[Healeys] Fuel gauge - was Thanks to the list

Bluehealey bluehealey at gmail.com
Sat Jun 13 11:08:54 MDT 2015


Nice motor Ross.

Love the colour way.

Regarding fuel gauges - they may have been accurate(ish) back in the day but
with new senders the resistance at full can vary.  Mine gives 107ohms at
full tank!  I think Joe Lucas specified 90ohms so the gauge can be forgiven
for being incorrect.  Despite spending a lot of time recalibrating my gauge
to suit the output of the new sender it is still off considerably. This may
be because the windings aren't linear.

Anyhow my rule of thumb is to fill to brim at every gas stop and then refill
before 250 miles. If the needle is moving around, you have gas. If it is
hard at the top stop you have a wiring fault.

JM2C

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From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ross
Sent: 13 June 2015 15:35
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Thanks to the list

 

Gentlemen 

I have been meaning to thank everyone who replied regarding my ask 'for an
elegant solution for a radiator overflow bottle'. Well that had to be the
dumbest question of the year by far.  Your offered solution .don't top up
the radiator it will find its balance. Works like a charm, who knew? Well
obviously everyone on the list but me, duh. 

Next thanks for the advice on the gas gauge permanently reading full that
caused me to come to a halt in the midst of what was a  wonderful drive in
the Healey. It just needed a ground as recommended. The gauge is still a
little erratic but I will play with it some more to see if it smooth's out.
Or does it? Are the gas gauges fairly accurate or are they just a rough
guideline to gas amounts? I have a new tank, a new sender unit and new
wiring.

 

And finally not to bring up another long debated subject but last night's
adventure in the garage was to install a Texas Cooler. Not because I was
over heating and not for any reason other than the lousy paint job I did on
my original fans was flaking off and I was surprised I could find a Texas
cooler since they are not being made anymore. 

 

Cheers

Ross

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