James’ 1974 W200 build

Okay... been a while since I updated...I fixed the throttle issue, I made a 1 inch square spacer block and raised the throttle cable in line with the throttle shaft on the carburetor and it pulls straight. Feels and works much better. There’s a thread of mine floating around on that subject with pictures.

I’m going down to a 33/13.5/15 super swamper or Nitto Mud Grappler. A narrower 35” tire would probably work just fine, the ones I got are 16” wide! I found out and as most people on the truck pages say 16” wide is very wide and of course they’ll rub, go down to a 12 or 13” wide. Duh. Lol

The brakes are okay, for now. I fixed the master cylinder caps they were kinda leaking, on those aluminum masters with the plastic caps, there’s a Dorman cap and seal set that fits tighter. Seems to fix that leak when I swapped to the Dorman caps and rubber seals.

The clutch is fine now, that’s how they are. After a few more test drives, I’m used to it. Still think I like the borg and beck style.

I’m ordering shocks next week hopefully.
I need a front driveline before I can have the exhaust made, so that’s next. I’ll call the driveline shop tomorrow.

Today I pulled the intake manifold, I saw where it was leaking. Front right corner as I didn’t put enough RTV. It wasn’t even squished down in that corner. Lol

I attempted to install the manifold with new felpro gaskets. But I was rushing, I used the right stuff gasket maker and it just dries too damn quick and I couldn’t get it. Pulled the manifold off again and I wasn’t about to try and scrape all the gasket sealant off, I threw em out. I’ll order another set this week. Anyways, that’s it for now. Lol