FS/FT: 89 Mazda B2200 pickup
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FS/FT: 89 Mazda B2200 pickup
I got this as a gift from my father, and ended up buying a 96 Cavalier from my grandparents for $2 so this has to go. My dad drove it for years and my grandfather owned it before him since 89 or 90 so I know its been well maintained (for the most part, as you'll see). These are very popular with the lowrider crowd, not sure how many people are into that here though. I always used it to haul stuff to the dump or around town, and as my d/d.
Its an 89 Mazda B2200, 2.2L, 5-speed M/T.
The good:
It runs. It drives. It's actually quite fun to drive, even with its 90hp engine.
Decent gas mileage (I get 400km's on a 12 gal fill)
New weber carb (4 months w/ 1000 miles on it-- I drove to/from work and home for lunch every day, 3 miles each way)
New pacesetter header, wrapped, same time as the carb. Carb + header was $500
Tune-up done at the same time as those pieces-- oil, filter, plugs, new air filter w/ carb, fixed a bunch of vac leaks, removed unnecessary electronics that went with the stock carb, pcv valve
The body, for the most part, is very straight. Very few dents & dings, except the big one on the driver's door.
The bad:
AC works but needs a charge. I have the refridgerant in the glove box but don't know how to do it, lol. Heat works, not that you'll need it in FL.
It could use some paint and has a little rust in the bed and some surface rust that can be sanded right off with some 200 grit above the hood and a little on the roof. I planned to just sand it and get a $100 Econo paint job
The fuel level sender isn't working right now but is an easy fix. It's a known problem with the B-series trucks which requires pulling the unit out of the gas tank and re-bending a wire to make contact with a rail. I'm just too lazy to do it, I just refill it at 400km's on the clock every time
Needs the driver's side door pounded out or replaced, some ass backed into it. Right now you have to open the passenger-side door to unlock the driver's side then go around to get in since the locking mechanism is being blocked from moving by the dent.
The whatever:
The speedo reads in km/h, with mph also on there in smaller print (kinda like USDM cars but in reverse) as this was originally purchased in Canada.
I see these with good paint going for $1200, I'll let this go for $1000 obo since really all it needs is a cheap ass paint job (or rattle cans) to be an awesome truck. Or I'll trade for your clean shell.. prefer a 240SX, any year, any style but prefer a hatch. Blown engine, no engine, whatever.
Its an 89 Mazda B2200, 2.2L, 5-speed M/T.
The good:
It runs. It drives. It's actually quite fun to drive, even with its 90hp engine.
Decent gas mileage (I get 400km's on a 12 gal fill)
New weber carb (4 months w/ 1000 miles on it-- I drove to/from work and home for lunch every day, 3 miles each way)
New pacesetter header, wrapped, same time as the carb. Carb + header was $500
Tune-up done at the same time as those pieces-- oil, filter, plugs, new air filter w/ carb, fixed a bunch of vac leaks, removed unnecessary electronics that went with the stock carb, pcv valve
The body, for the most part, is very straight. Very few dents & dings, except the big one on the driver's door.
The bad:
AC works but needs a charge. I have the refridgerant in the glove box but don't know how to do it, lol. Heat works, not that you'll need it in FL.
It could use some paint and has a little rust in the bed and some surface rust that can be sanded right off with some 200 grit above the hood and a little on the roof. I planned to just sand it and get a $100 Econo paint job
The fuel level sender isn't working right now but is an easy fix. It's a known problem with the B-series trucks which requires pulling the unit out of the gas tank and re-bending a wire to make contact with a rail. I'm just too lazy to do it, I just refill it at 400km's on the clock every time
Needs the driver's side door pounded out or replaced, some ass backed into it. Right now you have to open the passenger-side door to unlock the driver's side then go around to get in since the locking mechanism is being blocked from moving by the dent.
The whatever:
The speedo reads in km/h, with mph also on there in smaller print (kinda like USDM cars but in reverse) as this was originally purchased in Canada.
I see these with good paint going for $1200, I'll let this go for $1000 obo since really all it needs is a cheap ass paint job (or rattle cans) to be an awesome truck. Or I'll trade for your clean shell.. prefer a 240SX, any year, any style but prefer a hatch. Blown engine, no engine, whatever.
Last edited by Mike431635; May 27, 2010 at 05:39 AM.
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The transmission was locked up on this thing, just swapped it out with one from a 91 B2200, it shifts so nice now. Better than my 09 Mazda3. I'll include the old transmission with the truck to whoever buys it, the shifter is just screwed up on it but the internals are good.
