I woke up a little after 8 and played games for a while. There was a thunderstorm last night and it was still raining. I got up to feed the cats and there was a squirrel on the bird feeder. I got him. The first in a long time. I fed the cats and then had breakfast.
The rain interrupted the gravel plans. We went on errands instead - central market, Rudy's (I'm tired of cold cuts), the post office, and HEB. HEB was out of pop and my mojito drinks and almost out of orange juice. Fuck Biden.
When we got home I decided to rebuild the truck's differentials. I put lithium grease in them instead of the diff grease. I took apart the back axle. That was easy. Cleaning all the lithium grease off the gears was not. I put everything back together, but couldn't get it in the axle. After a lot of messing around (literally, grease all over) I noticed that the diff wasn't turning. I took the diff apart again. I'm not sure what the problem was, but it worked when I reassembled it. After that putting everything back together was relatively painless.
The effort had turned into a large pain in the ass, so I didn't want to do the front. I put everything away and surfed for a while. I decided I wanted an upgraded radio. I got a return for the one I ordered and spent a lot of time looking at videos about radios. There are two candidates, with different strengths and weaknesses. I decided on one. That lead to an Amazon shopping session.
Somewhere along the line I decided to upgrade the RC truck I built back in 1989. I decided to upgrade it's electronics and motors. More Amazon shopping. I actually found the specs for the original motors. The web is a wonderful place. I may end up modifying it with two steering servos instead of one. This whole thing will cost money, but less than buying another kit (I hope).
All of that took until 11:30. Time to go to bed.
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