gas gauge

wjytexas · Aug 26, 2016

I stopped by the lumber yard to get a piece of 1/4 dowel for the Jubilee. The girl at the register asked "Is this all?". I said "Yep, gas gauge". She looked at me real puzzled and the guy behind me broke out laughing. He said "Yep, we use them for gas, oil, coolent". I thanked her and left.

jeffcat · Aug 26, 2016

That got a chuckle. Calibrate it one gallon at a time and you will be the master of gas gauges! One of my friends did that and near the bottom he put "walk to the house". Think you know what that means.

jacksun65 · Aug 26, 2016

Ive got one I used on my semi. Name on it says never Fails fuel gauge.LOL

Switchflicker · Aug 26, 2016

On the Douglas DC3 we used a fuel dipstick which looked like it was a repurposed hockey stick. Once it was calibrated, it never 'slipped'!!

FLOLDFORD · Aug 26, 2016

I never have had the sending unit fail on a hardware store yard stick

Richard G. · Aug 26, 2016

Gary, I have one just inside my shop door that is an "official" gauge for an 8N, a Case VAC, and a JD H.
Never failed me yet. It may work on a McCormick Deering engine as well.
Richard

NIK OWEN · Aug 26, 2016

YEP, WE FLEW N3FY @ GUATEMALA BIBLE SCHOOL...2@100 gal per side..s/n 16096, 1943...oil strapped to rear bulkhead, 2 ea 5 gal jerry
can w/pipe spout...be blessed, grateful, prepared, fly safe...

47fivewindow · Aug 26, 2016

A buddy's boat had a tank made from a water tank, cylindrical in shape,mounted on its side, with a dipstick gauge. It was calibrated in gallons on the stick. The interesting thing was how the lines got farther apart at the top and bottom.

Stephen Newell · Aug 26, 2016

Mine is made of ash and is 3/8" thick and about an inch wide. On one end I used metal stamps and calibrated it 1 through 10 for a gallon through 10 gallons.

JD Seller · Aug 27, 2016

No trees in your area??? LOL I have used a "stick" many a time for a gauge. A good dead weed finds another use some times too.

showcrop · Aug 27, 2016

I use the handles to worn out brooms.

Blackhole49 · Aug 27, 2016

Paint stirrer cut to fit in my 8n tool box.

tractorguy2 · Aug 27, 2016

I just bought a new universal 3/8 gas gauge. Works great.

r.w.b. · Aug 27, 2016

my 1993 Kenworth t -600 has a reliable wood dowel,and my tractors all have a heavy yellow wire with a hook on the end.the kw never had an accurate guage .I bent the float arm and you either get a low wen not low reading or a high tank reading and its not full.my 52 A jd has a factory guage in the fuel cap.rod sticks up showing level. I put a new cork in it years ago like 1970

blueridge · Aug 29, 2016

When we had a bad fuel guage on B-52H we had to dip tank to compare to new gauge, dipstick was about 8 foot long calibrated with a sleeve that went into neck of tank. We was dipping tank near back of fusalodge, hanging over side, buddy holding my feet at night, trying to read calibration with flashlight, Buddy was from Kentucky and said What does she read Luther, I got to laughing, was a fun time. Gene

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