Timothy Maikshilo Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Need help with my son's 360 dodge 1 ton. Truck will start fine and run, then at any time it will stall. Kick the fuel tank and then it will start. Tank is plastic and pump chair is plastic. so I'm thinking bad ground. Plug in looks good? Any ideas? He needs his truck, I want mine back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Need help with my son's 360 dodge 1 ton. Truck will start fine and run, then at any time it will stall. Kick the fuel tank and then it will start. Tank is plastic and pump chair is plastic. so I'm thinking bad ground. Plug in looks good? Any ideas? He needs his truck, I want mine back. Put a fuel pump module in it. About 80 percent of the time if you just replace the pump itself, the fuel gauge will be short lived as the variable resistor that drives the gauge is a piece of shit. You have a burned spot on the commutator of the actual fuel pump motor and this is quite common among all vehicles using an in tank electric pump. Rob Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Thanks Rob,didn't think of that. This has been a pain in my butt all winter. The boy will be very happy. Let you know how we make out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatcity Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 You can also give praise to the ethanol Quote Success is only a stones throw away.................................................................for a Palestinian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fauthpk Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I own a landscape business with ten of thousands of dollars in small equipment. Ethanol is killing the engines. There is no stations near us in CT that sell straight gas. Also- all trucks are diesels. All four of them have had their tanks, fuel lines, pumps, and injectors replaced due to low sulphur. Same happened to my diesel jetta. Had to replace everything from the tank forward. Fuel pump broke apart into a million pieces. Luckily everything is still under warranty. I had a 88 dodge that had a similar problem. Turned out it was a $2.00 part that was near the distributor that sent current to fuel pump once it acknowledged a spark. No spark, fuel pump would shut down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Thank you Gentlemen for you answers. I will look at all these ideas. It has been a head scratcher and 5 different mech. have looked at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnin oil Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You need new mech! Smacking the tank to get the fuel pump to work is on par with hitting a starter with a hammer when the Bendix is dying. It will get you home but pretty soon it wont. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted January 28, 2012 Author Share Posted January 28, 2012 Yea,kicking the tank was a trial and error thing. Looking at it today and possibly changing the fuel Module, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olivetroad Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You need new mech! Smacking the tank to get the fuel pump to work is on par with hitting a starter with a hammer when the Bendix is dying. It will get you home but pretty soon it wont.You are right! - when I go the car auction, I always carry a rubber hammer to beat the fuel tank as needed, along with a insulated jumper screw driver and a brass hammer to beat around on the starter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timothy Maikshilo Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 Well turns out that the wires in the plug were loose on top of the tank. This has been repaired and we should be back in business. Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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