The Ford Barn

larrys40 · 09-19-2017, 02:53 PM

I was working on a car last week and I looked at the gas tank I through the filler hole and with tank empty saw a light bulb at the bottom. I though great.. how am I getting that one out! I had to laugh and then looked closer and you can see the photos... I've seen lots of fixes but this one takes the cake!

If it would have had wires to it it one would have been a bomb and two a lighted gas gauge!

Larry Shepard

1955cj5 · 09-19-2017, 03:11 PM

Brilliant!

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Big hammer · 09-19-2017, 03:18 PM

Lol

Fullraceflathead · 09-19-2017, 03:46 PM

I'd wire it up then you can see inside the filler tube during night time fill ups!!!

pooch · 09-19-2017, 04:50 PM

If the tank was over 3/4 full and the fuel visible in the glass, and the bulb was lit.

Wow, Illuminated from behind real fuel.

40 Deluxe · 09-19-2017, 04:56 PM

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I wonder if the sliding contacts on the sending unit itself ever arced? No different than the brushes in a modern in-tank pump.

JDupuis · 09-19-2017, 04:58 PM

????? What was he thinking? Then POW, the idea, came to him! Lol Jeff

Ruth · 09-19-2017, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 40 Deluxe

I wonder if the sliding contacts on the sending unit itself ever arced?

We talking Model A?

What 'sending unit'?

BRENT in 10-uh-C · 09-19-2017, 05:24 PM

You know, while we are all grinning and shaking our head at this, who ever did this was using their noggin' and applied some good ole common sense to fix a problem. I wish this world had more "thinkers" like the person who thought that 'fix' up!!

Synchro909 · 09-19-2017, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C

You know, while we are all grinning and shaking our head at this, who ever did this was using their noggin' and applied some good ole common sense to fix a problem. I wish this world had more "thinkers" like the person who thought that 'fix' up!!

It's early morning here so I didn't get to see this post till after lots of you over there. I was thinking exactly what Brent said. This fix is better than the original float in so far as it won't get soaked in fuel and sink.

mike657894 · 09-19-2017, 06:25 PM

if it floats its a float. my gas gauge has a sinker.

pooch · 09-20-2017, 01:12 AM

For you guys in OZ, do you know an early commodore float ( I used a VP one) fits right on the A shaft and fits thru the gauge hole...

No more sinkers.

Oh wait, if the judges look inside the tank, you will lose points.

BRENT in 10-uh-C · 09-20-2017, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by pooch

For you guys in OZ, do you know an early commodore float ( I used a VP one) fits right on the A shaft and fits thru the gauge hole...

No more sinkers.

Oh wait, if the judges look inside the tank, you will lose points.

Most Judges won't be able to see past the spark arrester if it is correctly installed.

pooch · 09-20-2017, 03:10 AM

Both of my cowl tanked cars don't have spark arresters.

Modern bowsers are supposed to be anti-static, but every time I fill up, I have a slight nervous moment when the metal nozzle touches the tank neck .

09-19-2017, 03:11 PM	#2
1955cj5 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 1,578	Re: Crazy gas gauge fix from years gone by Brilliant! . __________________ Early '29 CCPU that had a 4-speed, but not any more.......in the family since '62

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09-19-2017, 04:50 PM	#5
pooch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South Coast NSW Australia Posts: 2,596	Re: Crazy gas gauge fix from years gone by If the tank was over 3/4 full and the fuel visible in the glass, and the bulb was lit. Wow, Illuminated from behind real fuel.

09-19-2017, 04:56 PM	#6
40 Deluxe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: now Kuna, Idaho Posts: 3,778	Re: Crazy gas gauge fix from years gone by Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I wonder if the sliding contacts on the sending unit itself ever arced? No different than the brushes in a modern in-tank pump.

09-19-2017, 04:58 PM	#7
JDupuis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Maryhill Ont Canada Posts: 834	Re: Crazy gas gauge fix from years gone by ????? What was he thinking? Then POW, the idea, came to him! Lol Jeff __________________ Let's let pylons, be pylons!

09-19-2017, 05:24 PM	#9
BRENT in 10-uh-C Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Eastern Tennessee Posts: 11,508	Re: Crazy gas gauge fix from years gone by You know, while we are all grinning and shaking our head at this, who ever did this was using their noggin' and applied some good ole common sense to fix a problem. I wish this world had more "thinkers" like the person who thought that 'fix' up!! __________________ . BRENT in 10-uh-C . www.model-a-ford.com ...(...Finally Updated!! ) .

09-19-2017, 06:25 PM	#11
mike657894 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Bay City Michigan Posts: 1,050	Re: Crazy gas gauge fix from years gone by if it floats its a float. my gas gauge has a sinker.

09-20-2017, 01:12 AM	#12
pooch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South Coast NSW Australia Posts: 2,596	Re: Crazy gas gauge fix from years gone by For you guys in OZ, do you know an early commodore float ( I used a VP one) fits right on the A shaft and fits thru the gauge hole... No more sinkers. Oh wait, if the judges look inside the tank, you will lose points.

09-20-2017, 03:10 AM	#14
pooch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South Coast NSW Australia Posts: 2,596	Re: Crazy gas gauge fix from years gone by Both of my cowl tanked cars don't have spark arresters. Modern bowsers are supposed to be anti-static, but every time I fill up, I have a slight nervous moment when the metal nozzle touches the tank neck .