Steve -
I am absolutely thrilled to see that 600 channels on Tivo aren't enough to
keep you entertained on a weekend.
Jokes aside thanks for the info, it's interesting (and helpful). Now old
ladies won't think I've lost my noodle when I stick a broomstick in my gas
tank.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On 9/10/06, Steve B. Gerow <steveg@abrazosdata.com> wrote:
>
> I bought a straight 6-cyl tank on eBay and here are the dipstick
> measurements observed by adding water to the tank in 2-gallon increments
> from empty:
>
> 2 gal - 15/16"
> 4 gal - 1-7/8"
> 6 gal - 2-9/16"
> 8 gal - 3-5/16"
> 10 gal - 4"
> 12 gal - 5-1/8"
> 13.75 gal - 6-3/4"--approximately 1" up in the filler stub.
>
> The tank was carefully leveled on sawhorses and the water carefully
> measured.
>
> A stick of 1/4" x 1/8" hardwood was used as a dipstick and the edge
> adjacent
> to the filler neck, the underside of the stick, going down to the contact
> point on the floor of the tank, was read. In each reading, the stick was
> carefully placed in the same spot at the low point of the filler neck
> stub.
> A rubber filler hose was not attached to the tank.
>
> --
> Steve Gerow
> Pasadena CA
> 59 BN6
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