Date:         Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:55:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Enrique Gamez <enrique0210@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Enrique Gamez <enrique0210@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Auto maintenance software recommendations
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Log books are nice unless they're stolen.  My car was recovered, but
everything in the glove box wasn't.  I'd suggest a back-up somewhere else.
Maybe a USB driveŠ
-eg

From:  JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Reply-To:  JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Date:  Friday, July 13, 2012 10:12 PM
To:  <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject:  Re: Auto maintenance software recommendations

I haven't done this yet, but planning to. Since I was an aircraft
mechanic and pilot at one time, I was thinking about following the
principle in Aviation - that is keep an airframe(Vanagon body with all
it's attached parts) and engine(1.9L or 2.1L WBX including the tranny's)
log books. Each airplane has one of each and both the mechanic and the
pilot make entries into both. I plan to keep them in the glove box for
convenience, and every time there is any maintenance on the body or the
engine/tranny - it gets recorded in the appropriate log. This gives a
running record of everything that's done. ON airplanes the maintenance
recording are recorded in hours of operating time. In the Vanagon the
mileage at the time of maintenance and the date would be recorded.

Spreadsheets are good, but not as handy as a logbook in the glove box.
There is good reason to keep spreadsheets as supplemental records however.

John

On 7/13/2012 8:37 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>  Anyone have a Windows base program they like?  I'm doing so much to this van
>  I'd like something better than a spreadsheet to keep track of it.
> 
> 
> 
>  Stuart
> 
>  '85 Westy
>  .
>