trav fuel capacity
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trav fuel capacity
hi all, wondering if anyone can help me with some info. i want
to know the capacity of the fuel tank on my traveller. i'm going to repower it and have a feeling the tank will be way too small.....
to know the capacity of the fuel tank on my traveller. i'm going to repower it and have a feeling the tank will be way too small.....
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Isn't it 6.5 gallons, on a late traveller? Same as a saloon? ( and presumably 5 for an earlier one) Or am I mad?
That's somwere around 26 litres, I think, off the top of my head.
That's somwere around 26 litres, I think, off the top of my head.
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Like Cam, I've never got this amount in without spilling fuel - usually it chokes on 26 or 27 litres. At a constant 60mph you might get 250 miles+ out of a 1098cc's fuel tank, but 180-200 miles is more typical.it is 6.5 gallons which actually is 29.6 litres
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The earlier cars (the first 1000s up to '63 ish) had a 6 gallon tank, but later ones were definitely 6.5.
The B'ham modified tank is 9 gallons, which still isn't a vast amount, but could stop you being on first name terms with the cashier at the BP station... Hmm... some would argue that wasn't such a selling point... More seriously; would you have to fit a different fuel gauge sender to the larger tank? Anyone know?
The B'ham modified tank is 9 gallons, which still isn't a vast amount, but could stop you being on first name terms with the cashier at the BP station... Hmm... some would argue that wasn't such a selling point... More seriously; would you have to fit a different fuel gauge sender to the larger tank? Anyone know?
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I would want to use the same sender - however to cope with the extra tank height it would be nice if you could make the sender arm longer (provided it would not foul the side of the tank). That way you would still get a full scale reading from a whole tank. From memory it's just a float on the end of a wire - it can't be rocket science to alter that.
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Yes, quite right. My Haynes manual reckons that 948cc cars had a 5gal tank. Although my handbook (for the late 948) states 6.5gal. Don't know where I got the idea of a 6gal tank from then...Wasn't it only 5 gallons?
A case of "the wheel's spinning, but the hamster's dead", I suppose.
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