2001 GMC Sonoma 4x4
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Dougnuts
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With the time change and cold weather (26°F this morning), I will be doing the majority of work and filming in the garage, so I had been contemplating making changes to the garage. As luck would have it, my coworker was renovating his garage, which gave me the opportunity to pick up a free work table and cabinet. I cut down each end of the table, stained all of the bare wood, purchased a $17 task light from Walmart, a power strip from Lowes, and spent the whole weekend in the garage making it work. The table is now full of Sonoma parts, which means they are no longer in the room that we will be using for Thanksgiving. I (read: my wife) loves it when a plan comes together.
All that time in the garage without any progress on the truck was tough, but this will pay dividends. Having a work table is much more important in my 40's than it was in my 20's.
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ThundahBeagle
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With the time change and cold weather (26°F this morning), I will be doing the majority of work and filming in the garage, so I had been contemplating making changes to the garage. As luck would have it, my coworker was renovating his garage, which gave me the opportunity to pick up a free work table and cabinet. I cut down each end of the table, stained all of the bare wood, purchased a $17 task light from Walmart, a power strip from Lowes, and spent the whole weekend in the garage making it work. The table is now full of Sonoma parts, which means they are no longer in the room that we will be using for Thanksgiving. I (read: my wife) loves it when a plan comes together.
All that time in the garage without any progress on the truck was tough, but this will pay dividends. Having a work table is much more important in my 40's than it was in my 20's.
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Please tell me you kept that "before" work bench. That looked nice. Of course, all the rest of the new to you stuff also looks great!
Dougnuts
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Yes, that is the table that is now in the corner.
ThundahBeagle
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Ah. The red toolbox is under it. Cool
Dougnuts
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Work continues on the Sonoma. In the last few days I replaced the rear shocks with Rancho RS5000's and finally got the seat lever installed.
The driver's side shock had zero compression resistance and would not self extend. The passenger side had neither compression or rebound control for the first 3-4" of travel. I'm still waiting on the title, so the test drive was limited to the neighborhood, but it felt like a new truck. I hope to get to the front end this weekend.
The seat lever required me to find a longer thread cutting screw than the one shipped with the lever, but all was well once I sourced that. No more vice grips required.
Here's a link to a short YouTube video of the shock install.
The driver's side shock had zero compression resistance and would not self extend. The passenger side had neither compression or rebound control for the first 3-4" of travel. I'm still waiting on the title, so the test drive was limited to the neighborhood, but it felt like a new truck. I hope to get to the front end this weekend.
The seat lever required me to find a longer thread cutting screw than the one shipped with the lever, but all was well once I sourced that. No more vice grips required.
Here's a link to a short YouTube video of the shock install.
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