The verdict on the Jeep is that the fuel pump neds to be replaced. No problem, that part is plentiful and readily available. However...
...the fuel pump is linked to the fuel sending unit, which hasn't worked in the entire time I've owned the vehicle. So my fuel guage is useless, but I count the miles. No problem. Except...
...Chrysler has discontinued the making the fuel sending unit for this particular Jeep. The part is nowhere to be found for love or money, apparently. The mechanic said that we could *try* to put a new fuel pump in with the old, broken fuel sending unit, but we might very well find that we won't be able to put everything back together, because the part is old. That gamble would cost $488, and if it doesn't work I'm out the money and still have no car.
I still owe about $2,300 on the Jeep. I have no job. I am so very, very screwed right now. I wonder what I must have done to make the gods hate me so?
