Day 3715

 I woke up at 7:30, played games, and got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was too cold to work in the garage so I decided to mount the body to the Opel.

This was supposed to e a short simple task, but in true Opel fashion it turned int a 3 hour marathon.  First I had to replace the lower magnets.  Then I had to attach the battery holders to the body posts.  This required reducing the posts a little with the Dremel.  I got out the soldering iron and wired the magnets on the body posts ( should have done this earlier).

There was more soldering when I moved on to the body magnets.  I'd planned on having a connection at each end of the body.  They chassis design wouldn't let me wire the front posts, so I had to change the body wiring.  Two problems showed up when I put the body on the chassis.  All of the mounts were now too high.  Also, the back mounts (where the wiring is) had to be changed to the tilting mounts.  The back mount change involved rewiring the body magnets and of course lowering all four posts was more Dremel work.

One good thing.  The stronger magnets and super strong double sided tape I bought work really well.  I can pick up the car with a battery in it by grasping the body and the body won't come off.

After that it was time for lunch.  After lunch it was time to run the dog (and walk me) on the property.  I took a pruner with me while I walked and trimmed branches along the path to make it easier to walk.  The final result is pretty good.  

When I had my two+ miles in I went to the garage to work on the trailer.  I decided to wait on mounting the tie downs until the chain came (due today).  Instead I cut out the expanded metal from the desk tray I'd bought yesterday at a neighborhood garage sale (50 cents).  It worked great.  The front of the trailer is now done except for mounting the tool box.  I'll wait until most of the work is done before doing that because its plastic.

It was dinner time when I finished.  I went inside and fed the animals.  Then I got sidetracked playing with the 1/64 car and surfing.  Eventually I had a frozen thing.  The Opel is still on the kitchen table.  It really is a cool looking car. 

After dinner I watched videos.  The chain for the trailer came.  It didn't fit.  That's my fault, I measured it wrong.  I got on Amazon and ordered more.  By then it was time to finish the day with surfing and videos.