Maintenance Program Outline version 1.01
Maintenance is often ignored in museums as it is easier to be reactive than it is to be proactive. No one questions the reactive emergency treatment whereas everyone will try and run off with the scarce funding for proactive maintenance.
This is more obvious with the technology collections in museums tha all seem to assume are somehow very “Tough” and able to withstand abuse. There is also often a dose of reverse sexism as these things are deemed not to be “culture” but just “boys toys” and hence of little cultural worth. Unlike Art.
As you go home just think on the influence of these objects on your life - even your iphone needs maintenance in a museum context.
Short Term
Surveys
Startup
- Re instigate maintenance program
- Tabulate data on spreadsheet or a good database
- Assess current Data
- Collating Data
- Collating reference data (manuals)
- Further surveys
- Develop short term program
- Approved Materials List
- Approved Operations List
- Immediate work
- Maintenance work
- Maintenance program
- Ongoing Monitoring
- Background information on Materials
- FTIR tests
- E-Chem Tests
- Oil and Fluid analysis
- Logging use and storage
Medium term
- Maintenance work
- Ongoing Monitoring
- Refinement
Long term
- Coordinate practical results from many sites
- Coordinate scientific results from many sites
- Review procedures
Categories
Museum vehicles fall into three categories;
- [Functional]restored
- [Functional]original
- [Non-functional]
This guideline applies only to Functional Vehicles.
In general all functional vehicles require the following maintenance and excersise while in storage.
Maintenance
- Inhibited Oil and lubricant changing every 2-4 years. (otherwise every 2 years)
- Coolant changing Yearly.
- Inhibited Hydraulic fluid changing 2-4 yearly.
- re-grease 2yearly
- Clean 6 monthly
- initially 6 mothly
- after a year yearly
- Wash and polish (if app) 12 monthly.
- Service 12 monthly
- Waxing
- initially 6 mothly
- after a year yearly
- if stored in carcoons
Exercise (all vehicles)
- Wheel rotation every month.
- Brake movement monthly
- Suspension movement 6 monthly
- Engine rotation 6 monthly
- Transmission rotation 6 monthly
- Steering movement 6 monthly
- Oil circulation 6 monthly
- Coolant circulation 6 monthly
- Seal re-tensioning 3-6 monthly
Road run
- Road run 30 miles every 4 months.
- Preparation for road run
- Qualified Drivers
- Driver training
- Licensing
- 30-07-08
- Definitions
Conservation management plan (Ongoing treatment profile)
What’s, how’s and why’s
- Run
- Exercise
- Mechanical movement
- Minor
- Major
New Start
Ongoing treatment profile
- Storage
- Display
- Housekeeping (Who - TA)
- Inspect surfaces
- Dust and vacuum
- Inspect systems for leakage
- Minor Mechanical movement
- Wheels
- Clutch
- Brake pedal
Yearly (object Specific)
Long term (object Specific)
See below
Tend to be system specific
- Eg a pivot point
- Or a brake system
Examples must cover
- Coolant systems
- Lubrication systems (each noted individually)
- Boilers, Fireboxes
- Steam systems
- Pneumatic systems
- Hydraulic systems
- Clutch
- Brake
- Power transmission
- Electrical systems
- Motors
- Relays
- Lighting
- Transformers
- Etc
Excersise
The following are examples
Movement – simple eg
- door opening
- rotation of wheels
Running/ excersise – complex - eg
- Turning of engine while on diplay
- 30 minutes on dynometer
- 100 km drive mid paced
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Links
Zi400 detergent
https://eco2000.com.au/product-detail/zi-400-aircraft-colloidal-cleaner/
Penrite Classic Medium
https://www.penriteoil.com.au/products/classic-medium-25w-70-mineral#/
Cortec http://www.cortecvci.com/index2.php
Nulon http://www.nulon.com.au/
Australian Inhibitors http://www.australianinhibitor.com.au/page/1/home.html
Penrite http://www.penriteoil.com.au
Morris https://www.lubricon.com.au/morris-lubricants/
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