Greg Arehart
Well Known Member
Since fuel-related accidents are among the most common, I thought I would post my fuel dipstick photo here. This is modified from soemthing I read on the forum several years ago, and I really liked the idea. Basically it is a piece of 0.063 Al, 0.75 inches wide, bent at the top end with a hole so it can be attached to the fuel cap (and never lost or forgotten!). The little holes are a #60 drill and I calibrated every half-gallon (actually every gallon then put a midpoint in). Gallons were marked using a HF stamp set ($8.99 on sale). The holes are small enough that fuel stays in place by surface tension, so one simply puts the dipstick in the tank, pulls it out, and by looking through the holes with a light background can see the fuel level. (The two larger holes are simply registration marks from the fabrication process.)
Photo is a bit fuzzy because the closeup on the iPhone isn't the greatest.
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Cheers,
greg
Photo is a bit fuzzy because the closeup on the iPhone isn't the greatest.
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Cheers,
greg