Update for anyone who's interested.......
I decided to remove my instrument cluster and see if I could see anything unusual on the instrument circuit board. Everything looked OK, so I did some more searching for troubles with the wiring.....everything looked really good, no corrosion,no stray wires (we had a command start installed several years ago) nothing out of the ordinary.....I even cleaned the battery terminals and the "third end" even though they looked just fine( that should satisfy Rick.....hehe..).
In the end I bit the bullet, went to the j/y and got myself a new instrument cluster. hooked it up and my problem disappeared. the best part of the whole thing is I went from 87K on the odometer to 20K. I'm not quite sure how to fix that......
The problem was a pooched gas gauge, and not the fuel quantity sensor. I guess the moral of the story is if your gauge needle is stuck, but the low level light still works it could be a screwed up gauge.
Fuel Pump/sender....$285
used Inst. cluster....$130
labor.....................2 Days
Working Fuel Gauge...........Priceless!!
