Day 2396

 I woke up about 8 and played games until 8:30.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast I went to the shed to work on the Kraton.

I removed the center differential and started to replace its fluid.  Everything was pretty straightforward until I got to removing one of the pins.  No matter how hard I tried, it seemed to long to be removed.  All of the YouTube videos had people just pulling it out with pliers.  After a lot of time and frustration I noticed a set screw on the side of the case.  Removing it allowed me to push the pin out the hole.  After that the rest of the process was pretty easy, but a little time consuming.

I finished the diff at 12:30.  I wanted to get some strawberries and go to Norvac.  We just discovered yesterday that it still existed.  We got the strawberries and went to Norvac.  I bought the LEDs I was looking for, and a couple of other items just to give them a bigger sale.  We also stopped at Freddies to get some groceries and distilled water.  We forgot the water.  After lunch at Mickey D's we went home.

When we got home I went back out to the shed and started to work on the rear differential.  I was a little hard to get out.  Changing the fluid was time consuming, but easy.  I'd done one already.  Putting the diff back in was a bitch.

I'd greased the ring gear - bad idea.  Fitting the diff back in was really hard because the dog bones didn't want to stay in place.  My hands got so greasy that I couldn't get a good grip on the parts.  I had to go inside and wash them off with soap.  There was a shim on one side of the diff that made it hard to get in also.  Eventually I succeeded.

Ellen had dinner almost ready when I got back in.  She fixed salad and a loaded baked potato.  It was really good.

After dinner I drained the tanks and surfed.  I'm hoping to get the front diff done tomorrow.