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Outboard tank fuel gauge

Posted on 12/23/16 at 11:38 am
Posted by dltigers3
Collierville, TN
Member since Jun 2010
2137 posts
Posted on 12/23/16 at 11:38 am
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Anyone have ideas for replacing this fuel gauge on my old outboard fuel tank. It is unreadable. I don't know the brand, the lettering on the tank is too unreadable also, but it is a 6 gallon tank.
Posted by Vlad
North AL
Member since May 2012
2605 posts
Posted on 12/23/16 at 11:56 am to
Its a 6 gallon tank, can you not see the liquid sloshing around in it? Kick/Lift test?

You can buy a brand new tank with gauge for about 50.
This post was edited on 12/23/16 at 11:58 am
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
66763 posts
Posted on 12/23/16 at 12:03 pm to
There's a handle on one end of those tanks that's meant to be used as a complex sightless level indicator. You grab it and apply vertical force, the tank will then pivot of the filleted vertex at the opposing end, causing the fuel in the non-baffled void space to "slosh" which provides direct reaction forces to the handle. Your arm acts as a PID logic unit, adjusting the applied vertical force based on the feedback it gets from the handle. Once balance is achieved, the precise level of fuel in the tank is calculated based off of the brains inherient knowledge of the void spaces shape and level of fuel in the void space.
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15201 posts
Posted on 12/23/16 at 1:52 pm to
Remove the yellowed plastic with a dremel tool. Silicon a new piece of plexiglass to the top.

Make some sort of full/empty marks on the plexiglass if you want a high tech graphic display
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