The inevitable breakdown on the road....
It finally happened to me...I became "that Guy" yesterday. The law of averages met our camper head-on far from Vegas but luckily not "100 miles from a dial tone" like the back country Olympic Nationa...
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jimh425 wrote:Old-Biscuit wrote:
So what is your criteria that alerts you when to replace.......
Just time (I go for 5 years) unless they already have a schedule replacement time period as part of servicing. An alert would only work if the parts didn't have catastrophic failures. Yes, that means that I'm probably replacing some parts before they need it. Fortunately, batteries, hoses, belts, aren't very expensive. Tires are, but I can afford every five year replacements assuming they don't wear out before that time.
Water pump, fuel pump, alternator, u joints.....replaced at 5 yrs also.
Point is..things fail.
Preventative maintenance works but does not cover all aspects.
30 yrs in power plants where maintenance was on-going to try and prevent failures because they cause HUGE LOSS OF $$$$$$$$$$$$$ and yet things fail.
Like I said earlier.....how one deals with those says a lot.
