tractor fuel gauge

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jlewis457

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• Jul 4, 2014

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I was checking the fuel on one of my tractors today with a piece of 1/4 round molding. I stole from one of the projects in the house. I use to use a clean stick. I was wondering what you guys & gals use when the fuel gauge gives out.

 

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Zachary Hoyt

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• Jul 4, 2014

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I peer vaguely into the tank, realize I can't see how far up the tank the gas is and then wander off, usually. On the Massey 35 there is a hump in the bottom of the tank, if it is above the gas or near the surface I know I am a little low. On the Farmall 300 it could be anything, there is really nothing to see in there. I just pour some in when I think I need it, and I don't run out very often.
Zach

 

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Chuck (CA)

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• Jul 4, 2014

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I usually find a stick or twig laying around somewhere.

 

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uncle henry

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• Jul 4, 2014

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i have round molding too with 11 notches 1 inch for ever gallon of gas

 

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60 acre hillside

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• Jul 4, 2014

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The preferred one is the square yardstick that is given away as advertisement. I carry a short piece of 3/4 square pine in the toolbox of my B Farmall

 

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macec3(TX)

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• Jul 4, 2014

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Clean stick

 

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wally_mi

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• Jul 4, 2014

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i use a small welding rod. i bent a hook on one end to hang it on the choke wire. its always dry clean and handy.
wally

 

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Hammer house

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• Jul 4, 2014

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I use A big peace of copper wire, it hang outside my shop. it is clean and I can read it good.

The fuel tank on my 3910 ford works okay when the tank is full, then when it gets down close to one half, then it goes to empty.

Hammer Man

 

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JRSutton

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• Jul 4, 2014

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anything available. Usually just a stick or a piece of hay.

I've found you don't have to "read" it. just move it around as you put it in, you can easily feel when it hits the gas, then how deep it is from there.

 

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Mark-Mi

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Location

S.E. Mi.

• Jul 4, 2014

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Dowel rod.

I would not think a fuel gauge would quit working on a five year old tractor.

Now where is my wooden dowel ?

 

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notjustair

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• Jul 4, 2014

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I've got a left I've piece of one inch dowel that leans against the door in the shed to check tractors without gauges. I've used it for as long as I can remember. It even goes in one of the mower tanks. I wish it would go down the neck of the grain truck - I don't trust that gauge. Technology from 1958 that still works has got to be possessed by something.

 

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jennifer408

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• Jul 4, 2014

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i use my eyeball on mine.

 

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Russ from MN

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Location

Bemidji MN

• Jul 4, 2014

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Our Farmall C never had a gauge, so I have a clean stick hanging on the same nail as the oil checking rag. I wipe the stick off with the rag before putting it in the tank.

 

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fixerupper

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• Jul 4, 2014

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My ever present tape measure.

 

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Dan T in MO

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• Jul 4, 2014

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I've found that when the gas gets too low, the tractor stops running. That's when I know it's time to go to town and buy more gas.

 

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PJH

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• Jul 5, 2014

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I have an old hammer in each tractor toolbox. The handle just barely reaches the bottom of the tank.

 

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Harold Hubbard

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• Jul 5, 2014

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Broken broom handle leans against my fuel barrel. There's always a shovel or pitchfork handy in other places. I can't really see into any of the tanks without using a match or lighter, so I don't check them that way.

 

Blackhole49

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Location

White Lake MI

• Jul 5, 2014

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Wooden ruler in each tractor. Cut off broom handle in skidsteer.

 

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Brian Jasper co. Ia

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• Jul 5, 2014

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When my gauge quit working I fixed it. My stuff isn"t perfect by any means, but I can"t stand stuff that doesn"t work.

 

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bison

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• Jul 5, 2014

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I fix the gauge if it quit working.
I have one tractor without a gauge,,,can't even get in the tank with a stick to measure.
Ran out of go juice a few times to many on that one,...usually far from home.
I now stop first at the bulk tank before using it...i hate walking.

 

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oldtanker

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• Jul 5, 2014

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A long time ago an old guy told me that if you keep the top half full the bottom half never runs dry. Sense he told me that I've never run out of fuel.

Now as far as checking, 8Ns eyeball, M Farmall and 1206 a stick. I want to fix the 1206 but every person I've talked to says the replacements just work a short time and die. So I'm reluctant to spend money on a fix that isn't going to last a while.

Rick