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Topic: fuel gauge
Posted By: Les Royer
Subject: fuel gauge
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2018 at 7:27pm
Anybody know where I can find  a magnetic type rotary fuel gauge that would fit in a 1-1/4 inch pipe thread hole? It's for a 300 gallon horizontal fuel barrel on a stand and the gauge goes in the end cap of the barrel in the center.

Everywhere I look all I can find is a top mount furl gauge. Well I ain't 12 foot tall so I wouldn't be able to see it


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I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now.



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Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2018 at 9:40pm
Check with your local F/S tank wagon operator. I used to stock them when I hauled for them.


Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2018 at 11:16pm
uh....hey Les....what you gonna keep in that there fuel tank? gas or diesel?


Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2018 at 5:40am
Originally posted by shameless dude shameless dude wrote:

uh....hey Les....what you gonna keep in that there fuel tank? gas or diesel?


Something tells me that you are up to "no good". Darrel


Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2018 at 5:54am
I'd be asking your home heating/ tractor fuel supplier. Seems kinda obvious place to start.

this...
http://www.rochestergauges.com/products/LN6284.html" rel="nofollow - http://www.rochestergauges.com/products/LN6284.html
the kind of gizmo you need ?
I googled 'horizontal fuel gauge', lots hits

hay...
https://wemactanks.com/product/rochester-liquid-level-gauge-sidewinder-gauge/

Only $35 greenbacks !!

I gotta ask HOW are you going to fill it up?


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3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)

Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water


Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2018 at 7:21am
Can't ya just tap on the side of the tank?Big smile
 
I remember back in the day all of ours were on stands but we didn't have too much to worry about running out of gas because the Standard Oil man would come by every week and top them off.  Good times.  Still remember his name, Bill Auxier.


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1957 WD45 dad's first AC

1968 one-seventy

1956 F40 Ferguson


Posted By: Les Royer
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2018 at 8:05am
Well Gasoline THERE Shameless. An that's the Nurse's gasoline so if'n you decide to come over an hep yerself, there Shameless, you gonna have the nurse to deal with cause she don't like running to town every week fer just 5 gallons of gas to cut the grass.

See she's the groundskeeper so if I have gas on hand fer her, I never have to cut the grass.


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I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now.


Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2018 at 10:48am
Looks like from here you better worry about how to lock it. The 300 gallions will last a LONG time for a mower if your "friends" don't help you empty it.LOL


Posted By: johnkc
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2018 at 12:33pm
Same thing we use on our old boats. it’s been a while, I’ll check and see if I can get one.

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I support the development of hybrid automobiles and alternative fuels as I need DIESEL fuel for my ALLIS CHALMERS!


Posted By: johnkc
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2018 at 4:11pm
i can get them 20.00 plus shipping

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I support the development of hybrid automobiles and alternative fuels as I need DIESEL fuel for my ALLIS CHALMERS!


Posted By: Les Royer
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 6:02am
Originally posted by Ray54 Ray54 wrote:

Looks like from here you better worry about how to lock it. The 300 gallions will last a LONG time for a mower if your "friends" don't help you empty it.LOL

It takes her 3-4 gallon per cutting Ray. Amd she mows quite often,The place always looka real nice. She figures on 25 cuttings per season so that's only 100 gallon.

But Farm service won't being less than 250, so the rest of it at the end of the summer goes in my truck.


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I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now.


Posted By: Les Royer
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 6:08am
Originally posted by johnkc johnkc wrote:

i can get them 20.00 plus shipping


Will it fit 1-1/4 female pipe thread, there John? Is the arm about 18 inches long?


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I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now.


Posted By: johnkc
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 8:09am
Hey Les, I didn’t do a good job of reading what you were needing. I can get the capsule with the pointer not the whole assy.
Sorry bout that.

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I support the development of hybrid automobiles and alternative fuels as I need DIESEL fuel for my ALLIS CHALMERS!


Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 11:18am
Originally posted by Les Royer Les Royer wrote:

But Farm service won't being less than 250, so the rest of it at the end of the summer goes in my truck.
(Sgt Schultz) I HEAR (see) NUTHING, NUTHING......


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"Allis-Express"
19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17


Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:49pm
I bought an old fuel tank on an auction, gonna use it for a burn barrel, i'll look and see if it's gots a fuel gauge or not.


Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 6:58pm
Originally posted by shameless dude shameless dude wrote:

I bought an old fuel tank on an auction, gonna use it for a burn barrel, i'll look and see if it's gots a fuel gauge or not.

Oh for the good old days. We use to be able to really add to global warming by burning all the household garbage(plastic packing,magazines,an more plasticTongue). There has always been a state Cal Fire station about 3 mile closer to the end of the road. Only open from June to Oct,but the over worked higher ups will show up to check it out and get a little nap time in anytime. Since the fine for polluting starts at $1000, I been cheap and not tested them Wink. But the fire boysAngry had a falling out with air pollution boys Confused, maybe if Shameless  came and helped I could.


Les what is wrong with you exercisingLOL a little and climbing the ladder and poking one of your poking sticks in????


Posted By: Les Royer
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 7:30pm
Well a lot of you are gonna disagree over this practice but I heard that our pollution affects you guys on the east coast. And if'n I can go down to thet walmart store or tractor supply and buy tires, then somebody should be providing me a place to rid of the wore out ones. And since our fine government don't have the smarts to figger it out how, they can just breathe them cancer causing fumes I send their way at night.


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I still gots my A/C but it's clear out in the barn now.


Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2018 at 8:53pm
Les, the IDIOT 'city fathers' here  have a series of 'recycling centers' ,which sounds good but.....
1) used fan belts go into the landfill.....I think of them as very skiny tires...

2) only 4 tires per day allowed, got 5 ,need to make TWO trips....

3) any wood with a nail or screw goes into the landfill BUT buy a new 2by4 and they'll recycle that...

4) they take CFLs and FLs BUT tape them into a bundle (so they don't break on the bumpy trip there) and they'll say 'get lost', kinda politely..

5) old truck seats go to landfill but burn off the covering and they'll recycle the steel frame

6) they take engine oil, though I give them big pop bottles full of oil/tranny/water/kero as I drain it. Guy asked 'why not in 4L oil jugs'? I say OK you SHOW me HOW to put the old oil in and ADD the new oil from the same jug ?

 7) they won't take drywall, so I recycle new stuff into garden Peppers LOVE it.
I could go on but I wanna goto bed. Gotta lift the A-C forklift up 'somehow' to bleed brakes tomorrow.

Jay


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3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112
Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor)

Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water



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