I live in Zimbabwe and I am the owner of a Dodge Ram 5.9 Cummins diesel truck, VIN No. 1B7KF23C6TJ111997, manufactured in 1996. I have the following problem, which has dogged me for six months. The fuel gauge in the cab started to read ¾ full when the tank was completely full, and after driving +/- 100 miles, it dropped to zero. I went into my service manual and decided that the in-tank fuel gauge sending unit must be the problem, so imported a new unit plus an in-tank fuel filter, via South Africa. The golden rule is to not undertake repairs until the spares are in the country. Four months later, plus the usual wrong spare Africa ****-up, they arrived yesterday, so here on the farm (yes, there are still a few of us left) I dropped the tank and removed the fuel tank module. I examined the module, which I will describe as the top and lower halves. The lower half carries the fuel gauge sending unit and the in-tank filter. It slips up into the top half, between 2 slightly curved cheek plates, which have a slot in each one. The bottom half has two screws in one cheek plate and one screw in the opposite cheek plate, which pins it at an adjustable height via the slots in the cheek plates. These screws had become loose with the result that the bottom half dropped until the filter was resting on the bottom of the tank and had abraded through, by constant rubbing contact. I realised that the fuel gauge sending unit was probably OK and the problem was a floating bottom half as well as the float itself. I have been through the service manual and can find absolutely no spec as to what height these 3 screws should be fixed, in these two slots, so that fuel gauge calibration is correct. There must be a factory spec for this model of truck and this 132 litre/35 US Gallon tank. Please, I need help urgently; I leave for Mozambique in 4 days, where there are less functional Dodge agents than here, which is NIL. Johne Fletcher

 

I have a 97 pump on the shelf, It should be the same as a 96. From bottom of flange to screw is 6 inches. Hope this helps

 

Hearty thanks! I will work on that. I am considering importing a 6.7 litre cummins. However, we don't have specialised fuels here. Diesel is diesel here. We have no choice and no gas stations. I get my years diesel by sending 2 30000 litre fuel trucks, over 1700 kms and buy the fuel straight off a tanker on the Mozambique coast (82 cents a litre if you interested).

Should I import a 6.7?

 

I think if you are going to import the 6.7 liter, you would be better off importing a whole truck. You will have to change many parts, like thecomputer and wire harness to do a conversion.

 

+1 not worth it
import a whole truck!

 

Ha ha ha. Sorry my fault! I was unclear, I was thinking of importing the whole truck. Can anyone tell me how I can get my hands on a new 2007 5.9?