5spd surprise

[Scott]

Kerry, sounds great about your coach and the tranny. Generally,
most "suprises" in a BB do not work like that.

YOUR COMMENT:
It seems to be
working, just that full is past full, and even past the little button
below the 'F'. If it does this, does 'E' still mean empty or is empty
now 1/2?

Well it seems quite simple to me that if you take your fuel tank
capacity, and the guage reading, and then fill the tank with diesel
and check how many gallons it took to fill, you would have your
answer! In other words if you have a 300 gal tank, guage reads 1/2
and you stop to fill up and it takes 150 gals then the guage is
probably close to correct! In addition, if you track your mileage and
divide the gallons used by the miles then you get your MPG! Do you
really get 10mpg? It takes a long while for my needle to move off the
full mark, provided I have a full tank!

Again, probably slept thru science class but not during creative
problem solving!!!

ScottB
86FC
SC






> Took my Bird for it's first cruise from Denver to Amarillo to visit
> Palo Duro Canyon and Alibates Flint Quarries. After first thinking
I
> was just losing my mind and not paying close enough attention to
> shifting patterns as we climbed hills, I carefully counted the
shifts.
> It has a 5 spd transmission and not a 4 spd. What a pleaant
> surprise. The Allison 5 spd has a lockup torque convertor which
means
> the previous owners insistence that it got a steady 10mpg is
> believable. This means that not only does it have a new motor, it
has
> a new transmission. Discovering this made up for the fact that
> Amarillo had record low temperatures and snow during our visit.
> Fuel gauge is reading way past full. Is this typical? It seems to
be
> working, just that full is past full, and even past the little
button
> below the 'F'. If it does this, does 'E' still mean empty or is
empty
> now 1/2?
>
> Kerry
> 82 FC 35
> Denver
>