[Healeys] 3000 Gas Tank

[Derek Job]

Yep, I believe it was imperial gallons, not those funny American ones. I
have the number 12 in my head for the capacity. Welch does a larger volume
one at 15 gallons.

Derek


On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com>wrote:

> Me?
> No idea.
> :-)
> I'm just smiling because 14.4 US Gallons = 12 Imperial Gallons.
> That's all.
> ;-)
> Not sure which tank size was fitted as original. But I'm reasonably
> confident
> it would have been an Imperial gallon measurement..... Probably a nice
> round
> number, like 10, or 12, or 14... Imperial Gallons.....
> Chris
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 28 Mar 2014, at 2:03 am, Randy Hicks <Healey100M at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Agree with Perry. The 14.4 gallon capacity comes out of the service
> manual
> and
> > my understanding is that it is wrong. 12 gallons is correct for the
> original
> > tank.
> >
> > Randy
> >
> >
> >> On Mar 27, 2014, at 10:43 AM, <healeyguy at aol.com> <healeyguy at aol.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> This is interesting. OK, Ib m retired and I guess anything is
> interesting!
> > This is the second time in three weeks that the fuel tank capacity was
> quoted
> > to be 14.4 gallons.  Once on the list and a friend wrote from Hawaii
> about
> > running out of gas. Anyway the original and most all replacement fuel
> tanks
> > has a capacity of 12 gallons(US).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Aloha
> >>
> >> Perry
> >>
> >>
> >> Gayle wrote:
> >>
> >> Just purchased a new steel gas tank from a well known
> >> parts seller.  It measures 13 gals, I believe it should be
> >> 14.4 gals.
> >> __________
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