I'll admit I don't know much about the '97 fuel pump design but on at
least the '96 you could replace the sending unit/ regulator (single
unit) without replacing the pump. After seeing mine I can see where a
dealer would do the whole thing to make it easier for themselves.
Jeff Durling
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Michael
Maskalans
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:46 AM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: DML: fuel sender
On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 09:26 PM, scsilverdak wrote:
> My '96 had a 22 gallon tank,sending unit on that Dak never did read
> correctly.
>
> Dealer even did a warranty replacement on the fuel pump
> module......tank was
> stamped as a 22 gallon , with a replacement 22 gallon module still
> didn't
> read correctly.
back when my '98 was new-to-me, it ran out of gas quite a few times.
it'd sputter and die anywhere from 1/8 to 1/3 of a tank on the gauge.
took replacing the sender once and the pump/sender a second time to get
it reading right.
seemed odd to replace the fuel pump but I suppose after running out of
gas a half dozen times it quite possibly could have picked up some
major crud. I dunno, and I don't trust that dealer too much....
-- Michael Maskalans '98 Dakota SLT CC 4x4 318 details here: <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dak.html> mobile.612.618.4652 campus.585.274.2246 fax.954.697.0487
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