Fuel stick

[moonlighting7]

3/4 pvc and a dremel

66m20e

[RLCarter]

Shouldn’t the higher numbers at the top of the stic?

[BrianWilkins]

8 hours ago, RLCarter said:

Shouldn’t the higher numbers at the top of the stic?

Maybe he's going for "gallons used" instead of "gallons remaining"??  IDK.  

[Bob - S50]

Try this.

FuelStik

Works great.  Need at least 11 gallons in the wing of a J before it starts to float to give an indication.

[steingar]

I'm really dumb.  I just took an old piece of wood and marked it as I fueled the airplane.  Marked it wrong too, about 5 gallons low.  Must work though, I haven't run out of gas yet.

[Andy95W]

I made this right after joining MooneySpace, so it's a little more than 7 years old and I use the stick in my tanks probably 20 times a year x 2 tanks = about 280 times.  It still looks like I made it last week.  I used a Lowes paint stick and a standard (free) ball point pen I got from a hotel.

Its very easy to read, and by the time you get to the other tank it's evaporated. 

 

[Tahir K]

Try this.
FuelStik
Works great.  Need at least 11 gallons in the wing of a J before it starts to float to give an indication.

I have one of these. Best thing I own. The fuel in LBS on the otherside of the tube can be useful as well.

[moonlighting7]

On 5/13/2020 at 10:10 PM, RLCarter said:

Shouldn’t the higher numbers at the top of the stic?

No... In this configuration what's wet equals present fuel in the tank.

 

On 5/13/2020 at 10:10 PM, RLCarter said:

Shouldn’t the higher numbers at the top of the stick

[RobertGary1]

On 5/14/2020 at 7:33 AM, Bob - S50 said:

Try this.

FuelStik

Works great.  Need at least 11 gallons in the wing of a J before it starts to float to give an indication.

Should be 6 gal when the area under the filler is dry.  

[RobertGary1]

On 5/14/2020 at 7:33 AM, Bob - S50 said:

Try this.

FuelStik

Works great.  Need at least 11 gallons in the wing of a J before it starts to float to give an indication.

They only seem to work with the small tank Mooneys?

[Bob - S50]

6 hours ago, RobertGary1 said:

Should be 6 gal when the area under the filler is dry.  

7 on our J, but there has to be enough fuel in the tank to float the bulb.  Thus you need 11 gallons in there before you will get a reading.

[Nukemzzz]

Paint stick works for me. Just have to be careful to be consistent in how you dip the stick and be aware that the plane not being level changes things. 

[cctsurf]

I tried to make a fuel stick when I was installing (and calibrating) my JPI.  I failed miserably.  I was trying to use a paint stir stick as suggested above, but the fuel soaked up all over the stick and I could never tell what level I was supposed to be marking.  Oh well, the JPI is way more accurate than my old Garwin gauges...  I Probably should have installed the digital senders that are available...

[Ron McBride]

I bought a fuel stick for a 182.  If I remember correctly, I added about 5 gallons to the indicated about. 
 

[GDGR]

I used an old carbon archery arrow and a white paint pen. It’s small, light and sits in the groove on my hat rack taking up no space. 

[cliffy]

Who wants to put a tape measure next to the stick so inches per gallons determined by others   :-)

[Andy95W]

43 minutes ago, cliffy said:

Who wants to put a tape measure next to the stick so inches per gallons determined by others   :-)

Here you go, Cliffy.  From 2010!