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Finally going to attempt to fix the non working gas gage.

Old Feb 13, 2015 | 03:37 PM
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Default Finally going to attempt to fix the non working gas gage.

Has any one done it with out the tsb wiring harness? Any one have a wiring diagram? I priced out a fuel pump and for the whopping price of $300 I'm trying to avoid that. I know it's not the gage. Any tips would be awesome.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2015 | 07:36 PM
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I found this a while back and just haven't gotten to it. I still suspect it is actually the orientation of the float is wrong on mine. You can get a new pump at Auto Zone for $145 or so. Its plastic but it works fine for 15+ months so far.
http://dodgeram.info/tsb/1994/08-33-94.htm
I haven't reread it in a while but I'm pretty sure you can use your own wire since it is only one wire that needs changing.
 

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Old Feb 14, 2015 | 02:34 PM
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So all that does is connect the grounds on each harness into one wire (may or may not already be connected) and give them a common ground? Do these wires need to be connected or can I give them seperate grounds. I don't see why they need to be together
 
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Old Feb 14, 2015 | 07:21 PM
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On both of my dakotas, the issue was that the sender had varnished up and with a quick cleaning and rebend the contact, they worked. However I just did that for the s & g's, because if I went through the trouble of dropping the tank for the one, and removing the bed for the other, I put in a new $140 pump in each so I didn't do the job again for a while.
 
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Originally Posted by Cooreman
So all that does is connect the grounds on each harness into one wire (may or may not already be connected) and give them a common ground? Do these wires need to be connected or can I give them seperate grounds. I don't see why they need to be together
See I don't know enough to figure out even what you did. I was just going to follow the instructions and hope if changing the orientation doesn't work.
If it is as you say, a fix that makes the ground into a one wire ground, I would think that made the circuit complete and eliminated paths for shorts that might draw power to occur.
 

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