Driving in to work Monday night I pulled up to a stop sign and the Dak sputters and dies. No warning-nothing. I crank it it sputters and dies. Again.....same thing. So I'm thinking of the gas I just filled up with.......water? Then I'm thinking fuel pump? Key on-off, on-off, on. No codes just pdone. Bad gas! Bite the bullet and have the truck towed to a local garage I trust that night and the next morning head down to the gas station to confront the owner about water in his tanks. He hands me the tank readouts from that morning that contain information about if any water is present in the tanks. All read 0.000. Sorry just had to know. Then out to the garage. Explain to the manager about the no codes and the symptoms. All he can tell me is that they'll have to pull the tank and check it out. GULP! First of all this is probably the second time EVER I've entrusted anyone to put their hands into the guts of one of my vehicles. Secondly I can't stand to have someone else fix my problems butI was kind of lost without a code to point me in a general direction. I should have checked the line pressure at the fuel rail but things have been rather stressful lately at work and we've had a serious illness along with a major surgery in our family within the last weekso my headhasn't beenscrewed on straight exactly. Anyway they had to put in a fuel pump and the Dak is good as new. I told the manager it seemed unusual for a fuel pump to go out at 37,000 miles and he agreed for a Dodge it is highly unusual. But $hit happens I guess. I guess I posted because I feel kinda guilty about having someone else do the work when if I had just thought it out I probably would've figured it out. Just not thinking too straight the past few days.

 

I feel your pain.. I hate other people touching my truck.

But then again... it was a fuel pump which for me seems like a little bigger of a job and would be alot easier if you had a ramp to put the thing up on.

Sometimes life has us make hard choices... At least they didn't screw you around.

 

They are a reputable shop and I've never heard anything but good comments about their work. I most definately don't plan on making this a habit though as I enjoy doing my own work and trust my work and methods. I think if there had been a little less going on at the time I probably could have done the fuel pump but with things like they had been going I was too frustrated to think straight.
To make myself feel better about itmy Magnaflow muffler arrived yesterday so I spent the morning taking off the Flowmaster and installing the new muffler and welding upa pretty slick hanger to carry the weight at the front of it. Turned out nice and fits like the factory can. Not nearly as loud as the Flowmaster which I didn't mind but now I don't have to turn the stereo up as high.

 

See.. that's all it took to feel better..

a little morning time with your truck..