Zanzer's 1986 B2000

^^Thanks for the kind compliments, it's much appreciated I gained most of my knowledge from just jumping in there and doing it. There's no mistakes unless you do the same (wrong) thing twice LOL


What carb do you have on your truck, a Weber or the factory Nikki? What kind of problems is it giving you?

Factory Nikki. It's idling too high, but randomly (though it usually occurs when warm it has when cold as well) it will idle super low and want to die if I'm not giving it fuel. It also acts like it's breaking up when cold at low rpms as well as after driving for more than an hour or so. Not so sure that it's not the factory coil breaking down finally.

I can only fiddle so much since this is my daily. I've got a used Weber 32/36 but I don't have the clips for the air filter and I need to make or buy gaskets for it. So it's just sitting around.

Well done Zanzer, some good reads there.
You've the same model b2000 as I have just got.
Was the fuel gauge job easy enough? Mine's a dud too.
I like your mod. Taco instrument panel. What's your's out of?
How did you set that up?
Is the sender unit out of the dizzie?
I've also posted a power steering mod. question.
Cheers from Downunder

@ Charles - I installed a 2.2 Nikki on my truck a couple of weeks ago and I still have my factory 2.0 Nikki that ran well. You're more than welcome to it if you want it. We can pop the top off of it and clean it out well with some carb cleaner and put it on your truck. That's what I did to the 2.2 and it runs pretty well. Sounds like yours could be dirty or have excessive throttle shaft play (which causes a vacuum leak). It could also need the choke stove adjusted a little. Mine ran better after I drilled out the factory rivets, installed screws, and readjusted it. I also have a good factory coil off my truck you can have.

Also, I may be able to get you some air filter clips. What size filter do you have, 1 7/8" or 2 5/8"?

You can get a rebuild kit for a Holley 5200 for $16 from RockAuto that will work for the Weber as well.






@ Maz - Congrats on the new purchase!

The sender job was pretty easy. Have you tried grounding the sender wire to ensure that it isn't the gauge and not the sending unit itself? If it is the sending unit in the tank; I put the truck on tall jackstands, pulled the drain plug in the tank and drained the fuel into two 5 gallon buckets, dropped the tank with a floor jack, and replaced the sender which I bought new from RockAuto. The hardest part was removing the rubber hoses from the filler neck.

The tach cluster is a factory one out of a B2200. It's pretty much plug and play unless you want the factory clock to work, which involves a little rewiring. I didn't care about the clock so I left it unhooked. The big thing is the speedo cable routing. When you install the tach cluster you have to reroute the cable to the left or the cable will bind and break after exactly 10 miles of use (ask me how I know LOL) .

Here's Cliff's (Axle Breaker Earl) writeup. I didn't do the part for the clock.























I'm not sure what you mean by is the sender out of the dizzy? I did have to remove the ignition module in order to get the Crane HI-6 ignition box to work with the factory magnetic pickup. Basically you remove the ICM and add jumpers where it used to plug into the pickup coil.

I have the 2 5/8" filter. Thanks for the link to the info on the rebuild kit. I would love to rebuild it before using it, I'll order it soon. I'll shoot you a message on the Nikki you have.

^^ Well darn, I have clamps for a 1 7/8" air cleaner, sorry


Mini update: I finally got around to adjusting my headlights last night, now the squirrels can sleep better

Almost forgot a mod:

Last weekend a friend and I installed some seats I had out of a 2000 Mercury Cougar into the the truck

I need to pull the covers and give them a good washing (they're filthy) and fix some of the side bolstering while I have the covers off. Can't beat them for the price, 50 bucks for the set at Pull A Part, and they ride WAY better than the factory seats and I have much more leg room now. Plus the drivers side is power

I'll get a better pic when I get them cleaned up and refurbed.

I haven't done much to the truck lately due to other projects. It blew one of the Ebay headlight bulbs tonight. No fault of the bulb though, after inspecting the plug it's pretty corroded. I'm gong to fix that first thing tomorrow. But since I can't stand driving around with a headlight out I ran by WalMart and picked up a set of Sylvania XtraVision 9003 bulbs and installed them in the parking lot. I hate to say it...but the Ebay bulbs were better


Other than that, I picked up a new digital camera today so no more blurry grainy phone pics...I know that breaks everyone's heart

Here's a few shots I took to test it out:

I painted the SuperCoil in the "company colors"




And here's a few shots of the carb I took while playing around with macro mode to see how it does with closeups.

Those pics look a lot clearer lol, what other projects do you have going on? House projects keep coming up for me.

Heheheh, I thought everyone would appreciate the upgrade


So far all of the projects are car related. I'm building 2 engines for a guy in GA, 1 engine for a guy in Roanoke, VA, 1 for a guy in Mount Airy, NC and another for a guy in Kannapolis, NC. Plus I just bought a 52 Ford 8N tractor I've been trying to get running again (needs a fuel tank and carb rebuild) and my 95 F-450 rollback now needs a new ring and pinion. It's always something I gave up on the house years ago LOL