Day 3741

 I woke up at 8, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  It was going to be hot again (got to the mid 90's), so I took Abby for a walk around the property.  It was still early so the temperature was pleasant, but you could tell it was going to heat up. 

I decided that today was the day that I'd get the mini-Kraton ready to run. I started by putting fluid in the center diff.  That involved removing one piece - that had 13 screws holding it.  I put 500K fluid in the diff.  It's so thick that I had to use pliers to squeeze the fluid out of the plastic bottle.

With that done I did something recommended on the web.  The car has a plastic arm that holds down the battery.  That limits battery size.  People remove the arm and replace it with a strap.  Someone on the web sells a part to make this easy.  I decided to just remove the arm and make my own mount for the strap.  I used some "junk" parts that I had in the parts cases.  This took quite a while because I got elegant with it.  It was fun though.

The last of the morning activities was replacing the stock electronics with an ESC and receiver that I already had.  That went pretty well.  The result looks really good. 

By then it was lunch time - a sandwich.  After lunch I surfed for a while just to take a break.  The I started work on the front and rear differentials.  Fortunately I'd run across a video that showed someone doing it.  It was nice to know exactly what screws needed to be removed to get to the diffs.  The diffs both needed fluid badly.

By then it was time to feed the animals.  I did that and then watched videos until dinner.  I had the shrimp and rice from yesterday along with some birthday cake.  It was all really good.

The rest of the evening was videos.  I actually found a video showing the car I ordered yesterday racing.  Unfortunately it didn't play well so I couldn't see anything.