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DelPercio · 07-14-2022, 10:04 AM

Am not confident with my fuel gauge. Would like to make a stick with inches. Would I hit the float sticking it, do you put anything on the stick to see the fuel level and how many gallons per inch

Gary WA · 07-14-2022, 10:37 AM

Use a dowel etc for stick won't hurt float. I used some flat stock aluminum etched in amounts

ursus · 07-14-2022, 10:37 AM

It helps to know what year of tank. The 28-29 tanks will measure differently than those of 30-31 model years. Somewhere in the Fordbarn archives is an entry describing a measuring stick made of wood dowel and the corresponding inch levels per gallon of fuel specific to the 30-31 Ford tanks.

katy · 07-14-2022, 11:05 AM

One could drain the tank, add a gallon at a time and make corresponding marks.

Alwaysamopar74 · 07-14-2022, 12:13 PM

Question on why everyone makes it complicated. Not being argumentative either. I filled my tank and used a wood dowel used to support small plants I stole from mama. Marked full.. then half..then quarter tank. Just using my eyes to divide the areas on the dowel. It's only 3/16s in diameter and lays in my rumble seat rain gutter just fine. And as my working gas gauge moves (gas being used) I've verified it with dowel. Fairly accurate.

old ugly · 07-14-2022, 12:19 PM

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Synchro909 · 07-14-2022, 07:47 PM

I trust my gauge all the way down to the bottom of the tank. When I install a gauge, I set the float wire to read ) when the float is on the bottom of the tank. Once the gauge reads ), I know I am close to walking. By yanking the steering wheel one way or the other and watching the gauge as whet fuel is left surges from one side to the other, I get a "fine tuned" reading. When I can't get any movement in the gauge, I have only a couple of miles left at most.
Why are you not confident with it?

ModelAMitch · 07-14-2022, 08:13 PM

I replaced my fuel gauge with a re-pop one and it seems to be fairly accurate. If the tank is a true 10gal, which I’ve read it is I think it’s on point. Rebuild kits are only a few $$ though if you want to keep the one you have.

gaylord degroot · 07-14-2022, 10:02 PM

I've gotten pretty good by sound. Tapping the tank gives me a fairly accurate indication of the amount of fuel left.

07-14-2022, 10:04 AM	#1
DelPercio Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: Delaware Posts: 22	Gas tank Am not confident with my fuel gauge. Would like to make a stick with inches. Would I hit the float sticking it, do you put anything on the stick to see the fuel level and how many gallons per inch

07-14-2022, 10:37 AM	#2
Gary WA Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Clinton,WA/Whidbey Island Posts: 4,105	Re: Gas tank Use a dowel etc for stick won't hurt float. I used some flat stock aluminum etched in amounts __________________ www.whidbeymodelaclub.com Last edited by Gary WA; 12-30-2023 at 02:37 PM.

07-14-2022, 10:37 AM	#3
ursus Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,375	Re: Gas tank It helps to know what year of tank. The 28-29 tanks will measure differently than those of 30-31 model years. Somewhere in the Fordbarn archives is an entry describing a measuring stick made of wood dowel and the corresponding inch levels per gallon of fuel specific to the 30-31 Ford tanks.

07-14-2022, 11:05 AM	#4
katy Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Red Deer, Alberta Posts: 5,046	Re: Gas tank One could drain the tank, add a gallon at a time and make corresponding marks. __________________ If you don't hear a rumor by 10 AM, start one!. Got my education out behind the barn!

07-14-2022, 12:13 PM	#5
Alwaysamopar74 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 18	Re: Gas tank Question on why everyone makes it complicated. Not being argumentative either. I filled my tank and used a wood dowel used to support small plants I stole from mama. Marked full.. then half..then quarter tank. Just using my eyes to divide the areas on the dowel. It's only 3/16s in diameter and lays in my rumble seat rain gutter just fine. And as my working gas gauge moves (gas being used) I've verified it with dowel. Fairly accurate.

07-14-2022, 12:19 PM	#6
old ugly Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: alberta canada Posts: 585	Re: Gas tank Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) i cut notches. if it is just you using it you will remember __________________ old ugly my old father-in-law told me. "listen close when people tell you how to do stuff they may know something. then do it the way you want."

07-14-2022, 07:47 PM	#7
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,496	Re: Gas tank I trust my gauge all the way down to the bottom of the tank. When I install a gauge, I set the float wire to read ) when the float is on the bottom of the tank. Once the gauge reads ), I know I am close to walking. By yanking the steering wheel one way or the other and watching the gauge as whet fuel is left surges from one side to the other, I get a "fine tuned" reading. When I can't get any movement in the gauge, I have only a couple of miles left at most. Why are you not confident with it? __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.

07-14-2022, 08:13 PM	#8
ModelAMitch Member Join Date: Jul 2022 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 72	Re: Gas tank I replaced my fuel gauge with a re-pop one and it seems to be fairly accurate. If the tank is a true 10gal, which I’ve read it is I think it’s on point. Rebuild kits are only a few $$ though if you want to keep the one you have.

07-14-2022, 10:02 PM	#9
gaylord degroot Junior Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Andover, Minnesota Posts: 19	Re: Gas tank I've gotten pretty good by sound. Tapping the tank gives me a fairly accurate indication of the amount of fuel left.