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Garden Tractor fuel gauge
On Mar 6, 9:24*am, willshak wrote:
You know, the kind that has a solid plastic float that operates a flat screw type axle to turn a needle in the cap showing the amount of fuel left. These plastic floats seem to allow gas to permeate the float, giving a less than correct fuel level. I suppose I can buy a new cap/gauge/float assembly for this particular tank, but that would only solve the problem for a while until that float gets heavier. I wonder if I can paint some sort of *material on the float to make it more resistant to permeation of the gas? I know the material has to be non-soluble in gasoline. Ideas?? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ Get a brass float from an old carburetor at your local wrecking yard. hey almost never leaked, and if they did were easily soldered shut again. Joe |
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Garden Tractor fuel gauge
Joe wrote:
On Mar 6, 9:24 am, willshak wrote: You know, the kind that has a solid plastic float that operates a flat screw type axle to turn a needle in the cap showing the amount of fuel left. These plastic floats seem to allow gas to permeate the float, giving a less than correct fuel level. I suppose I can buy a new cap/gauge/float assembly for this particular tank, but that would only solve the problem for a while until that float gets heavier. I wonder if I can paint some sort of material on the float to make it more resistant to permeation of the gas? I know the material has to be non-soluble in gasoline. Ideas?? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ Get a brass float from an old carburetor at your local wrecking yard. hey almost never leaked, and if they did were easily soldered shut again. If it's anything like I'm picturing it would need some serious customization for a different float to work. I'm picturing the cap with something that looks like a dip stick, but with it twisted not quite 360 degrees and it goes through a small slit opening in the float. When the float goes up and down it turns the twisted dipstick which is attached to the gauge needle. (there is a little more to it that keeps the float from turning instead of the float turning the gauge) I don't know what type of sealant would hold up floating in gasoline? |
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Garden Tractor fuel gauge
On Mar 6, 7:31*pm, Tony wrote:
Joe wrote: On Mar 6, 9:24 am, willshak wrote: You know, the kind that has a solid plastic float that operates a flat screw type axle to turn a needle in the cap showing the amount of fuel left. These plastic floats seem to allow gas to permeate the float, giving a less than correct fuel level. I suppose I can buy a new cap/gauge/float assembly for this particular tank, but that would only solve the problem for a while until that float gets heavier. I wonder if I can paint some sort of *material on the float to make it more resistant to permeation of the gas? I know the material has to be non-soluble in gasoline. Ideas?? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ Get a brass float from an old carburetor at your local wrecking yard. hey almost never leaked, and if they did were easily soldered shut again. If it's anything like I'm picturing it would need some serious customization for a different float to work. *I'm picturing the cap with something that looks like a dip stick, but with it twisted not quite 360 degrees and it goes through a small slit opening in the float. *When the float goes up and down it turns the twisted dipstick which is attached to the gauge needle. *(there is a little more to it that keeps the float from turning instead of the float turning the gauge) *I don't know what type of sealant would hold up floating in gasoline?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What this guy needs is a dip stick. Jimmie |
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Garden Tractor fuel gauge
JIMMIE wrote the following:
On Mar 6, 7:31 pm, Tony wrote: Joe wrote: On Mar 6, 9:24 am, willshak wrote: You know, the kind that has a solid plastic float that operates a flat screw type axle to turn a needle in the cap showing the amount of fuel left. These plastic floats seem to allow gas to permeate the float, giving a less than correct fuel level. I suppose I can buy a new cap/gauge/float assembly for this particular tank, but that would only solve the problem for a while until that float gets heavier. I wonder if I can paint some sort of material on the float to make it more resistant to permeation of the gas? I know the material has to be non-soluble in gasoline. Ideas?? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ Get a brass float from an old carburetor at your local wrecking yard. hey almost never leaked, and if they did were easily soldered shut again. If it's anything like I'm picturing it would need some serious customization for a different float to work. I'm picturing the cap with something that looks like a dip stick, but with it twisted not quite 360 degrees and it goes through a small slit opening in the float. When the float goes up and down it turns the twisted dipstick which is attached to the gauge needle. (there is a little more to it that keeps the float from turning instead of the float turning the gauge) I don't know what type of sealant would hold up floating in gasoline?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - What this guy needs is a dip stick. Jimmie Nope. I can just look at the side of the tank to see the gas level, but thanks anyway.. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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Garden Tractor fuel gauge
Tony wrote the following:
Joe wrote: On Mar 6, 9:24 am, willshak wrote: You know, the kind that has a solid plastic float that operates a flat screw type axle to turn a needle in the cap showing the amount of fuel left. These plastic floats seem to allow gas to permeate the float, giving a less than correct fuel level. I suppose I can buy a new cap/gauge/float assembly for this particular tank, but that would only solve the problem for a while until that float gets heavier. I wonder if I can paint some sort of material on the float to make it more resistant to permeation of the gas? I know the material has to be non-soluble in gasoline. Ideas?? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ Get a brass float from an old carburetor at your local wrecking yard. hey almost never leaked, and if they did were easily soldered shut again. If it's anything like I'm picturing it would need some serious customization for a different float to work. I'm picturing the cap with something that looks like a dip stick, but with it twisted not quite 360 degrees and it goes through a small slit opening in the float. When the float goes up and down it turns the twisted dipstick which is attached to the gauge needle. Exactly. (there is a little more to it that keeps the float from turning instead of the float turning the gauge) The float has two indentations on opposite sides and rides up and down on a U shaped rod attached to the fuel cap which keeps the float from turning. I don't know what type of sealant would hold up floating in gasoline? -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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