I have just brought a tf 3.0ltr i have brought the following for a servie
plugs
oil, fuel and air filters
rocker cover gaskets
thermostat
and brake pads all around
it has 186k on it
is there much more i should buy for it as far as a major service on it
i will be replaceing brake engine and trans oil (pump all trans oil out)

if you are changing the rocker cover gaskets, get the spark plug tube seals done too

May be a little early, but might be a good idea to do the timing belt too.... Was it changed at 100k?

Cam belt can wait until 200,000 unless it wasn't done at 100,000. Check service records if you have them. If in doubt change as soon as possible. Do a search to find the correct way to do the trans fluid. Steering fluid might need changing too if its dark.

i dont have any books with it but i did inspect it and it does have a date on it of 16 months ago. How offten are they required to be changed? and yeah changed the spark plug tube washers ( the half that was there :S ) does the inlet manifold have a gasket or does it just have the glue??

where bouts in the NT are you?

in bakewell bro. (in the gettho) lmao

not as bad as grey dude... ha ha.. so where you putting your car in for a service?

lol grey is right there next door !!! ( grey has gotta be better that west sunshine lol that place scared me ;) ) i work for airpower so ill get it serviced just down the road here by d&t exhaust there is a work shop next door not sure the name

cool cool... if you want some good work and you can get it in, go to peckys they are fantactic...

where are peckys? i dont know them are they this side of town?

they are in darwin city.. parap/fanny bay area.
they are great there... also dont know if its still there but HI-tech tuning (was where i used to always take my rotary) they were good too..

ok cool ill give them a look up i just gotta get it rwc before i can drive it (it is out of rego)

go see these guys for your RWC

C & H Autoline
Car Servicing Centres & Mobile
1796 Stuart Highway - Pinelands, NT



peckys details

Pecky's Fuel & Car Repairs
Car Servicing Centres & Mobile
1 Swan Crescent - Winnellie, NT

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C & H Autoline
Car Servicing Centres & Mobile
1796 Stuart Highway - Pinelands, NT

these guys are the guys near d&t i was talking bout i work just over the road from them!

chris should be able to do you a "GOOD" RWC he used to do them for my RX2 and my walky kitted VL and my ute.

Back on topic,
The inlet gasket is a metal gasket so as long as it has not been bent, does not need replacing. DO NOT USE gue or a paper gasket

I recommend doing the power steering fluid the same time as the transmission fluid. On the little dipstick it may look reddish, but if you put it in a container I guarantee it won't be a nice transparent red transmission fluid colour (its not quite transmission fluid in most cars, don't just use transmission fluid in it). In most cases its completely neglected and you'll find its more brownish and reddish which indicates a definite need for a flush. Its one of the easiest service items to do yourself which will save you some money!

Radiator fluid should also be replaced if you don't know how old it is. Coolant shouldn't be any more than a couple of years old. In alloy engines like most newer cars you can't just look at the colour, time is a very important factor. Since its not an iron block you won't get the brown rush in the coolant, instead you get aluminium oxide which you can't really see! After changing out the fluid, ensure you're running at least a 25 percent solution of a good coolant. I release you don't need antifreeze may not be so much of an issue where you are, but its good practice to use, you might travel in a years time afterall! A good antifreeze, antiboil, anticorrosive can't hurt, and ideally have it at a 33-50 percent ratio (25 is the minimum, 50 the max). Note a lot of premix coolants are below the 25 percent threshold, the stronger mixes aren't much more expensive but they do have to satisfy the cheap guys!