I woke up at 8 and played games for a while. It was 44 degrees out, so there was no hurry to get up. After breakfast and a little surfing I decided to start work on the new Jeep. I thought that the cold day was a perfect time to start.
The first steps of the instructions were building the front and rear axles. This included the diffs (locked) and the portals. It took a little longer than it perhaps should have. That was because I'd purchased a lot of brass parts. The parts weren't labelled and it took me a while to figure out where they went. Everything went together well, contrary to a video I'd seen that said the bearings wouldn't fit. The result was too very heavy axles that work perfectly.
The next steps were building the shocks. I hate doing that. Besides I wanted to do the transmission. I skipped shock and went to transmission.
The transmission was really complicated. It has two speeds as well as a rear wheel disable. It also has a second output shaft. I'm not sure what that's for. I was on a roll and finished the whole thing. I did skip lunch and didn't get finished until almost 4.
After coming back from archery Ellen spent most of the afternoon in the garage. I think she was working on arrows.
With the RC stuff finished I decided to give Abby some exercise. She'd been begging all day. I walked up to the gate and then around the storage shed and back to the house. Abby followed me around running, exploring, and finding sticks. She was at least a little tired when we were done.
The mailbox was full of stuff from China when I went to it. I got stuff for the Bronco, stuff for the new Jeep, stuff for the MT10, and a couple of details for the Defender. I now have everything I need to modify the MT10. So much for working on the Jeep.
When I got back from the mailbox I sorted all of the items and put them away. Then I sat down to watch videos and fell asleep. I woke up for dinner (chicken and rice). Then it was videos for the rest of the night.
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