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Wooden Fuel Stick for 100/6 tank

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andrea

andrea

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I have calculated one Wooden Fuel Stick
for my 100/6 NON original fuel tank (A Head4Healeys)

First lower step are 3/4" (19mm)
next steps 3/8" ( 9mm)
total 13 steps (included the first) one step= one gallon
stick must be 700mm long
(but only first 140mm are dedicated to fuel measure)

Tanks in advance to friends that can confirm pratically
if my calculation are right or wrong
Due My car actual situation this is a completely theoretical calculation
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/k1pxuST5St_sHoHTgFdFtNMTjNZETYmyPJy0liipFm0?feat=directlink
Cheers
Andrea
 
Hey Andrea,
I use a small wooden stick about 2 foot long that I keep in the trunk of my 100M where I wrote in "British Petrol Gauge". I get more comments on that at car shows than I do with my original tool kit and jack ! Simply stuck it down when full and marked full on it. Of course a lot shorter than you need for a BN6 tank. Not real scientific but works and a fun conversation starter.
Regards,
Mike
 
Hello Andrea, why not use the fuel sensor that came with the car? They can be calculated by bending the float lever.
 
I had an old broom handle with notches for my last car. Always gave me a better feeling that the fuel gauge.
New car has a working gauge or so i thought. I can now confirm its still working hard to show a quarter of a tank when its empty!
 
Thats useful information Andrea. I think I'll make one and check it out when I do a refill. My car has a DWR 15 gallon aluminium tank but I believe the area of the bottom of the tank is the same as an original.

For what it's worth I also have an ATL electonic fuel sender and guage and the needle bounces around just like the original. Only time it's accurate is when the car is at rest. I think the problem is that the tanks are too flat and shallow to get decent measurement.
 
the original shop manual says the capacity of the tank is 12 imperial or 14.4 U. S. gallons.
 
As long as the needle is fluctuating between full and zero as you drive, then you have fuel. :banana:

I never ever let the guage go down below 1/4, well not much below anyway.

:cheers:

Bob
 
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