I did something stupid

[rustred]

You pay how much for those dumb things & they don't have a gas gauge?

Mike

he dropped the gas gauge in the tank! next time he will use a longer gauge. 

 

[flying belgian]

I always called it the "magic fingers"

I call mine the..pickle picker.

 

[flying belgian]

Depending on which tank you have.
Worse case is the dowel can mess with the fuels float gauge lever in the tank.

If you have an in tank fuel pump. Just remove the pump, reach in and retrieve the dowel rod. Be a good time to change the fuel pump screen while you have it out.

Apparently his float gage doesn't work anyway.

 

[Buckhammer]

I have a 2014 Kawasaki mule, I was filling it with gas and wanted to see how close it was to the top, I took a half inch dowel and stuck it in the gas tank, well the tank is deeper than I thought and it slipped and now it's in the tank, I called the Kawasaki dealer to see if it would be a problem they said NO, what I want to know is what effect gas will have on the dowel.

That's why i use a broom stick to check the level in a tank.

 

[gblj]

Apparently his float gage doesn't work anyway.

he dropped the gas gauge in the tank! next time he will use a longer gauge. 

It has a gas gauge, I was trying to see how close it was to the top, anyway I got the stick out and all is good.

 

[gblj]

I have a 2014 Kawasaki mule, I was filling it with gas and wanted to see how close it was to the top, I took a half inch dowel and stuck it in the gas tank, well the tank is deeper than I thought and it slipped and now it's in the tank, I called the Kawasaki dealer to see if it would be a problem they said NO, what I want to know is what effect gas will have on the dowel.

OP's probably does too, but it probably doesn't work, and it's just as much work to fix the gas gauge as it would have been to get the dowel out of the tank if OP hadn't been able to snag it with a couple of grabbers.

I've always called them "grabbers" BTW.

It has a gas gauge and it works, I didn't want to overfill and pour gas all over the floor that's why I put the dowel in it.

 

[rustred]

its all good, your not the only guy that has dropped something into a gas tank. lol.

 

[Wdj]

Using a stick to check the level isn't stupid. Lighting a match to see in there would be.

 

[Ray,IN]

That's better than what happened to a friends old Ford pickup with the tank behind the seat. He had it repainted and afterwards began experiencing the engine dying when the tank was low.
He drained the tank and removed it; what he found was a round disc the same color as the new paint. Someone had covered the fill point with masking tape before painting, then cut the tape off and it fell into the tank.
When the fuel level was low the disc floated to the fuel pickup and shut off fuel flow.
I always wondered how much money he spent rebuilding the fuel system before removing the tank but was afraid to ask; he was very touchy on that subject.

 

[paul]

Years ago I was putting hyd fluid in the rear of my TW20 tractor. Had a 3.5 gallon jug with a cap with a clear flexable plastic spout on it. The last jug ful to top off, I pulled the jug up and away, and there was no clear plastic hose/ spout on it any more. Fell in the bottom of the rear axle gears.

I thought hum, don’t think it will reall hurt too much in there. The 2 mechanics I talked to thought the same.

So left it alone. Didn’t seem to ever bother.

Paul

 

[New to Blue]

Did this to an airplane engine once. Was using a funnel to top off the oil before a flight. Plane was in a dark T-hanger so i was using a pen light to make sure I didn't over fill the funnel. Needless to say I lost grip on the pen light, down the funnel it went. Removed the funnel, looked down the oil fill tube and there it was light still on in the bottom of the case. I ran and I mean ran! Back to the maintenance hanger and got a "jaws of life" "grabber thingy" LIFE SAVER! Carefully put it down the oil fill tube and was able to grab the end of the light and bring it back up the tube. I've never put a pen light close to a funnel since. LOL