Cataloguing Stuff, car parts etc?.

[Keithmac]

Hello all!.

I have lists for everything I do parts wise on cars and bikes but there's a fair few of them!.

Today working on my Golf fuel system (converting it to AN-6 teflon) must have 20 parts or more which is fine now but in 5 years how do you remember what you've done?.

I've got spare parts galore as well, how to catalogue it all?.

Fuel system, wiring diagram wise it would be nice to have a picture of the whole thing, you click on a part and it brings up what it is and where you bought it from etc.

Just interested how other people manage it.

 

[optima21]

I just remember what Ive done and roughly when, Ive got 2 cars to drive, both VW Polo's, one Ive had for 24 years (made in the late 80's) and the other for 19 years (made in the early 90's), as for parts they are available from the likes of autodoc or ebay, (although as cars get older the availability of parts gets less, but Ive never bought anything from a dealer.

 

[voipio]

IdeaList is one database program that might be useful, though getting hold of a copy is becoming difficult, as it is essentially abandonware. It easy to set up a record type that would do what you want, and allows images to be inserted into records, but it doesn't allow image areas to be clicked on as a basis of searches on part numbers.

If you're into writing web pages, have a look at the source code for the million dollar homepage: http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/ - it might be possible to put the basic idea to good use.

Look into spatial databases; basically the ones that use map coordinates. Your engnie/carb/wiring diagram images could be used as if they were map images. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_database

 

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[maroon]

Put as much back together as possible. Stick it in a box and write golf fuel system on it.

Remember you have it.

It's great when someone's looking around in what looks like junk and they say "what's that"
And you come back with something like "it's a an escort mk3/4 gearbox mounting" just looks like a random bit of metal or "numberplate light for a...." "switch for a... "

 

[James1979]

I have a spreadsheet that I use. I have a tab for each customer and have their plant and machinery on there. Add Columns as I need and when I change parts just enter the part number and any hyperlink in the relevant cell.

I suppose you could do something fancy with MS access or the free libre one if you could be bothered?

Advantage with spreadsheets is that it’s easy to print and share