2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Dash warning lights and fuel level trouble,

[tolmsted]

Last Friday afternoon the mighty Cummins died while going down the road and I still had 14psi on my pillar fuel gauge. I had no idea what was wrong.

So I had AAA road service haul it and me to the closest Dodge dealer and they said my Holley blue fuel pump down on the frame rail was dead. I was glad it was that and not the ECM and/or the injector pump.

They said it would cost $800. 00 to do an intank fuel pump and 4 days to get the pump. DUH!

Told them no thanks and I would repair myself.
So I bought & installed a new pump and the engine started right up, thank goodness!

Now my dash says:
BRAKE
ABS
LOW FUEL
and the fuel gauge from dead off moves just a little but is below the "E" mark.

I have NO CODES and over half a tank of fuel.

Does anyone have any thoughts and/or comment about what I should do next to get rid of the problem lights?

Thanks in advance,
Tom

 

[SSolderitch]

I would look at the schematic in the fsm. They must all have something in common if it happened all at once. single point for ground? single fuse? That may include the ECM (ground or voltage). Also look at your fuel pump & gauge circuit...

 

[tolmsted]

PROBLEM SOLVED. Read on and learn.

I'll get right to the point.....



I found a large electrical connection behind the front driver side wheel liner that was opened up by the Dealers mechanic when he was trouble shooting the fuel pump problem. The idiot mechanic forgot to reconnect the connector... ... . DUH!!!!!!! That's a prime example why we TDR folks don't like to go to the Dealers if we can help it. And I had to pay them to screw up my truck. #@$%!#@$%!#@$%!



To top it all off, I asked the mechanic if he had everything back together that he may have opened up and his response was "YEP I did". Stupid idiot!!!!



Maybe he sabotaged it on purpose when he was told I was doing the repair myself. Oo. Oo.



When I was rolling around on the creeper under the truck today looking for problems I saw the connector open.



I instantly had smoke rolling out of both ears and my wife came out the door and asked me to stop the profanity#@$%!#@$%!#@$%!#@$%!



Thanks TDR... ...

Tom