98 Dakota won't start

[blaberdia]

Ok I deliver pizza at night and last night after I got back from a run and was getting ready to leave to take another I tried to start the engine and it wouldn't start it made a noise like it was trying but it just wouldn't fire up. I don't know much about cars so I'm not really sure how to describe the sound, it's like the sound it makes before it fires up except it just kept doing that and wouldn't fire. This is the first time it's ever not started however ever since I bought it (used) it's always taken a bit longer than most to start but since it always started I never really thought anything of it. Is this my starter gone bad or something else? It's a 98 Dodge Dakota 2WD 3.9L V6 Magnum with about 75k on it. This is pretty much my income on the line here so any help would be great.

[Dewey712]

Hi I see no one has answered your Question I have a 2000 Dodge dakota I ran my truck out of gas completley and it would not start for nothing Act like it was trying to Well i put new Gas in and nothing would happen had good gas pressure to the trottle body well This might be why your truck is not running The spark Plugs is what i changed In my truck aand now it runs Better than ever. Good Luck