CORP SMA PLT RUNS FUEL TANK DRY; ON SWITCHING TANKS FAILS TO ACTIVATE FUEL BOOST PUMP. ENG QUITS. ACCOMPLISHES RESTART BUT MAKES PRECAUTIONARY LNDG.

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I WAS ON AN IFR FLT FROM WACO MUNICIPAL TO DENTON MUNICIPAL (DTO). DSNDING DOWN UNDER THE DFW CLASS B AIRSPACE; I WAS UNDER CTL OF FTW REGIONAL APCH CTL (118.1). WX WAS HAZY AND CUMULUS BUILDUPS IN VICINITY. GOOD MARGINAL CONDITIONS. AS MY R-HAND FUEL TANK BEGAN TO RUN DRY; I CHANGED OVER TO MY FULL L TANK. I DID NOT TURN ON FUEL PUMP FIRST. THE ENG QUIT (TOTALLY) AND I BEGAN TO LOSE ALT. I INFORMED REGIONAL APCH THAT I HAD A PWR LOSS. HE DIRECTED ME TO TURN R AND LAND AT FTW. AS I WAS COMPLYING WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS; I RESET MY FUEL SELECTOR TO L TANK AND INTEGRATED MY LOW LEVEL FUEL PUMP. IN ABOUT 30 SECONDS MY ENG RESTARTED AND REGAINED FULL PWR. I INFORMED REGIONAL APCH OF THIS AND SAID I WAS CONTINUING ON TO DENTON. APCH STRONGLY SUGGESTED THAT I LAND AT MEACHAM AND CHK OUT THE ACFT. HE TOLD ME TO GO TO MEACHAM TWR 118.3. I DID SO. BY THIS TIME I WAS ALREADY ON A HIGH; SHORT FINAL FOR RWY 16L. I TOLD THE TWR OF MY POS AND HE CLRED ME TO LAND RWY 16L. I DID; WITHOUT HAVING TO USE ANY PWR (RWY 34R WAS CURRENTLY IN USE). TWR HAD CALLED CRASH TRUCK OUT. I LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND HAD PWR. ON THE RAMP I FILLED OUT AND SIGNED REQUIRED FORMS FROM ARPT AUTHS. I CHKED MY ACFT; START FUEL PRESSURE; MANIFOLD PRESSURE; MAGNETOS; FULL PWR RUNUP AND THEN DEPARTED VFR TO DENTON. I LANDED AT MY HOME BASE AT DENTON WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON REFUELING; MY R- HAND TANK WAS EMPTY.