Day 1862

 I woke up about 8 and played games for almost an hour.  Then it was pet stuff and breakfast.  I did a very little surfing and then went out to work on the Ranger.

I started by fixing the right side door.  It got bent when the Ranger was shipped here.  I took it off and stood on it to bend it back.  The result seems to be successful.  I also lubed the door latches.  They work a lot better now.

I got out the manual and started through the maintenance stuff.  The oil looks really good, so I don't think I'll change it.  I was going to check the side filters.  I tried to remove one.  After loosening one panel I discovered that the whole back panel has to be removed.  I'll leave that for when I have the tool to remove the fasteners.  It should be here today.

I went on to check the rear end fluid.  The inspection plug is supposed to be torqued to 12 foot pounds.  It wouldn't budge with a breaker bar and I broke the socket.  I gave up on that.

I did have success greasing the 12 suspension zerks.  Even that went bad when I dumped the contents of a grease tube when I was reloading the grease gun.  After that I was hot, greasy, and covered in sweat.  It was also lunch time, so I quit.

I went inside for a quick shower.  Then we all had lunch.  It started raining really hard while we were eating.  The temperature dropped 15 degrees in about 10 minutes.  We sat around talking and surfing until the rain stopped.  Then we went to the post office and the jewelry store.  Melissa got the battery changed in her watch in about 10 minutes.  Then it was back home.

Melissa went to the apartment to surf.  I did some online shopping anf ouidn a tool that should let me get the inspection plug out.  We'll see.

Dinner was hamburgers.  The cover broke on the Traeger.  A screw holding it came out.  I think the screw went under the deck.  I won't know until tomorrow.

We talked until 8, the new quitting time.  I surfed and played games for the rest of the evening.