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On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:24:45 -0500, 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??



Pretty much have to buy a new cap. If gas has already soaked into the
float, then no type of sealer is going to stick. Even if it did, it
would weigh down the float and give you a wrong reading, which is the
problem you are trying to solve. I dont see too many of theese type of
floats go bad, but it does happen, and no type of repair or jerry
rigging will fix it properly. Good Luck....Todd, Owner, Nuevo Lawn and
Garden Equipment Repair


Probably.
I don't use it as a definite source of the fuel left, but I'd like to
know that it is getting low when I am at the far end of my property so I
don' t have to take a walk all the way back to the garage to get more fuel.
When I am emptying the clippings from the baskets in the compost heap at
the back of my property, I can check the level by eye, if I don't forget

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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On Mar 14, 8:49�pm, willshak wrote:

I don't use it as a definite source of the fuel left, but I'd like to
know that it is getting low when I am at the far end of my property so I
don' t have to take a walk all the way back to the garage to get more fuel.
When I am emptying the clippings from the baskets in the compost heap at
the back of my property, I can check the level by eye, if I don't forget

--

Bill

I know this probably sounds stupid to you, but have you ever thought
of filling the gas tank full before you start to mow? If you do this,
you will never run out of gas and will not need a gauge.

Hank ~~~wonders where all the logic in the world went

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:30:09 -0700, Hustlin' Hank wrote:
I know this probably sounds stupid to you, but have you ever thought of
filling the gas tank full before you start to mow? If you do this, you
will never run out of gas and will not need a gauge.

.... unless your yard takes more than a tank (mine uses a tank and a half,
so I have to fill up even if I start off full).

On Mar 15, 8:27�am, Jules Richardson
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:30:09 -0700, Hustlin' Hank wrote:
I know this probably sounds stupid to you, but have you ever thought of
filling the gas tank full before you start to mow? If you do this, you
will never run out of gas and will not need a gauge.

... unless your yard takes more than a tank (mine uses a tank and a half,
so I have to fill up even if I start off full).

Sounds like you need a bigger tank, mower, or smaller yard.

Hank ~~~mows for 3 hours on 1/3 tank (15 gal tank).

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:38:03 -0700, Hustlin' Hank wrote:

On Mar 15, 8:27�am, Jules Richardson
wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:30:09 -0700, Hustlin' Hank wrote:
I know this probably sounds stupid to you, but have you ever thought
of filling the gas tank full before you start to mow? If you do this,
you will never run out of gas and will not need a gauge.

... unless your yard takes more than a tank (mine uses a tank and a
half, so I have to fill up even if I start off full).

Sounds like you need a bigger tank, mower, or smaller yard.

Hank ~~~mows for 3 hours on 1/3 tank (15 gal tank).

Yeah... we've got a little over 2 acres of grass, normally takes me
somewhere between 2 and 2.5 hours to cut (blades are somewhere around
40" - I'd have to dig the mower out to check for sure though). I don't
think the tank's much over 2 gallons, though - so it takes about 3 to cut
that much (usually every 2 weeks during growing season)

I keep wondering about getting a "full sized" tractor with a mowing deck
(it'd be useful for other stuff too), but I'm not sure what the running
costs would be like - although it'd save time, I don't know if it'd
necessarily save on gas.

cheers

Jules