FYI - 2008 K1200S Fuel Sending Unit failure - known issue

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Re: FYI - 2008 K1200S Fuel Sending Unit failure - known issu

Postby Yellowjacket » Sun May 23, 2010 2:32 pm

Dan wrote:
BchrisL wrote:ARRG! MY '51 Piper Cub had a brass rod that protruded from the top of the tank to indicate the level of fuel. :twisted: :D

lol, that's pretty cool.
We just used a dipstick with markings on it to indicate the fuel level on the Piper Seminole- and usually just eyeballed it up to "tabs" on the Arrow and the Cessnas.


You are guys are inspiring to create a low tech dipstick... :)
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Re: FYI - 2008 K1200S Fuel Sending Unit failure - known issu

Postby JimVonBaden » Wed May 26, 2010 3:01 pm

How about this?

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Re: FYI - 2008 K1200S Fuel Sending Unit failure - known issu

Postby Bicyclist » Wed May 26, 2010 5:01 pm

JimVonBaden wrote:How about this?

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Very similar to the one on my Suzuki.
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Re: FYI - 2008 K1200S Fuel Sending Unit failure - known issu

Postby BchrisL » Thu May 27, 2010 9:45 am

Bicyclist wrote:
BchrisL wrote:
Bicyclist wrote:My '67 Suzuki X6 had a clear plastic tube attached to the tank. A glance would tell you how much fuel you had. Hard to beat for simplicity.

ARRG! MY '51 Piper Cub had a brass rod that protruded from the top of the tank to indicate the level of fuel. :twisted: :D


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