YEah, i love my tool budget, i tell them i need something and in 20min its
in my toolbox. I just dissagree with many of the company policies that are
meant to screw the customer.
-Aaron
""Paul Bumann"" <Ramsport96@home.com> wrote in message
news:004701c16d34$75bafc00$fd7c1118@ftwal1.fl.home.com...
> hehehe... i work wal mart part time when i'm not workin at the air base.
we
> have to pull the battery out and put them on the tester in the garage
> now...the portable tester walked away.......dangit. and wal marts tire an
> lube express doesnt have the sears tool budget...dangit....
> ~ Paul
> 98 Dak, RC,Deep Amethyst
> V8/5 Speed/ 3.91 Suregrip
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aaron Gasparich" <acg302@ptd.net>
> To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:29 AM
> Subject: DML: Re: Is it the fuel pump or the gas?
>
>
> > Sounds like what happened toi my truck when i had corroded battery
> > terminals. my feul pump just up and died in a parking lot, no warning.
Try
> > cleaning your terminals and see what happens. I see dirty terminals with
> > there symptoms and the sympyoms of a dead battery at sears a lot. BTW
stay
> > out with the mechanic if you ever get a battery at sears, even if your
> > current one comes up good on their tester, they still tell you its bad
and
> > swindel you into a new battery. Only way to find out if its good is to
> stare
> > at the mechanic when he tests it. CAn you tell i dont like working
there?
> > -Aaron
> > "Matt Erikson" <eaten_by_limestone@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:20011114121459.85092.qmail@web10106.mail.yahoo.com...
> > > Yesterday morning I had half a tank. I put 12 gallons
> > > in at the local gas station. Then I drove apporx 40
> > > miles to work. All was fine.
> > >
> > > When driving home, I started loosing power on the
> > > Interstate. It even backfired. Then power would come
> > > back! I pulled over to a gas station and checked
> > > everything out as much as I could. I was hoping it
> > > wasn't a timing problem. Everything seemed to check
> > > out... nothing obvious was wrong. Ran through the
> > > general troubleshooting... Air... yep, Spark... yep,
> > > cause it would fire and turn over... Fuel... seemed to
> > > be getting it, but it also seemed to be the only thing
> > > that would be giving me these problems. Well, I
> > > bought a can of starter fluid and a can of dry gas (or
> > > the closest thing the gas station had to it.) and
> > > nursed it back another 20-30 miles. Then it stopped
> > > dead about 2 miles from my house.
> > >
> > > I got my neighbor to come out and help me with the
> > > truck. We took off the fuel filter, it was clear.
> > > There was a lot of pressure in front of the filter.
> > > We then checked the rails. We were able to bleed off
> > > a lot of pressure. Then we tried to pump the pressure
> > > back up. It would not go back up. So we figured fuel
> > > pump.
> > >
> > > I didn't hear the pump going when the key was turned.
> > >
> > >
> > > Are there any known problems with the wireing of the
> > > fuel system on a Gen II Dak? Before I drop the tank I
> > > figured I would run the senario by you folks and look
> > > for some opinions. I just find it strange that the
> > > problems would start about 40 miles after I filled up.
> > > It probbaly woukld take that long for the fuel in the
> > > lines to be replaced with the bad fuel. Then the
> > > truck would run intermittantly for the next 30 miles
> > > or so.
> > >
> > > Please help.
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
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