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[Timp]

Saw an ad for a fuel tank gauge last night on the classified ads last night. Seems to have gone now!
Anyone any idea how it worked.

[copemech]

Timp, on Apr 23 2010, 05:06 PM, said:

Saw an ad for a fuel tank gauge last night on the classified ads last night. Seems to have gone now!
Anyone any idea how it worked.

Simple enough it seems, as one would need to "T" in a clear hose from the bottom fitting of the tank. Cap it off with a plug or bleeder valve, then when you want to know the tank level, just vent it and the fuel will seek its level.

Placement on the bike is another matter, not tried it.

[craig10]

I made one up on my old '02 Rev-3 using a T-piece and a clear hose running up the bottom of the tank to the headstock.

You had to loosen off the tank cap first before venting the level tube, as the Rev-3 cap had a small valve assembly inside it which held the tank at a very slight pressure above atmospheric. If you unplugged the level tube first the fuel just used to flow out of it.

[ishy]

Didn't Mont have a clear tube that ran in a groove in the tank made for that purpose for a fuel level way back when on an old twin shocker.

Edited by ishy, 24 April 2010 - 06:52 PM.