What have you done to your square lately??

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smoothandlow84

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I'm busy making templates for new inner fenderwells since the truck sits on the frame when parked and the tires almost rub the underside of the hood.
 

Honky Kong jr

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Almost as catchy as the ill fated La Cucaracha horn. We actually had a food truck years ago that would drive into our warehouse to conduct business...lol. we finally broke down and told the driver that the horn probably deterred alot of potential customers since La Cucaracha (the cockroach for those of you who don't speak Spanish) isn't the best horn for a food truck.
It s the roach coach after all.
 

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I'm busy making templates for new inner fenderwells since the truck sits on the frame when parked and the tires almost rub the underside of the hood.
See @R10C10 thats something you do not have to worry about. Who wants tread marks on the inside of their hoods......:emotions33:
 

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Let's see...

Tweaked and tweaked and tweaked and tweaked and tweaked and tweaked my tune to work right with my NV4500! DBW throttles kind of SUCK. First it was hanging the revs between shifts. Fixed it, but resulted in bucking and surging at low speeds (like I had a big cam or something). Finally found the magic combination of throttle follower, throttle cracker, and timing to make it happy all around. Friggin' runs like a raped ape!

Also worked out all my u-joint angles. Had to shim the trans up, shim the carrier bearing down, and install 1.5* shims to point the pinion down to be in line with the 1st section of my 2 piece shaft, but it's buttery smooth now!
 

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Almost as catchy as the ill fated La Cucaracha horn. We actually had a food truck years ago that would drive into our warehouse to conduct business...lol. we finally broke down and told the driver that the horn probably deterred alot of potential customers since La Cucaracha (the cockroach for those of you who don't speak Spanish) isn't the best horn for a food truck.

Spanish

La cucaracha, la cucaracha,
ya no puede caminar
porque le falta, porque no tiene
marihuana pa' fumar.

Ya murió la cucaracha
ya la llevan a enterrar
entre cuatro zopilotes
y un ratón de sacristán.


English translation

The cockroach, the cockroach,
can't walk anymore
because it's lacking, because it doesn't have
marijuana to smoke.

The cockroach just died
now they take her to be buried
among four buzzards
and a mouse as the sexton.
 

smoothandlow84

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Spanish

La cucaracha, la cucaracha,
ya no puede caminar
porque le falta, porque no tiene
marihuana pa' fumar.

Ya murió la cucaracha
ya la llevan a enterrar
entre cuatro zopilotes
y un ratón de sacristán.


English translation

The cockroach, the cockroach,
can't walk anymore
because it's lacking, because it doesn't have
marijuana to smoke.

The cockroach just died
now they take her to be buried
among four buzzards
and a mouse as the sexton.
A roach...smoking a roach...now that makes sense. I never understood that. I think the songwriter was Hiiiiiiiiigh
 

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I'm busy making templates for new inner fenderwells since the truck sits on the frame when parked and the tires almost rub the underside of the hood.
Are you making them out of metal as opposed to the fiberglass Slosh Tubz makes them out of?
 

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I am watching more snow falling on the 78 K20. That's about all.
 

Big Chip

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I didn't think I could contribute but I remembered that I am waiting on my Western Suspension lowering kit. I ordered it a month ago and it is supposed to ship early February. I went with the 3/5 drop to try to avoid the inner fender issues. We will see how that works when the time comes. The way I figure it the tops of the tires will be even with the wheel arches.
 

Honky Kong jr

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Are you making them out of metal as opposed to the fiberglass Slosh Tubz makes them out of?
A friend of mine used trailer fenders and built of of them for his.
 

Honky Kong jr

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I'm busy making templates for new inner fenderwells since the truck sits on the frame when parked and the tires almost rub the underside of the hood.
Trailer fenders work as a start ( I quoted the wrong post above)
 

QBuff02

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I am watching more snow falling on the 78 K20. That's about all.

Pretty much all I've done so far too.. Hoping to get caught up at work and get some extra time to tinker soon!
 

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