to keep all this stuff in one place rather than having to find a separate book to look it up each time I need to change oil or whatever.
I keep separate pages for cars, trucks, etc., and each one has things like, lug bolt size/torque, oil filter number, required oil viscosity, oil quantity, air filter number, oil drain bolt size, etc.
Also keep handy reference pages in there like how much oil it takes to get a 50:1/32:1/25:1 mixture for a one-gallon gas can.
Whenever I need to work on something that requires the use of a shop manual, I make copies of the required sheets and take them to the shop, rather than getting the original manual dirty and torn-up. Then, I three-hole punch those pages and keep them in the notebook for future use.
I find it really saves time/effort to keep all this stuff in one place rather than having to find a separate book to look it up each time I need to change oil or whatever.