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R50/53 Upcoming maintenance day

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Old May 22, 2011 | 12:59 PM
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Upcoming maintenance day

I bought my car one year ago with 35,000 miles on it. It just turned 52,000.

In the last 17,000 miles I've done:
  • Inspection, but not a full on inspection I-- I can't really tell when the inspec I was because the previous owner drove it so little, she did change the oil every 5,000 miles though so it should have been around 30,000 miles
  • Two oil changes
  • Coolant flush and expansion tank replacement (already brown again )
  • Brake fluid flush (needs another)
  • Motor mount
  • Battery

I'm doing my oil changes at a 7,500 mile interval so I'm a little over that right now. I know the inspection II is supposed to occur at 60,000 miles but I'm thinking about bumping it up a little bit since I'm unsure when the filters were replaced and because I overheated my brake fluid a while back and it really needed to be flushed.

This is what I'm thinking about doing in one fell swoop:
  • Home grown inspection II
  • Brake fluid flush
  • WMW 15% pulley kit with the spark plugs and belt
  • 2005 power steering fan air duct

Is there any other preventative maintenance I should be doing at this point in time? Should I flush the diff and transmission? Are there any other things I should look at while I'm in there? I know the thermostat was improved after 2004, but should I just wait for that to fail?

Thanks. Oh, and if anyone in the Phoenix area has a pulley tool I could use for a day, please let me know. I'll pay a rental fee for it.
 
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Old May 22, 2011 | 03:17 PM
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Your list looks good to me. I would suggest:
if you dont do the pulley reduction/belt, change your belt!
I did everything you listed above, I got my mini in the 30,000 miles range and now I am at 55,000.. I ripped my Supercharger off and serviced that a little, honestly it did not need it, the oil seemed OK and while I had it off I replaced the snout.
 
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Old May 22, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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I would change the trans fluid. And generally at 50k you prob need new LCA bushings.
 
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