I just got it. Its a 96 ram w/ 5.9L 138,000 miles, runs great and shifts good. The oil pressure stays around 55lbs on the hwy and around 30lbs at idle. The fuel gauge is broken, but when i fill the tank completly it works untill i have driven around 50 or 60 miles down the road, then it goes from empty to full to bouncing around in the middle. Anybody know the problem for this. Also it has so slop in the steering. What would be the problem here. And if anyone could give me so good site to order some parts from that would be great. Thanks.

 

on the homepage you will see a lot of df sponsors such as make it mopar and jegs they are good sites also about your fuel gauge it could be a bad sending unit or sensor

 

If you wanna do the steering right, start at the steering shaft and replace everything that is there now with aftermarket goodies. Do a search on here about steering. Then finish up by replacing the control arm bushings with poly's, if those babies are worn they will cause the most slop in your steering than anything, because your whole axle is shifting.

Enjoy...............

 

an old post with info on the gas gauge fix.
Consider trying the relatively cheap 'Techron Concentrate Plus' cleaning first.
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Some old posts that might be of interest:

fuel gauge sender fix

https://dodgeforum.com/m_675391/tm.htm

sulfur in gasoline poisoning Chrysler style sender resistance strip:
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Chrysler fuel senders that are inside the fuel tank use a silver alloy on the strip that the float's slider rubs against to vary the electrical resistance that works the gas gauge.

Sulfur in gasoline (or diesel) can foul or 'poison' this Chrysler part much easier than GM or Ford's sender.

You can read about this sulfur killing DCX fuel gauges at these weblinks:

http://web.archive.org/web/200206110...er/3378552.htm

http://www.whnet.com/4x4/bad_fuel.txt

As others have said, you may be stuck having to replace the fuel unit.

On Diesel Truck Resource and Turbo Diesel Register some Ram owners have reported that they have been able to clean and fix the resistor slider - but only after pulling it from the tank.

It is only 50/50 chance
but you might be able to get the fuel gauge working again by using a heavy concentration
of a cleaner like Chevron Techron, Napa's "Kleen" or a few cans of official Mopar Fuel Injection cleaner from the Dodge dealership. Whether to spend $18-36 in a gamble to see if it would avoid buying a new in-tank unit is up to you.

Over on another forum (Moparts) there is a long time poster who goes by Mr P Body who claims he was in charge of testing many fuel injector cleaners in order to choose the official one Mopar uses, which he claims works significantly better.

The newer version of Chevron's cleaner (Techron Concentrated Plus) mentions improving fuel sender operation after sulfur fouling.
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also check out this old post

https://dodgeforum.com/m_508851/tm.htm

 

is your truck a 4X or a 2X?

 

congratulations.
before spending big bucks on steering try this for free. https://dodgeforum.com/m_657750/tm.htm

 

Its a 2wd

 

just replaced my drivers side tie rod, very sloppy in the pittman arm, improved tracking and steering a lot i have 114 k