kyle, have you ever checked the voltage going to the pumps, or possible that
it is shorting out somewhere?
just another idea to kick around
ttyl
Scott Miller
89 Shelby Dakota #322 - 360 C.I. V8 (12.25 @ 112.41 mph) "FASTDAK"
95 SLT CC V8 5.2 auto
----- Original Message -----
From: jay & dana <jay&dana@telus.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 5:12 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Yet Another Fuel Pump Assembly!
> DAMN Kyle
>
> You have bad luck with fuel pumps, what kind of gas do you use, LOL. I
hope
> you get this fixed quick, as they are expensive!
>
> Jay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kyle Kozubal <grndak4x4@home.com>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:31 AM
> Subject: DML: Yet Another Fuel Pump Assembly!
>
>
> >Well night my truck's fuel pump decided to quit, again. So I pushed it 3
> >blocks to my house, luckily I wasnt far from. This last pump, purchased
> from
> >Napa, lasted from 108,000 miles to 134,800 miles; of course is only came
> >with a year warranty. My records indicate that historically(sad I have a
> >historical record of my truck's fuel pumps!) The Napa unit is/was a
Carter
> >fuel pump also. Whenever the gas gauge starts to act up, the fuel pump is
> >soon to go. From the time the sending unit went out to the time the pump
> >died last night, was 2 weeks.
> >
> >So today I called around and it seems prices have gone up. The last pump
I
> >bought was $135 through Napa 2 years ago, and Napa wants $172 for the
same
> >pump. I really didnt want to go with another Carter fuel pump, since my
> >truck has gone through 4 of them already. I called around and found Borg
> >Warner fuel pumps, Kem fuel pumps, and Masters fuel pump. All came with a
> >lifetime warranty, but the Masters from Autozone was $40 cheaper; $152
for
> >the entire assembly. I dont understand why I never bought a lifetime pump
> in
> >the first place! I opened the box up, and holy cow.........once again it
> is
> >a Carter fuel pump assembly. Haha, well atleast now I have a lifetime
> >warranty when this unit goes out in another 26-30,000 miles! I went to
the
> >dealer and bought a new tank cap($6) and two new gas line retainer
> >clips($1.75 each). So tomorrow morning I wil be installing my truck's 5th
> >fuel pump assembly. Must be these darn Ford Motorsport #19 injectors are
> >incompatible with Carter fuel pumps, eh? Hehe.
> >Kyle
> >93 Dakota 4x4 V6
> >
> >
>
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