Saturday, December 30, 2023

Day 2954

 I woke up at 7 and went back to sleep until a little after 8.  Then it was games followed by pet stuff, breakfast and some surfing.

After the surfing I installed a servo and brass servo mount on the FCX24.  The mount went in easily.  The servo was a little harder because I had to change the connector on the servo.  I hope that's the last soldering that I have to do for a while.

By then it was a little after noon.  The sky was clear and the temp was 70.  We decided to eat somewhere outside in the sunshine.  We drove about 15 miles to a place south of Dripping Springs.  It's a large place, but apparently a lot of people had had the same idea.  There was a 45 minute wait.  We turned around and went back north.

I stopped at another place on 150 on the way back.  It was crowded, too.  It also had a sign saying they were closing for a party in 45 minutes.  Screw that.

We finally ended up in Dripping Springs at the pizza place by HEB.  It was nice.  I had my cheap margarita and a really good Italian sandwich.  Then we went home.

I started to install the brass bumper and brass servo mount on the Jeep.  That sucked.  The bumper didn't have any way to secure the LEDs.  I had to glue them in.  I fought forever to get the suspension links attached to the new mount.  I finally figured out that I needed a new approach.  Then they went in relatively easily.  Also the new mount caused the servo to interfere with the frame.  I had to take the Jeep to the garage and use the Dremel to grind down the mount.

I tried the Jeep on the obstacle it was having trouble with.  After all the time and money in mods it still can't climb it easily.  By then I was tired and disgusted.  I turned on videos.

I watched videos until 9 and then started to look for tires for the Bronco.  Les Schwab doesn't have the size Falken tires I like.  Their house brand tires are $60/tire more than the Falkens.  It looks like I'll have to drive to Nampa for tires.  That's a 300 mile round trip.

Yo sent me another copy of Tony's bank statement.  I'll look at it tomorrow.

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