I know I'm a little late on this one, But I have found it easier to remove
my bed than to drop the tank, I generally have a full tank, and with the
22 gal tank, man that gets heavy to put back in then the skid plate, To
remove the bed is just 8 bolts, 2 wire clips for the rear lights and the 2
hoses to the tank, Couple of 2x4 to make a little A-frame and some tie
downs that have the Self Tightening cranks and boom, in 20-30 min I'm apart
and back together with fixed gas tank, I have a really bad problem with my
gas gauge, When installed from the dealer, the arm hits the side of the
tank and I can only tell when I have either a full tank-3/4(if stuck above)
Or the bottom 1/8, If stuck on the bottom. So every time that I take my
truck to the shop to be worked on in that area, Was rear Ended twice last
year, Pump had to be replaced once, took it in 3 times to have fixed and
they never did it right, finally did it my self and got it right.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of
HKUSP40578@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 2:38 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Erratic Gas Guage
In a message dated 99-01-27 05:29:14 EST, you write:
<< Bad fuel gauge sending unit, probably.....Its in the tank.......Replace
the
fuel pump assembly while you're there if it hasnt already been done...Trust
me on this one.
>>
I second this.....when my sending unit went out, after warranty expired, I
replaced just the sending unit. Well 2 weeks later my fuel pump also
went(for
the 3rd time) and I had to drop the gas tank AGAIN. Not that it was bad
dropping the tank, but I could have done it at the same time the sending
unit
went out and saved about 5 hours of work.
Kyle
93 Dakota 4x4 V6
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