I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU WANT
I ONLY SEE ONE WAY OF FINDING OUT YOUR TANK'S ACTUAL CAPACITY
DO LIKE ME
. CAUSE YOU CAN'T SAY NUTHIN', TILL YOU KNOW 100% FOR SURE, WHAT YOU HAVE!
I NEVER WORRY ABOUT RUNNING OUT OF FUEL!
I KNOW MY CANS WILL "COMFORTABLY" HOLD 4.8 GALLONS OF FUEL (5 GALLONS DOES NOT ALLOW FOR EXPANSION)
I KEEP BOTH CANS AT 4.8 ON BOTH JEEPS, NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT OTHER UNFORTUNATE SOULS ON THE ROADSIDE WILLING TO GIVE ME $50 FOR THE CONTENTS, SO THEY CAN BE UNDERWAY!
I AM THE ONE WHO BOUGHT AND MAINTAINS THE SYSTEM, SO I CAN PICK AND CHOOSE WHOM I'M MERCIFUL TO. BOY SCOUT MOTTO IS, "BE PREPARED"
RECENTLY I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT "OHMS VALUE" MY FUEL SENDER WAS PUTTING OUT IN "MR JEEP" (MY 1977 CJ5, WITH AN OVERSIZE TANK, AND MANY OTHER USER FRIENDLY MODIFICATIONS)
I WANTED THE VALUES FOR "FULL" "3/4" "1/2" "1/4" AND DEAD EMPTY
MY NORM HIGHWAY MILEAGE IS ABOUT 18 MPG
OVER A WEEK PERIOD, I WOULD WAIT UNTIL MY GAUGE READ THE APPROPRIATE "SETTING", THEN I WOULD PULL OVER AND DISCONNECT MY SENDING UNIT CONNECTOR. I WOULD THEN TAKE A READING USING MY VOLTMETER.
THE LAST DAY, I GOT MY "1/4" READING AND PROCEEDED TO DRIVE COUNTRY ROADS UNTIL "MR. JEEP" RAN SLAP OUT OF LIQUID GOLD AND SPUTTERED TO A STOP. THE OHM READING WAS "84.8"---I NOW HAD ALL OF MY DATA!
HERE'S THE TRICK!
I GRABBED MY "MR. JERRY CAN"--POURED IN 4.8 GALLONS. PULLED OUT MY CHOKE, "MR. JEEP" FIRED RIGHT UP. I SECURED MY CAN. I THEN DROVE TO A SERVICE STATION ABOUT 2 MILES A AWAY. DOING THE MATH PERFECTLY.I FOUND THAT I COULD GET A TOTAL OF 22 GALLONS OF FUEL INTO MY AFTERMARKET "21 GALLON POLYETHYLENE TANK", FILL HOSE AND ALL. AND OF COURSE, ANOTHER 4.8 GALLONS REPLENISHED MY CAN.
SO THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS----RUN THAT PUPPY DRY---THEN REFILL IT. TAKE A CAN WITH YOU!
BELOW YOU WILL SEE
"MR. JEEP" 1977 CJ5 258 6 CYL---1:3.54 DIFF RATIO--18 MPG
"WILLY" 1946 CJ2A L-134 FLATHEAD 4 CYL---1:5.38 DIFF RATIO--12 MPG. BEFORE I INCREASED FROM 600X16 TIRES TO 700X16 TIRES.I NEED TO SEE WHAT IT GETS NOW!
"'LIL RED" 1995 4 CYL NEON I GAVE $250 FOR, 6 YEARS AGO (OWNERS THOUGHT IT WAS A LEMON) THE PROBLEM WAS, THEY SELDOM DROVE IT, NEVER GOT CHARGED UP. EVERYTHING WORKSGETS A WHOPPING 30 MPG!
AS FAR AS YOURS GOES---DO YOU KEEP UP WITH RECOMMENDED SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE?
IS YOUR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON?
DID ANY OF THE VIDEOS "ENLIGHTEN YOU", MAYBE INFO YOU DID NOT KNOW?
THE MEDIC
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Friday, February 10th, 2012 AT 5:02 AM