Maintenance Of All Kinds

Maintaining Your Vehicles

I have the oil changed on all of my vehicles when needed, as oil is inexpensive when compared to the cost of a new motor. I replace my tires when the tread is worn down or I lack enough grip with the tires that came with the car initially. Tires help in stopping and maintaining control of your vehicle. Have air filters and cabin filters replaced, as mice can build nests in cabin filters. A well-maintained car can last for many years without any problems. One man told me that he had 268.000 miles on his Camaro.

Furnace And AC Checks

Your furnace should be checked every two years for any leaks, belts, motors, and lubrication needs. You don’t want the thermo coupler or ignitor to stop in the middle of a blizzard, leaving you without heat in your home. Maintain your furnace filter yourself by replacing it every month or every two months, depending on the type of filter you buy. ACs need to be checked to ensure they do not have any R-134a refrigerant leaks and to clean the outdoor coils of debris such as leaves and more.

Appliances

If your washing machine is noisy, have a repair person assess the problem. Washing machines need to have the softener area taken apart and cleaned when you see residue on your clothes after washing them. A YouTube video will show you how to do it. Clothes dryers may need a new thermo coupler, ignitor switch, or belt around the drum. Your refrigerator may become very noisy just before it stops working for good. Clean the coils under or behind your refrigerator, and it will last much longer. Watch a YouTube video on how to do it. Defrost your freezer often, and it will last much longer and use less energy to keep your food frozen. Clean the filters frequently on dehumidifiers and portable ACs so they run efficiently and effortlessly.

Snowblowers, Chainsaws, And Lawn Mowers

It is a good idea to have the spark plugs changed in your mowers, chainsaws, and snowblowers, as they will start easily when you need them the most. Put Seafoam in your gas when you store it, so you do not put bad fuel in your mowers and more. Remember to put oil in your 2-cycle engines, or you will ruin the engine in a matter of minutes.

Small Appliances

If you store some of your small appliances, use them once in a while to keep the motors working. Run your mixer, blender, and coffee maker. Put a cleaning solution in your coffee maker to remove scale and to keep it working in good order. Clean the crumbs out of your toaster for sanitary reasons. Wipe off and clean all of your appliances after use.

Maintenance Saves Money And Time

If you do not maintain things, they will not last, and you will have wasted a lot of money replacing an appliance or item that could have lasted with proper maintenance over the years.

Maintaining Your Body

Our annual physical ensures our body is in peak operating order. Our Doctor may say we have to take blood pressure pills to maintain our blood pressure or that we should lose some weight to prevent people with diabetes down the road. We must exercise our body as a body at rest stays at rest and goes downhill quickly. We should be very social as it has been proven that people that socialize live much longer than those that do not. We should have our teeth cleaned twice a year to prevent tooth decay and having to wear dentures in our old age. We need our annual exams to prevent cancer or catch it early before it spreads and is not treatable. We should keep our minds as active as possible by reading, working on crossword puzzles, putting puzzles together, and having a hobby. I like to use a treadmill in the winter months with music playing in the background. In the warmer months, I weed whack, garden, mow my lawn, trim trees, and ride my e-bike. We maintain our pets’ bodies by feeding them top-quality food and annual Vet visits for their checkups and necessary shots.

Maintaining Your Soul

Maintaining your soul is very important. If you do not keep your soul, you do not maintain your body; without your soul, you have no body. God put breath in your body and gave you a mind to survive and function. If you lose your soul to the Devil, you have lost your connection to everlasting life. Have kind, caring, loving, joyful, peaceful, hopeful, and loyal thoughts. Do not go to bed angry at someone; be slow to anger. Put God above all others and strive to do God’s will on Earth. If you see your soul drifting in the wrong direction, ask God to help you get back on track again and stay on the right path, as that is the only path that leads to redemption and everlasting life. Glory be to God our heavenly Father.

Maintaining What You Own

If you do not maintain your home soon, you will not have one to live in. Maintaining a home takes a lot of time and energy. You may have to replace your windows, put on a new roof, install a new furnace put on new siding, have your home rewired, and much more. Maintaining a home is very expensive. Maintaining your vehicle involves oil changes, batteries, new tires, and sometimes something significant. Lawnmowers need oil changes, blades sharpened, and sometimes a complete overhaul. Outdoor buildings must be repainted, and rotten boards must be replaced. I stain my deck boards yearly with an oil stain since oil paints or stains last much longer. Water and other filters need to be replaced as they get dirty and cause damage to the device they are used on. Write a list of the top 10 things you want to fix at the beginning of the year and stick to the list so you do not have many repairs to complete all at once.