
only 15 gallons go in...
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Re: only 15 gallons go in...
Letting it run out (with spare gas in a can in the bed) is the correct way to determine the visual characteristics of the gauge when it's time to get more 

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Re: only 15 gallons go in...
I actually remember filling up both tanks in my '68 CS (in cab and saddle) for around $30.00...
that's was about 43 gal when empty... that would be around $120 now...
The last time I filled up just the saddle tank it was just over $80 ...
I usually just put $20 in it at a time, unless I'm actually going somewhere with the camper...
I use my Caravan for pretty much everything else.
Anyone else remember when $10 would buy a full tank of gas, a gallon of oil (Ol' Smokey, a '59 Ford, had really bad rings) a case of beer and a bottle of Boone's Farm (in any flavor)???
You could cruise all night, and the alcohol always ran out before the gas did...
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that's was about 43 gal when empty... that would be around $120 now...
The last time I filled up just the saddle tank it was just over $80 ...
I usually just put $20 in it at a time, unless I'm actually going somewhere with the camper...
I use my Caravan for pretty much everything else.
Anyone else remember when $10 would buy a full tank of gas, a gallon of oil (Ol' Smokey, a '59 Ford, had really bad rings) a case of beer and a bottle of Boone's Farm (in any flavor)???
You could cruise all night, and the alcohol always ran out before the gas did...

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Re: only 15 gallons go in...
Woman uses lighter to check gas can level, blows up carJMcTurnan wrote:But no flicking your cigarette ashes out the door,.

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Re: only 15 gallons go in...
Mine does the 3/4 thing too, but I dream of 10mpg.70_F100 wrote:Mine does the same thing, kaptnkaos. Never above 3/4 full.
I've tried three different sending units, so I'm pretty sure it's the voltage regulator for the dash.
Funny how many of us use "10 MPG" as our "gauge"...

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Re: only 15 gallons go in...
Strawberry Hill?kaptnkaos wrote:I actually remember filling up both tanks in my '68 CS (in cab and saddle) for around $30.00...
that's was about 43 gal when empty... that would be around $120 now...
The last time I filled up just the saddle tank it was just over $80 ...
I usually just put $20 in it at a time, unless I'm actually going somewhere with the camper...
I use my Caravan for pretty much everything else.
Anyone else remember when $10 would buy a full tank of gas, a gallon of oil (Ol' Smokey, a '59 Ford, had really bad rings) a case of beer and a bottle of Boone's Farm (in any flavor)???
You could cruise all night, and the alcohol always ran out before the gas did...
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Re: only 15 gallons go in...
Yeah Bobby... Why not, it all comes up the same any way...
We mostly just got it for the girls
We mostly just got it for the girls

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Re: only 15 gallons go in...
kaptnkaos wrote:Yeah Bobby... Why not, it all comes up the same any way...
We mostly just got it for the girls



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Re: only 15 gallons go in...
Hmm i remember 10 filling full never went the smokes or alchohal though. When i first started driving in the midwest it was between .97 1.07/gallon.
buty yeah mine also does the 3/4 when completelty full.
buty yeah mine also does the 3/4 when completelty full.
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'70 f250 4x4 Crew cab 460/C6 '72 F100 390/C6 9.8 MPG AVG. '89 Mercury Cougar LS Dual Exh. V6 . 18.9 MPG AVG. In Town.

I don't want to give em a heart-attack. That is what would happen if I answered the door in the buff. Heck it almost scares me to death when I step out of the shower and look in the mirror.~Mancar1~
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