my drivers side tailight stopped working so i parked my truck and took the tailight out fiddled with it for a half an hour, had to go to work so i put it back together only to find out the truck would not start. it acts like it is out of gas and the gas needle is on empty but i just put 5 gallons of gas in it before i parked it. ans suggestions?

 

Welcome to the forum! First off, try to give us more info about your truck (engine, transmission, recent work you may have done to it, ect)

Now, lets try to pinpoint the problem...Can you hear the fuel pump come on when you turn the key to the "on" position? If so, is the ignition system (plugs, wires, cap/rotor, coil) putting out spark? Those are the first 2 easy things to check. Once we know if its a fuel delivery problem or ignition problem, we can go from there.

 

and might i add the infamous splice to be one of the easiest to check also?

 

Could be, I never read up much about that cause my truck has never given me any running issues.

Read through the FAQs section, there is a lot of info in there, including info about this infamous "splice problem"

 

i never ran into the problem myself either, BUT, it did save my manager about a grand on a new computer which would have done him no good anyway. and all only because i had known about that problem (made $100 for free for doing that )

 

it is a 94 dodge dakota 4X4, automatic with the v8 i can hear it turn over and every once in a while it sputters to life for a couple of minutes and the last thing i did other than the tailight work was change the breaks

 

i noticed you said that you dont think the engine is getting fuel. under the PDC (power distribution center) you will find a group of wires. take the tape off of them. you will now notice that the group of wires join. do they look coroded? (greenish/white in color?) if so, take them apart, clean them, hook them up, and test her out.