[Healeys] Fuel gauge - was Thanks to the list

John Harper ah100register at gmail.com
Sun Jun 14 02:25:38 MDT 2015


Don

I believe that any energy storage device near petrol/gas vapour is
extremely dangerous. The original Smiths designers took into consideration
the possibility of sparks igniting fuel or vapour. To try to improve of
this might be folly.

Best regards

On 14 June 2015 at 01:17, Don Hardie <healeynut2 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Try this.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> From: thehartnetts at earthlink.net
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 11:26:09 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Fuel gauge - was Thanks to the list
>
>
> Several comments on ohms, and recalibration re:  fuel sending units and
> gauges but no solutions.  My solution was to have a known quantity of
> gasoline in the tank then bend the float arm to approximately show that
> quantity on the gauge.  Half a tank of gas?  Adjust the float arm so that
> the gauge shows one half full.  So far, so good.  But I also carry a marked
> stick as insurance.  Also, adding an additional ground strap to the sender
> did not solve the needle movement situation.
>
> (The Other) Len
> Fairfield, CA, USA
> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
>
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Best wishes

John Harper

AHC UK 100 Register Secretary
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