[Healeys] fuel gallon marks by observation

[Steve B. Gerow]

Len,
It's a stock tank I bought on ebay--I think it came from a BN4 or BT7--don't
remember if the guy said.
There's no way this tank will hold 14.4 gallons--even to the top of the
filler neck.
I realize those are the specs but that's what I observed.

I used a measuring cup to achieve 1 gallon in a straight-sided kitty-litter
bucket, which I marked, then used the bucket to fill the tank. I rocked the
tank to make sure air bubbles got out.

The 6-3/4 is about 1" up into the neck.

Let's put this back on the newsgroup so maybe others can shed some light or
heat.

It'd be interesting to see if anyone else has actually measured one of these
tanks.

As a side thought--does your cooling system hold as much as the book says?
Mine seems to be full at a couple of quarts less.

I'd be curious if the Nocks with all their used parts have ever measured one
of these tanks.


> From: "Leonard  Hartnett" <thehartnetts at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: "Leonard  Hartnett" <thehartnetts at earthlink.net>
> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:36:08 -0800
> To: "Steve B. Gerow" <steveg at abrazosdata.com>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] fuel gallon marks by observation
> 
> Steve:  I'm a little confused by your figures.  Is your BN6 gas tank
> different than a BJ8's?  According to my Moss catalog, the same tank applies
> to BN4 from 68960 through BJ8.  My original tank in 5 inches deep with a
> capacity of 14.4 US gallons (Driver's Handbook).  Is your 6 3/4 "
> measurement for 13.75 gallons measured up into the neck?
> 
> I made my stick by dividing 5 inches by 14.4 gallons and came up with .347
> inches per gallon.  Adding .347 inches per gallon I came up with
> approximately the following measurements for the gallons:
> 
> 2 gal  1 1/16
> 4 gal  1 3/4
> 6 gal  2 7/16
> 8 gal  3 1/8
> 10 gal  3 13/16
> 12 gal  4 1/2
> 14 gal  5 3/16
> 
> Quite a bit different from yours.  Where are our differences?
> 
> (The Other) Len
> Vacaville,  California,  USA
> 1967 3000 MKIII, HBJ8L39031
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve B. Gerow" <steveg at abrazosdata.com>
> To: "Healeys Newsgroup" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 9:54 PM
> Subject: [Healeys] fuel gallon marks by observation
> 
> 
>> I've observed the following marks by adding water to a completely dry
>> undistorted original tank mounted on sawhorses and leveled. I've repeated
>> this twice as a check:
>> 
>> 2 Gal        15/16"
>> 4 G           1-7/8"
>> 6 G           2-9/16"
>> 8 G           3-15/16"
>> 10 G         4"
>> 12 G         5-1/8"
>> 13.75 G   6-3/4"
>> 
>> It's important that the side with the marks is down and against the side
>> of
>> the filler tube.
>> -- 
>> Steve Gerow
>> Pasadena CA
>> 59 BN6
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