Day 3694

 

 I woke up at 7:30, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was 40 outside so I decided to continue work on the Opel.

Because I'm a glutton for punishment I started with sway bars.  I realized that the front of the chassis has a provision for a sway bar mount.  I looked in the "extra parts" bag and found the two parts I needed.  Of course the kit didn't have the hardware.  I had the screws in my stash, but I had to use small grub screws.  It seemed to work.

From there things went further down hill.  The collars I bought wouldn't go on the bars.  I had to go to the garage to drill them out.  It was 44 degrees and I couldn't find the right collet to use a small bit to drill the holes.  After a bunch of time freezing I just used a bit that was a little large for the application.  Then I went back inside and thawed out.

I don't have the right ball attachments for the front bar.  I did manage to get the rear installed, but it took some effort because the car is assembled and it was hard to get the sway bar arms connected.  I worked for three hours and only managed to attach the rear sway bar.  I quit in disgust.

I surfed for a little while and had lunch.  By then it was 51 degrees, so we took Abby to Circle C.  She had another wonderful day due to the cold weather.  We dressed for it, so it wasn't bad.  At least the ground has dried up.  Afterwards we stopped at HEB for milk and bananas.  Ellen bought some fish for dinner.

When we got home I went outside to look for things that I could use to build the trailer.  I thought I had a set of tires, but I didn't.  I did find a couple of things that will help in the build.  At least it was 62 degrees in the garage.

I went back inside and got on Aliexpress to look for tires.  I found a set that will do nicely for $4.75.  Yeah.  I also got parts for the sway bar and some cables for the trailer.  Somehow I got looking at parts for a scx30.  They are plentiful and relatively cheap.  That led to some scx30 videos, which led to me buying one from Amain.  I got 10% off with a coupon.

Somewhere in the middle of that process Ellen fixed the fish with some potatoes for dinner.  It was really good.  I was a little hungry because the Mounjaro is wearing off (I shoot up tonight). 

After placing the Aliexpress and Amain orders I surfed for a little while and then went to bed.