Day 3348

 I woke up a little after 8 and played games for a while.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After that I did some surfing.  I really didn't want to start on the contraption right away.

Eventually I got to work.  It turned out not to be very hard to remove the motor.  It only took four screws and the motor dropped out.  I took apart the gear assembly to decide what to do.  I decided to lock the internal parts by adding a nut.  That will allow me to use a grub screw if I want.  I also replaced the crush washer with a new one.  Then I reassembled everything with a strong emphasis on blue thread lock.  After that I put the motor aside to allow the thread lock to dry.

I started going through the contraption looking for anything that might be problematical.  I re-positioned a couple of parts that were interfering.  I also loosened some that were too tight.  I also added a grub screw to a gear that was slipping.  I think I got it running as smoothly as possible.

It was 2 by the time I got everything buttoned up and some cleaning done.  We needed some milk and OJ, some we went to the post office and HEB.  When we got home I did some surfing.  Ellen fixed a HEB pizza we bought for a very late lunch/early dinner.  After a while I switched to videos. 

I took a little time from videos to put more glue on the Audi gas cap lanyard.  Unfortunately I got some in the wrong place.  I may have wrecked it.  I also test the contraption.  The good news is that the motor stays attached to the gear.  The bad news is that it needs 10 volts to run the contraption.  CRAP.  I so want to be done with it.

I went back to videos for the rest of the evening.