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01-06-2005, 08:18 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Ottawa
Mileage: 2200 kms
Primary Sled: 2004 rev renegade 800 ho black and crome
Where I sled: notre-dame-de-la-salette, quebec
Posts: 963
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OK, so like I said in a earlyer post about problems with the revs gas guauge, here is what I did. Drilled 2 holes (gas tank porting  ) added rubber insert and a fuel line all in the exterior of the gas tank just like the good old days. I emptyed the tank, then poured 1 gallon, added a zip tie where the fuel showed in the fuel line, added another gallon again marking where the fuel was with a zip tie, did this for every gallon of fuel. I know you can't see the zip ties on the pic because I took those pic from my sled and I still didn't put the zip ties, but my brother did on his 04 rev. Anyway, this guage might not look fancy, but the fuel level is bang on.
Electric fuel guauge 180$
poor mans guauge 7$
not running out of gas priceless
BTW, the max content of the gas tank is 9 gallons thats with all the air sucked out.
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01-06-2005, 08:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: L7 C2 oakland twp 44 King St N RR 4 Scotland N0E 1R0, southwest of brantford, southern ontario
Mileage: 2487 miles
Primary Sled: 2007 blizzard 600
Where I sled: southern ontario and wisconsin.
Posts: 11,656
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good idea.
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01-06-2005, 08:25 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Alma, Ont.
Mileage: 0 kms
Primary Sled: '00 Form Z 700 bolt-on mods,lots kms ,2nd motor
Where I sled: districts...5,9,7,10,11 Ontario, if we get SNOW!!
Posts: 1,026
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Hey, that works but make sure to change the rubber seal every so often especially the bottom one BECAUSE that bottom hole will empty a full take pretty quick :bash:
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and an old homemade enclosed two place
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01-06-2005, 08:33 PM
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#4
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Primary Sled: 2000 mxz 600
Where I sled: Eastern Onterrible
Posts: 46
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that'd be a b$tch if that hose went. lol
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01-06-2005, 08:33 PM
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#5
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2003
Where I sled: Where the snow is!
Posts: 938
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Gotta admire your ability to drill holes in a pretty much brand new sled 
Both your ideas are very innovative and practical though...
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01-06-2005, 09:47 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: North of Oshawa, Ont
Mileage: 360 kms
Primary Sled: 05 GSX 600HO SDI
Where I sled: twin mountain, paudash, buckhorn, in ontario.
Posts: 876
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nice idea, but I think that I would rather count my km than drill into the tank.
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01-06-2005, 09:51 PM
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#7
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Laconia, NH
Mileage: 400 Miles
Primary Sled: Polaris RXL 650
Where I sled: New Hampshire Lakes Region
Posts: 132
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That's pretty cool, but the way I ride, I'd tear that hose off within a week. Me, I just set the trip counter at every fill-up. When it gets to 100, I fill up and re-set.
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01-06-2005, 10:11 PM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Ottawa
Mileage: 2200 kms
Primary Sled: 2004 rev renegade 800 ho black and crome
Where I sled: notre-dame-de-la-salette, quebec
Posts: 963
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Quote:
Originally posted by flylake@Jan 6 2005, 10:13 PM
That's pretty cool, but the way I ride, I'd tear that hose off within a week.* Me, I just set the trip counter at every fill-up.* When it gets to 100, I fill up and re-set.
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why would it tear off, it's the same inserts as the fuel line for the carbs? if those didn't tear off, these won't, and beleive me, my sled takes a beating everytime I take it for a spin, I rolled it a couple of times also.
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01-07-2005, 01:30 AM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Science Hill Drifters St.Marys
Mileage: Zero
Primary Sled: 2006 600 HO SDI Renegade 136x16x1.75 trac
Where I sled: Ontario, Cochrane-St.Marys-Northbay
Posts: 441
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Good idea. Hey they still use sight tubes on boilers and they're under pressure. Sure looks like it takes the guess work out of the poopy Doo gauge. Using the odometer when your boon dockin and trail riding can be a crap shot. I've used a tank up before and only gone 75-100km.
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01-07-2005, 08:09 AM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Aurora Ontario
Primary Sled: 04 REVagade 800HO
Where I sled: everywhere and anywhere
Posts: 438
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Good idea. I went the big buck route. I bought a gade and the little extra gas can 
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