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1. Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "Mark Goodman" <mkgoodman@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:43:04 -0400; I was wondering If anyone in the USA has gone to the trouble of making a dip stick gas guage. A few people in the UK have done this, but to convert the measurements is a pain. It would be helpful to; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00412.html (7,166 bytes)
2. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "James Lea" <clocks@midcoast.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:36:26 -0400; Mark. I went to the trouble of going to the station on fumes and adding one gallon at a time while putting the new measuring stick at each new gallon. I came up with a very accurate dip stick. I use; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00415.html (7,217 bytes)
3. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: Skip <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:46:01 -0400; Yes, I made a dip stick several years ago... I use it every once in awhile to be sure I know how much fuel is in the tank. I calibrated it by driving until I was pretty sure the tank was nearly empty; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00416.html (7,954 bytes)
4. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:49:48 +0800; Just stick a broomstick in the tank. Since the tank is about 5 inches tall, each ~ 3/8" is about a gallon. Alan '53 BN1 '53 A90 '64 BJ8; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00417.html (7,465 bytes)
5. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "Alex" <alexmm@adelphia.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:11:26 -0400; I'm getting a real kick outta this thread. I thought I was the only one carrying a petrol "confidence" dipstick in the boot! == Alex in Maine 1960 BT7 3000 Mark 1 - "The Blue Mainie" Former owner of; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00418.html (7,783 bytes)
6. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: Dave Carpenter <d.carpenter7@verizon.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 22:06:52 -0400; Prior to around 1930, it was standard practice since cars didn't have gauges. I have a dip stick from a Model A Ford that Ford dealers gave away in the showroom. It has printed scales for various For; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00422.html (9,101 bytes)
7. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: Alan Schultz <alan@andysnet.net>; Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:16:48 -0500; For some reason my BJ8 has a spiral wire insert in the filler tube probably installed to prevent foreign objects from entering. I can not use a dipstick method because of this. Has anyone removed thi; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00424.html (7,859 bytes)
8. RE: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "Esko and Megan Cate" <ptenmcate@cablespeed.com>; Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:18:54 -0700; Me too. I carry a yard stick. - Esko I'm getting a real kick outta this thread. I thought I was the only one carrying a petrol "confidence" dipstick in the boot! == Alex in Maine 1960 BT7 3000 Mark 1; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00429.html (7,988 bytes)
9. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:04:58 -0500; OK, can't resist, if you ask my brother I have my own "Dip Stick Method for Checking Gas Level" The year after I got my Healey I was still doing various running adustments replacements etc, for relia; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00431.html (9,490 bytes)
10. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "P.J.Aeckerlin" <j.aeckerlin@tiscali.nl>; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:04:52 +0200; Well, Dave, when I bought my first car somewhere around 1958 it was a Citroen 2CV, the "Ugly duckling", which at that time must have been about 5 years old, and that car had a dipstick as a part of t; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00433.html (10,039 bytes)
11. RE: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:23:33 -0400; I believe the spiral is an anti siphon device. It may have been put in there in the early 70's when gas prices started to rise. It can be removed at will. Ned Smith BJ8 near Chattanooga, TN N34.98 W8; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00437.html (9,197 bytes)
12. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "S. P. Carr" <scvc70@epix.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:25:22 -0400; MGs had no gas gauge until the MGA (1956) -- a lot of us have a custom-made aluminum dipstick that sits permanently in the tank of a T-series, as the warning light on the dash is unnoticeable in brig; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00443.html (9,640 bytes)
13. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: Charlie Baldwin <ewsinc@suscom.net>; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:11:45 -0400; Hi Sarah, There are even some T-series vendors that give out wooden graduated short yardstick dipsticks as an advertisement. Healey vendors take note. The warning light on my TD has always been on si; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00452.html (10,278 bytes)
14. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: SJNNOCK@aol.com; Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:07:50 EDT; Sarah Carr ... The warning light on the dash of your TD is ( i think ) the same type as your 100-4 , we now have a bulb holder that will hold a 20w Halogen bulb, it might be too hot for your TD but d; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00466.html (8,742 bytes)
15. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "jwbn6@netzero.net" <jwbn6@netzero.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 04:20:51 GMT; This may come as a revolutionary idea for all you "dipsticks" -- why don't you adjust the float level on the sending unit ? jerry wall BN6 ( with a reasonably accurate Smith's petrol guage ) rowlett,; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00471.html (8,279 bytes)
16. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 15:40:29 +0800; If you're going to resort to that, why don't you just adjust the guage itself? You can do it with the two little nuts on the back of the guage. Alan '53 BN1 '53 A90 '64 BJ8; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00473.html (8,471 bytes)
17. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: Bob Haskell <rchaskell@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 06:13:25 -0400; See http://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/electric/fg_06.htm for the procedure. Or send the sending unit and the guage to Mo-Ma. Bob; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00474.html (8,323 bytes)
18. Re: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "Len and/or Marge" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:27:50 -0700; If your fuel gauge is reading low, the FIRST thing I would check for is a sinking float. You could try to adjust the gauge but it would not solve the basic problem. Be forewarned that the wire on the; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00490.html (9,263 bytes)
19. RE: Dip Stick Method for Gas level (score: 1): Author: "Mark Goodman" <mkgoodman@worldnet.att.net>; Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:46:24 -0400; Dear Alan, Thank you for the Link. I will get off my lazy behind and do the procedure this winter. I just do not want to do it this summer. Mark All, See http://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/electric/fg_06.; /html/healeys/2006-07/msg00511.html (8,545 bytes)

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