Just picked up a 1994 B2300, got some question?

[Bimmerman]

Picked this up today for $900. Feel like i did pretty good on it, has lots of new parts and runs great. I have already sanded and painted part of the bed. Going to get rid of the crazy camo paint job and do a decent rattle can white.

It seems to be a little low on power. Does the ride heigt look stock or like it has been raised? Also is there a way to tell what pinion gear is in it? I want to bump up one from whatever it is to give it a little more juice. I use it to just run around town and haul stuff so not being all that great on the highway is not a big deal.

 

[kdowney50]

I too have a '94 B2300. My chief complaint has been the lack of power at low RPM. From dead stop it seems to take forever to get up to speed. Once rolling, I find that if I keep the engine between 2500 & 3500 RPM I get pretty good performance.

Ride height looks normal. I can't help you with the pinion gear.

And I agree you should cover up that camo paint job ASAP. YIKES!

Looks like you got a lot of truck for $900. Best of luck.

 

[chrwilkins30]

there should be a tag on one of the bolts that hold the diff cover one. it will tell you what you have.

 

[Bimmerman]

After my $60 rattle can paint job!

 

[prerunnerwannabe]

Wow, looks TONS better. Great job on the painting!
As far as a lack of power, the 2.3s are gutless anyway, but (I could be wrong) it looks like your tires are a bit bigger than stock. Here is another thing that could help.
http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/Summer06/throttlecablemod.htm
It is the throttle cable mod... It might help.
Nice find on the truck!

 

[mp3deviant721]

There's a label on the door, you should be able to find an axle code on it and use this: http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/Axles.html to help find out what gears you have. The axle codes are about half way down.