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fuel tank dipstick
Got this membership for my dad - who just got old chris craft in water after 2 years of restoration. I am looking for a fuel tank dip stick??? I know nothing about this - can you tell for him. Is there a proper name for this, as I have had no luck searching internet or does anyone know a source to buy one or maybe get specs to have one fabricated? Thanks in advance.
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I made mine out of a 1"x1"x6' that I bought at the lumber store. I mark the inches on the stick then I go to a chart that I made to check how many gallons I have in the tank. I made my chart from the tank mesurments that I calculated at http://www.greertank.com/tankcalc.htm
I was fortunate enough to have the original come with my boat, it even had the hull # stamped into it. It was in tough shape so I used it as a pattern to replicate a new one and I put the old one away in the archives.
It was simple enough to make, it's a piece of mahogany about 1/4" thick X 1" wide with four lines on it with the legends stamped into the wood; "1/4", "1/2", "3/4" and "full".
If you're interested in originality you can make one like this, otherwise any piece of wood will do.
Craig
It was simple enough to make, it's a piece of mahogany about 1/4" thick X 1" wide with four lines on it with the legends stamped into the wood; "1/4", "1/2", "3/4" and "full".
If you're interested in originality you can make one like this, otherwise any piece of wood will do.
Craig
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1957 18' SeaSkiff #SK 18675 "Knot Sure!"
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
Craig - Did your Chris come from the factory with a mechanical fuel gauge? If it did I guess the dip stick was a sign of their faith in their mechanical fuel gauge.
When I bought my Super Sport the fuel gauge was broken and just filled her up often but when I took all the seats out last winter I found a dowel with the 1/4, 1/2 3/4 and full markings on it but no hull number. Not sure if I will go thru the trouble to get the gauge fixed since that seems to be one thing on a boat that is never accurate.
- Steve
When I bought my Super Sport the fuel gauge was broken and just filled her up often but when I took all the seats out last winter I found a dowel with the 1/4, 1/2 3/4 and full markings on it but no hull number. Not sure if I will go thru the trouble to get the gauge fixed since that seems to be one thing on a boat that is never accurate.
- Steve
Hi Steve,
Being the lower priced spread so to speak, the SeaSkiffs didn't have fuel gauges. As far as I know they weren't even available as an option from the factory (I'll check on that and let you know). So if you see a 'Skiff with a gauge it was either added by the dealer or by the owner.
Anyway, I'm with you. I don't trust gauges, I know for sure what's in the tank when I take that stick out.
Being the lower priced spread so to speak, the SeaSkiffs didn't have fuel gauges. As far as I know they weren't even available as an option from the factory (I'll check on that and let you know). So if you see a 'Skiff with a gauge it was either added by the dealer or by the owner.
Anyway, I'm with you. I don't trust gauges, I know for sure what's in the tank when I take that stick out.
1957 18' SeaSkiff #SK 18675 "Knot Sure!"
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
The original dipstick for mine is octoganal shaped mahogany. What doesn't make sinse is the marks (notches) aren't at all accurate. The full notch is about even with the height of the tank vent and that's about half way up in the fill tube. The 3/4 notch actually indicates the tanks sre full (less the fill tube).
Al
Al
Craig, hello. Are the four sections of your gas stick the same size, as it appears in the pic? As I am sure you know, to divide a cylinder, half is indeed half, but 1/4 and 3/4 should be closer to 'half' than to "empty" and "full", when marked on a stick. Of course, the real important one is the 1/4 mark. Just curious....
Dennis
1956 C~C Holiday
Good manners,
a gift you give yourself
1956 C~C Holiday
Good manners,
a gift you give yourself
Hi Dennis,
No the 1/4 mark is closer to the 1/2 mark than the bottom and the 3/4 mark is closer to the 1/2 mark than to the top. The deviation isn't much but there is a difference.
Craig
No the 1/4 mark is closer to the 1/2 mark than the bottom and the 3/4 mark is closer to the 1/2 mark than to the top. The deviation isn't much but there is a difference.
Craig
1957 18' SeaSkiff #SK 18675 "Knot Sure!"
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
Craig/Dennis,
It's all based on the proportions of your tank; length and diameter if cylindrical. If you go to: www.greertank.com/tankcalc.htm, as Shangri La suggests, there is a calculator that will give you one inch markings and their corresponding gallons of fuel.
It makes the math really simple. I made a measuring stick from 3/8" wood dowel yesterday.
NSJA
It's all based on the proportions of your tank; length and diameter if cylindrical. If you go to: www.greertank.com/tankcalc.htm, as Shangri La suggests, there is a calculator that will give you one inch markings and their corresponding gallons of fuel.
It makes the math really simple. I made a measuring stick from 3/8" wood dowel yesterday.
NSJA
fuel tank
Guys, clearly we all have too much time on our hands. This is not brain surgery, or is it? Simple and foolproof, find out the size and shape of your tank, make it empty, add two gallons and mark on the stick "GET GAS NOW" This is the only real important mark anyway.
Dennis
1956 C~C Holiday
Good manners,
a gift you give yourself
1956 C~C Holiday
Good manners,
a gift you give yourself
Right you are Dennis, it's a drag walking to the closest gas station if you run out.
1957 18' SeaSkiff #SK 18675 "Knot Sure!"
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
1958 18' SeaSkiff #SK18722 "Wreckreation"
Past projects: 1972 19' Lancer with 307 Volvo drive-Great Blue, 1968 23' Lancer Offshore with 283 Volvo drive-Narwahl
1988 FourWinns 245 Vista - Blue Ayes.
It's good to have wood!
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17' Ski Boat Dipstick
I found out the hard way how to make an accurate dipstick for my 1960 17' CC Ski Boat. I ran out of gas in the middle of a lake. It seems that my fuel gauge has 2 positions, full & empty. I got a 1/2" dowel and gradually filled up, marking the stick at intervals. My spec 20gal tank is really only 18gal. Trying to squeeze in 19 hit the overflow vent. Here are the measurements:
3" = 2.5gal
4" = 5gal
6.5" = 10gal
9" = 15gal
11.5" = 18gal
It's pretty close to the picture in the post above. Hope this is helpful to someone.
3" = 2.5gal
4" = 5gal
6.5" = 10gal
9" = 15gal
11.5" = 18gal
It's pretty close to the picture in the post above. Hope this is helpful to someone.
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