Fuel gauge for Ranger Tug 29 Classic

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RodneyV

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Fluid Motion Model
R-29 Classic
Hull Identification Number
FMLT2914L213
Vessel Name
Sea Horse
I’m a recent owner of a 2013 R 29 and it doesn’t have a fuel gauge other than the calculator on the chart plotter. I was looking at the tank to see if I could add one and found what I think is a wire from a fuel gauge sending unit in the tank (pictured attached). Does anyone know where these wires may lead to? Even better yet has anyone installed a fuel gauge using these wires?

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What Engine? Our 2011 RT 27 with the Yanmar engine has a function on the Engine Display that shows the fuel level, and a section for GPH used, and on the Garmin Panel we show the fuel use, level, fuel distance available, and Avg. Kt Miles/Gallon.
This is way above my Pay Grade, but I am sure the Engine reports this information to the Garmin panel thru some magical route. A stand alone Fuel Gauge for me is redundant, but if those wires have a float in the tank it should read on a typical add on fuel gauge.
 
William Sanborn said:
What Engine? Our 2011 RT 27 with the Yanmar engine has a function on the Engine Display that shows the fuel level, and a section for GPH used, and on the Garmin Panel we show the fuel use, level, fuel distance available, and Avg. Kt Miles/Gallon.
This is way above my Pay Grade, but I am sure the Engine reports this information to the Garmin panel thru some magical route. A stand alone Fuel Gauge for me is redundant, but if those wires have a float in the tank it should read on a typical add on fuel gauge.
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We have Volvo D4 260. We do have the engine calculation on the chart plotter but I would like to have a stand alone gauge.
 
RodneyV said:
We have Volvo D4 260. We do have the engine calculation on the chart plotter but I would like to have a stand alone gauge.
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We have a 2014 R29 with a D4-260. The Volvo display at the helm will show tank level. We monitored it while fueling and it did show rising fuel level. Just discovered this feature. Will be checking it in the future for accuracy.

To find it you need to search through menu options on the helm display...
 
DaveB said:
We have a 2014 R29 with a D4-260. The Volvo display at the helm will show tank level. We monitored it while fueling and it did show rising fuel level. Just discovered this feature. Will be checking it in the future for accuracy.

To find it you need to search through menu options on the helm display...
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Thanks for the information. We did find that fuel gauge and thought it was incorrect but we later found out it was reading correctly. We thought we were out of fuel but still had 50 gallons left. We have traced the problem to the fuel pickup. Now that we have a full tank of fuel we are having to see if we can run some out to work on the pickup.
 
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