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mleder · 08-25-2019, 11:29 PM

Today I found out my gauge was not really reading what I thought I had in the tank. A little under a 1/4 on the gauge and the tank was really the bottom of the tank and the dregs of many years of fill ups. So cleaned things up and now I set the plastic float the vendors sell that the new gas doesn't attack on the bottom of the tank so it reads zero with out fuel. I now should have some reserve I believe when it reads zero as the fuel would need to cover I think at least half of the float to get it to move. Anyone agree with that?. And what do most of you read on your gauge when the fuel level is filling half of the round window?. What reading do you think was there when the A's were new?. I have a 31 with the indented firewall which I was told holds 1 more gallon than the earlier tanks?.

08-25-2019, 11:29 PM	#1
mleder Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 179	Gas Gauge Calibration Today I found out my gauge was not really reading what I thought I had in the tank. A little under a 1/4 on the gauge and the tank was really the bottom of the tank and the dregs of many years of fill ups. So cleaned things up and now I set the plastic float the vendors sell that the new gas doesn't attack on the bottom of the tank so it reads zero with out fuel. I now should have some reserve I believe when it reads zero as the fuel would need to cover I think at least half of the float to get it to move. Anyone agree with that?. And what do most of you read on your gauge when the fuel level is filling half of the round window?. What reading do you think was there when the A's were new?. I have a 31 with the indented firewall which I was told holds 1 more gallon than the earlier tanks?.