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Originally Posted by K204ME
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(Also, the dash full gauge went crazy the day b4 it went T.U. The dial went all the way around to about the five o'clock position (when full, it stops at 2 o'clock), then it went to the empty position and stays there...both tanks are full)
I finally ran a by-pass line around the solenoid to see if the line was plugged up, but I have fuel flowing and the engine runs fine, so the line isn't plugged up.
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Ron
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It's the solenoid valve on the right frame rail. The 81-86 systems use the plunger on the solenoid not only to line up the ports for the suction and return lines to the fuel tanks, but the switch for which sender goes to the fuel gauge comes from there too. The reason you fuel gauge screwed up is because the solenoid stopped in the middle. A screwed up fuel gauge is a classic failure symptom of a failed solenoid valve.
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Joe
'75 GMC Gentleman Jim
'84 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super duper plain (manual steering, manual brakes, no dome light, no cig lighter)
'85 Chev C10 Short Wide - Super plain Vortec 4.8 4L60E trans
also: '81 K30, '83 C30 Crew Dually, '84 M1028 CUCV, '85 M1009 CUCV, another '85 C10 SWB, '87 C10, '87 R30, 2 '89 R3500 Flatbeds
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