Russ, I chose a gas gauge for the same reason I ask for a coke regardless of what cola the restaurant sells. ; )
Josh -- When security matters. http://www.secure-my-email.com On Jun 6, 2013 10:19 PM, "Russ & Melody" <russ...@telus.net> wrote: > Hi Josh, > > Why did you choose a gas gauge for your diesel fuel tank? :) > > ** **Cheers, Russ > ** ***Sweet *35 mk-1 > > At 08:51 AM 06/06/2013, you wrote: > > You should also get VERY familiar with bleeding the fuel system of air. I > recently, accidentally, ran out of gas while motoring in 6-8 foot breakers > and 20-25 kts of wind. We got the sails up and could have continued > indefinitely except that the next port was 4nm up a shallow and narrow > channel and the sun was setting. After having 10 gallons of diesel > delivered to the middle of the Chesapeake Bay (Bay Marker #42), we started > the engine and proceeded to take the sails down. At almost the same time > the engine started sputtering and then died. Various restarts were > attempted but it was pretty quickly determined that there was air in the > lines. Fortunately I was very familiar with venting. From the time I left > the topsides to investigate the dead engine to being back under power was > probably less than 10 minutes. And that obviously includes all the time > diagnosing/restarting, and time finding tools. > > A new gas gage made it to the top of the projects list! > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > >
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