<VV> Calibrate Fuel Level Sender

[J R Read_HML]

Well,

It is a 14 gallon tank.  Gas it up when it is resting solidly on E.  See how 
many gallons it takes.  It is pretty typical on Corvair for 4 gallons to be 
left.  In other words, it is only going to take about 10 gallons to fill it.

The other trick, when on E, turn a couple of corners and/or sway the car 
from side to side.  See if the needle moves or not.  If it moves, there is 
still SOME gas in the tank.  If it does not move, find a station SOON.

Some folks seem to think that E stands for Enough!  <GRIN>

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JRVIDRINE@aol.com>
To: <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 6:18 PM
Subject: <VV> Calibrate Fuel Level Sender


> Joe,
>
> As a person who bought and owned a brand new 1963 Corvair, I can tell you
> that the gas gauge on my car was inaccurate from the day it was bought. 
> When you
> got to empty it was lying and I soon found that I could go a little 
> farther
> on empty.  You had some more miles you could travel when it hit E.  I had 
> a bad
> habit as a young soldier (E-3) usually short on cash, of running on E a 
> lot.
> I finally ran out of gas at a very disadvantageous place and from that 
> time
> on made it a practice to gas up when it got down to 1/4 tank.  Something 
> that I
> still practice with my vehicles except I usually gas up between 1/4 and 
> 1/2
> tank.  This is anecdotal of course and doesn't mean that all new Corvair's
> gauges were off.
>
> Randy Vidrine
> 62 Monza Coupe
> Branch, LA
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