I am 70 and have a 96 that is excellent both cosmetically and mechanically. I love doing small maintenance jobs. I am not referring to jobs like fluid changes and flushing but small off the radar jobs. Here is a list of what I am talking about and what am I missing?

1. Remove the ICM and clean off old heat sink compound and replace with new.
2. Remove all belt pulleys and remove seals and clean and repack with grease.
3. Wipe antenna down with WD40.
4. Grease hood pin points.
5. Remove spare tire and wash and check pressure.
6. clean out the PVC valve with brake cleaner.
7. remove rear taillight lenses and buff out while cleaning the factory goop out of the sockets.
8. Clean out coolant overflow tank.
9. Every month or so I will turkey baster out what power steering fluid I can and refill with new.
10. Lube door hinges with motorcycle chain lube.
11. Changed the headlight gears and pellets even though my original pellets looked brand new. (I did not expect that)
12. Pull radiator and spend hours blowing out a half cup of little rocks out of the evaporator.
13. replace the factory clamps on the power steering cooler with worm clamps. They were leaking just a little.
14. Wipe all weather strip with dielectric grease.

It is Iowa and the wind chill yesterday was -20. I have a heated garage and I am bored. Can anyone give me any ideas that I am missing. Thanks, Dan

 

Got any loose trim rattling? Felt washers do wonders to resolve that problem. It's a relaxing sit down job. Maybe turn on the radio while you're doing it.

Also a good opportunity to remove vents and soak them in soapy water to get rid of any grime or dirt stuck in them.