856: gas gauge exist?

[FLtractor 163]

Morning,

Wondering if a simple gas gauge exists for 856 stock tank.. I know 1/2 gallon capacity.. just open and look… just would be fun to see how Fast Fuel being used when towing mowing ect 

[953 nut 66,258]

Guess you could mark a stick with inches, half inches, quarter inches, eighth inches.                   Or you could use a ruler.

[ebinmaine 78,993]

I've looked at this in the past for convenience issues.

 

I've never found one that meets all the criteria.

A. Fit under the stock hood.

B. Shows an accurate reliable reading.

 

 

Trina just opens the tank and if there's a whisker of a shine of moving fluid the whole world is right with her.

I can't see in the darkness that easily so I use a stick.

[pfrederi 20,609]

The gas cap on an 856 is very close to the hood. Noticed signs of rubbing on the inside of the hood on one.

[8ntruck 8,910]

Yup.  A stick.  That's what I've been using on my tractors and pontoon.  I bought a calibrated stick from Steiner when I ordered a bunch of parts for EJ, the 8n.

 

One of my earliest memories is watching my great uncle checking the gas level on his Chris Craft before he took us for a ride with a calibrated stick.  I was maybe 4, 5, or 6 at the time.

[Handy Don 16,667]

I vividly remember the VW sales guy pointing out to my Dad that the bug he was considering was the first year to have a gas gauge. Even as a pre-teen I thought “what the heck?"

Edited 8 hours ago by Handy Don

[8ntruck 8,910]

wasn't the previous 'gas gage' a reserve valve?  You switched the valve to reserve when the engine stumbled as the gas in the main part of the tank ran out - provided you remembered to reset it to create a reserve the last time you filled the tank.

[Handy Don 16,667]

11 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

wasn't the previous 'gas gage' a reserve valve?  You switched the valve to reserve when the engine stumbled as the gas in the main part of the tank ran out - provided you remembered to reset it to create a reserve the last time you filled the tank.

Yep. That was what had the sales guy so pleased. 

I thought the jump from 40 to 50 horsepower over the previous year--we lived in a pretty mountainous area--was more important. 

[Achto 31,852]

Some thing like this would give plenty of clearance on the top of the tank. You would how ever have to cut a hole in the top of the tank. Says that the sensor has an adjustable length but I could not find exact dimensions.

 

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[squonk 46,650]

5 hours ago, 8ntruck said:

wasn't the previous 'gas gage' a reserve valve?  You switched the valve to reserve when the engine stumbled as the gas in the main part of the tank ran out - provided you remembered to reset it to create a reserve the last time you filled the tank.

Friend of mine had a 68 bug in HS. He would pick me up to go crusin, Always ran it in the "R" Put 2 bucks in it to get it to " E" 

[rmaynard 17,187]

5 hours ago, Handy Don said:

I vividly remember the VW sales guy pointing out to my Dad that the bug he was considering was the first year to have a gas gauge. Even as a pre-teen I thought “what the heck?"

Ahh, 1958. My dad had a brand new VW van for work. Salesman told him to drive until the engine quit. Then you reach under the seat and open a knob that gave you enough gas to get to the filling station...but no gas gauge.

[Handy Don 16,667]

22 minutes ago, squonk said:

Friend of mine had a 68 bug in HS. He would pick me up to go crusin, Always ran it in the "R" Put 2 bucks in it to get it to " E" 

Oh man. My Dad’s ’64 came to me in college. 28¢ a gallon to a guy scraping to pay for school seemed like a lot!