Day 2966

 I woke up after 7,turned over and went back to sleep until 8:30.  Then it was games before getting up for pet stuff and breakfast.

I did a little surfing and then decided to install the new motor and ESC in the Jeep.  I removed the old motor, receiver, and ESC.  After a little messing around I discovered that the motor mount was going to have to be rotated 180 degrees to fit the new motor.  That met that the rock guards had to be removed and the suspension links disconnected from the mount.  That's lots of screws.

When I got the mount re-positioned I discovered that some more of the battery tray needed to be removed.  It was out to the garage and the Dremel.  Then I mounted the motor.  When I was done with that it was time to go to lunch.

The temperature was 73 degrees. It's probably the last warm day for a while.  We decided to go the restaurant at the end of 150 that we hadn't been able to get into in the weekend.  It wasn't crowded.  I had a great club sandwich and Ellen had a vegetarian enchilada.  Both were big enough to take home half.  I also had a very good mojito.

When we got home I continued work on the Jeep.  I put the rear links back on, no problem.  I noticed that the front ones had been installed wrong.  That got me stuck in a long effort getting them right.  It didn't help that the front drive shaft didn't seem to fit any more.  I finally figured out the way the links should fit.  After that the drive shaft was still too short.  I ordered another one.

I finished up by mounting the electronics and finishing up the wiring.  The last thing was to cut a piece of sprue from a model kit and glue it as a barrier between the battery and the motor.  The install actually looks better than the one I had before.  Everything runs, but I can't test it until the drive shaft comes.

It was almost time to feed the cats when I finished.  I surfed for a little while and then fed them.  After that it was videos until dinner time (leftover club sandwich).  After dinner was more videos and an episode of Reacher.  It's as good as the first season.

It was really nice to to receive any phone calls from either Yo or Tony.  I'm mildly curious about what's going on, but not anywhere curious enough to call one of them.

Just before going to bed I discovered that the Jeep body won't fit on the Jeep anymore because the new motor is too tall.  I'll have to cut away part of the interior.  Goody goody, more work for the Dremel.