diesel priming device Detroit

chessie4905 · August 12, 2018, 10:09:59 AM

If you tie a rope to her waist and attach it securely inside the coach, she can lean out the door and read it going down the road. You may need to slow down a little so she can get all the numbers.

Iceni John · August 12, 2018, 01:39:59 PM

Quote from: chessie4905 on August 12, 2018, 10:09:59 AM
If you tie a rope to her waist and attach it securely inside the coach, she can lean out the door and read it going down the road. You may need to slow down a little so she can get all the numbers.

If you attach the rope at her CoG (let's not get into any discussion exactly where it is), she could spin freely at the same speed as the wheel, and that definitely makes it easier to read the hubometer at speed. However, you may still need to attach some balance weights to her to prevent shimmying and instability.

John

Jim Blackwood · August 12, 2018, 02:03:29 PM

Don't know why you need all those gages, lights, switches and stuff anyway, doesn't make it run any better. Just fill up once a day and drive the same speed as traffic. I used to have a bike, just had a key to turn it on and off. That was it. Wasn't ever a problem. Course it did have a tank reserve.

Jim

DoubleEagle · August 12, 2018, 02:28:45 PM

Quote from: Iceni John on August 12, 2018, 01:39:59 PM
If you attach the rope at her CoG (let's not get into any discussion exactly where it is), she could spin freely at the same speed as the wheel, and that definitely makes it easier to read the hubometer at speed. However, you may still need to attach some balance weights to her to prevent shimmying and instability.

John

That is just the kind of image my warped mind would come up with, a spinning wife on a rope. Of course, you would have to have a Jib Crane attached to the side of the bus for it to work. But then, does the center part of the hubometer rotate? You need a wife on a rope to verify that, or one that runs fast while stooped down.

Geoff · August 12, 2018, 02:42:16 PM

I was thinkin' the old lady could just hang out the window and dip the tank with her cane....

Jim Eh. · August 12, 2018, 03:57:41 PM

Quote from: Iceni John on August 12, 2018, 01:39:59 PM
If you attach the rope at her CoG (let's not get into any discussion exactly where it is), she could spin freely at the same speed as the wheel, and that definitely makes it easier to read the hubometer at speed. However, you may still need to attach some balance weights to her to prevent shimmying and instability.

John

Just string together some balancing beads and tell her they're Perls.

Geoff · August 12, 2018, 04:11:40 PM

Quote from: chessie4905 on August 12, 2018, 10:09:59 AM
If you tie a rope to her waist and attach it securely inside the coach, she can lean out the door and read it going down the road. You may need to slow down a little so she can get all the numbers.

That's a lot of leaning, the hub meters mount on the inside of the rear drivers. Come on guys, you need a fuel gauge!

richard5933 · August 12, 2018, 05:39:59 PM

Still don't get it...drive a full day, then fill up as we leave the freeway and head to the stopping point for the night. Or, fill up during our lunch break. Or, fill up when we start the day. With the range that our tank allows, I can't imagine a time when we'd ever push the limit. And if we had to push the limit, it really wouldn't matter if we had a gauge since few are accurate to the last drop.

chessie4905 · August 12, 2018, 06:55:23 PM

Ok, have her hang out rear window to read it. The one on my Brill was on front wheel. The housing was solid brass or bronze.

Lin · August 12, 2018, 07:57:50 PM

The hubometer is on the rear curbside. Do you think that holding a selfie stick out the bedroom window would work?

chessie4905 · August 13, 2018, 11:06:55 AM

I like the wife on the rope better. You might drop a phone while taking a picture on a selfie stick. Not Good.

dtcerrato · August 13, 2018, 11:28:42 AM

Once 1/2 way through Western Canada going North, to travel on the full side of a 1/2 tank of fuel is just good ole' common sense...

Lin · August 13, 2018, 12:00:30 PM

By the way, Aside from my garden sprayer, I have one of these. I would think that it would take a lot of pumping to work, but I thought it could be a good backup for the price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2447-010-033-2447010033-Diesel-Primer-Hand-Pump-For-Bosch-Style-applications/162971810499?epid=27017357154&hash=item25f1e07ac3:g:miIAAOSwAghavahj

Geoff · August 13, 2018, 12:38:51 PM

Quote from: Lin on August 13, 2018, 12:00:30 PM
By the way, Aside from my garden sprayer, I have one of these. I would think that it would take a lot of pumping to work, but I thought it could be a good backup for the price.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2447-010-033-2447010033-Diesel-Primer-Hand-Pump-For-Bosch-Style-applications/162971810499?epid=27017357154&hash=item25f1e07ac3:g:miIAAOSwAghavahj

That contraption would take forever!

Jim Eh. · August 13, 2018, 04:50:36 PM

Kinda reminds me of ...
https://youtu.be/dWNCFuZJqws