Well, I got a special package from Mike yesterday....

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03316.jpg

That's right, FLM's extended LCG chassis plates, servo plate, and center skid! Now to find the victim!

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03311.jpg

Aw, there he is.........now prepare for MASSIVE surgery, muwahahaha!

Left battery tray gone, most of the screws on that side too.....
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03317.jpg

Both trays gone, all screws out.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03320.jpg

Sudden breeze causes freak accident!
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03322.jpg

Oooooh ahhhh........check out the pretty-ful-ness!
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03324.jpg

Hey, while I got this thing taken apart, why not lube the tranny? Just a few screws, it's ready to be split:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03326.jpg

Hmmmm.......looks okay, gears might be a bit dry though.......but what's those shavings from?!?!
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03327.jpg

WTH?!?!
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03328.jpg

Getting closer?
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03331.jpg

2 speed missing a tiny screw that holds on that square-ish plate......not a good sign......
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03332.jpg

A bb got stuck in between the 2 speed gears here somehow, just a precursor to what comes next........
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03336.jpg

Holy crap, so many things went wrong here! Obvious one is the lack of a bearing for the 2 speed to ride on, not sure how that even managed to work like that.......
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03333.jpg

........and it gets WORSE! Note the strange metal disk to the right of the top shaft? That's a spacer that should have been on the end of the 2 speed's shaft, it's now lodged in the side of the case. There's also a axle pin type rod jammed into the hole just to the right of the ring, but it's not quite as dramatic as the rign actually jutting out of the side of the case.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03334.jpg

Note the lovely pattern the ring augered out inside the tranny case before lodging itself in the side.......how did things go this wrong?!?!
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03335.jpg

Anyway, that tranny's now gonna be a trophy to how crap can go wrong inside my trannys, now for what a GOOD tranny looks like.......except for the stinky and yellow grease that is.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03338.jpg

Gasp! There's supposed to be a bearing there?
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03339.jpg

This one's locked in first with epoxy, done very professionally I might add (not joking on that part), who knows what kind of horrible crap was attempted on the other tranny.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a5/4718/DSC03340.jpg

Anyway, that's it for tonight, it was super windy outside and kinda getting cold so I called it a night. Good news is that I go into work late tomorrow, so I can work all morning on it!