In article <008601c22c35$4cfa5c00$9000a8c0@grinch>, ib4x4@satx.rr.com
says...
>
> In the past month or so my Dakota decided to tell me it was out of gas a few
> times when I had plenty left.
>
> The first time it happened when I first started the truck, got the chimes
> and the gauge was pegged at empty, plus my overhead computer shows distance
> to empty was zero. I didn't happen to have my wallet when this happened, so
> I had to run home to get money, then right as I pulled into the gas station
> the gauge went up to about half a tank. This has happened a couple of times
> since then and I haven't really noticed a pattern. The first time it
> happened was right after I installed my powergate. I had a little problem
> with wiring the powergate, so I had tapped a few wires that didn't work.
> There might be a couple of wires that have very small bare spots from being
> tapped, so I am going to go back and cover them to see if the problem goes
> away.
>
> I'd be curious to know if either of you had noticed this after messing with
> any of your wiring.
It was 2+ years ago.... I just mostly remember running out of gas in
the summer in texas. It was hot.... I was pissed.... I do recall the low
fuel light and the bell sounding at the wrong time. It hasn't happened
since.
jack
>
>
> "Jack Snodgrass" <jack+dml@cybermail.net> wrote in message
> news:<MPG.179b31c0b1225954989687@news.dakota-truck.net>...
> >
> > In article <001601c22b33$1f584440$e54cef41@kwreimer>, kwreimer@msn.com
> > says...
> > >
> > > Relax.
> >
> >
> > My gas guage did some funky stuff once..... I knew that it
> > was doing funky stuff... and I STILL ran out of gas. I was
> > 1 mile from the closest gas station. I was pissed. I told
> > myself the night before... 'remember to get gas in the
> > morning... you can't make it to work on what you've got...'
> >
> >
> > After I ran out of gas, the guage started working again.
> >
> > jack
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Andy Levy <andylevy@yahoo.com>
> > > To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 8:42 PM
> > > Subject: DML: Gas gauge did something funky today....
> > >
> > >
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