Day 3350

 I woke up a little before 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  The temperature was 19 degrees.

After breakfast I surfed for a while.  Then I got out the Reflex.  I tried to make some progress on it, but there wasn't much I could do until the pinion gear and servo were delivered.  I ended up doing a couple of small things and a lot of planning.  I did find the lights that I want to put on in my spare parts stash.  The front will be easy.  The back will be hard.

Fortunately the servo showed up about noon.  I tried to install it, but it turns out that the servo mount needs to be disassembled first.  That disgusted me, so I went back to surfing.  That eventually turned to videos.

The pinion showed up in the late afternoon.  Unfortunately it had been shipped USPS, so it was in the mailbox.  I wasn't going to make the 1/2 mile walk in 20 degree weather, so I took the car.  When I got back I went back to videos.

I watched videos through dinner (Ellen fixed sausage and hash browns) and into the evening.  I got bad and went back to work on the Reflex.  I installed the pinion and motor.  The kit actually has a really neat mechanism to set the gear mesh.  It was easy and really accurate.  I also installed the servo.  I can't hook it up until I've centered the servo.

I also made a small mod to the ESC mount so I could route the motor wires better.  At that point I decided to quit for the night and watch Gutfeld.  The next steps involve the soldering iron.

It's supposed to be cold for another three days, so I'll have plenty of time to do the remaining things.