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Fixed the "low fuel" light this weekend

Old Jun 2, 2008 | 08:12 AM
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Default Fixed the "low fuel" light this weekend

wasnt hard, but its nice to not have that stupid light going on, i got some pics if anyone wants to see how to do it.
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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Mine likes to say I have low fuel at times too.
I'm not sure if its the sending unit or the cluster on mine.
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 03:04 PM
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its a part that is attached to the fuel pump.

mine was bad for damn sure.
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 03:14 PM
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I just go to the pumps...only works temporarily tho...then that damn light is back on.
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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 03:19 PM
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once i got the part out i saw what happened, and its just a bad design.

but if yall have a way to get the bed off and a lil time its all good.
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Old Jun 4, 2008 | 05:22 PM
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Yeah, the sender is riveted on, and over time the rivet gets enough play in it that the sensor lifts slightly off the circuit board and can't send a signal. I bent the sensor fingers with tweezers so they were touching, but a couple months later, it's starting to act up again.
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 08:06 AM
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mine were starting to erode off, i mean the part isnt expensive.
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 08:19 AM
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I Would like to see the pics please. My friend has that problem.
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Old Jun 5, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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I took care of mine this weekend also. Pulling the bed off the truck is much easier than I anticipated, stepside on mine. 8 21mm bolts, 2 t-30 tork for the gas filler and a plastic pop clip on the bottom of the gas filler was all that was needed to pull off my bed. Then it was easy to get to the fuel pump/ sending unit. I went ahead and replaced the whole unit since mine already has 160k on it. My sonoma quite at 130k. So for me it was piece of mind.
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