Day 2438

 I woke up about 8, played games for a while, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  When I was done I went out to the shed to work on the B6.4.  I wanted to take advantage of the "cooler" temperatures.

I worked on the car until about noon.  I basically did almost all of the steps that I could do without the part I'm waiting on.  I quit because I was tired and it was getting too hot in the shed even with the fan.

I surfed for a while and then had lunch.  After lunch I surfed some more,, killing time until three when it was time to take Cooper to the vet.

We stopped at the post office on the way up.  There were two packages.  One had the part for the B6.4 (it came early), the other was the delayed package.  I was really surprised about the second, as they said it wouldn't get to Gervais until Monday.

The trip up was supposed to be "clear sailing".  It wasn't.  There were slowdowns at both Wilsonville and Tualatin.  We made it with 10 minutes to spare.

The vet visit didn't go well.  Cooper has an infected canine tooth.  It will need to be pulled or have a root canal.  Pulling will cost $1K.  A root canal will cost more.

217 south bound was a parking lot.  We took Lombard to Hall and Hall to 99.  We got on I5 there.  I don't know if it was faster, but it was less stressful.  After getting on I5 it was clear sailing.

We decided to eat at AC Greasy.  When we got home I just had to check the parts for the Kraton.  They work perfectly.  That means work on the B6.4 is going to be suspended.  I decided to spend the evening working on it.  That way I could incorporate the new part as well as all of the sub-assemblies I'd built today.

The evening's work wasn't without pitfalls.  I had to redo one sub-assembly I built in the morning.  I also spent quite a while determining that one of the parts I needed was in another bag that shouldn't even be open at this point (this has happened before).

In the end I have most of the front and rear suspension in as well as the gearbox.  The drive train, shocks, and body mounts are left.  It's a good place to call a pause.  Tomorrow I'll try to get the Kraton put back together.  I'm hoping that the servo saver doesn't need to be tightened.  That would be a big job.  Gerry wants to shoot at 8:30, so I might not get anything done at all.

When I was finished building I put everything away and did some surfing.