[Rich Maund]

Anyone else here notice that your hatches really operate better once you've cleaned them and put in a spray of silicone lube?

I clean out the track on my side hatch with old T shirts. Then spray lube the upper and lower rollers and it really makes it glide well.

Same with the crazy rear hinges. They collect dirt. I wipe them off and then a little silicone lube. They seem less stressed after that.

Little things like that can count a lot IME as a mechanic.

I even keep a fox tail brush under the drivers seat to keep the cab floor swept clean. Being retired Navy enlisted man, I say commence field day! Neat machinery is usually happy machinery.

 

[RDinNHandAZ]

Yea I do some of that. I have a small corn broom under the driver’s seat for sweeping. I do Wax the entire van once a year. That makes it faster, I get better fuel mileage, and I feel better about the World. I have lubed the latches and now I guess I will have to go out and do the hinges. Enough suggestions!