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looking for the best way to install new fuel tank with out useing foam.also what kind of tank to use metal or plastick

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aluminum, that is what i used. 95 gallon, usable

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You might want to read through this a couple of times. There's a lot of good information.

http://www.yachtsurvey.com/fueltank.htm

Good Luck.

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Hey Brandon,

Where abouts in Bristol County are you. I grew up in Taunton. I live in the Newburyport area now. - BigLew

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somerset m.a.

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i hope you can make it to the jazz festival on august 7th
i work in swansea if you ever need a hand

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yea me too i can run on some plastick tanks if need be.but dont like the tanks on the deck.i think i will have new tank by next week.like to meet some of you guys on the water cheeck out your boats cant miss my fadded out black scepter w/250 etech on it.allways on chan 65 just yell out for the black duck.

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I have seen several tanks installed on a grid made of rubber hose. The hose went on a platform built on top of the center stringer and around the tank on the sides. I am not sure if this will chaff the tank. Just so the tank doesnt move around it shouldnt chaff a hole in it.

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think im going w/ the post biglew sent 5200 some plastic pices under the tank then 5200 the tank to the floor reading the post thats all you need to do that sh*t like iorn when it kicks. goinig w/ alitle smaller tank so i can keep it abit forward so ican clean out the new drains i installed in the cofin.idrilled 3/4 holes and 5200 some 1/2 cupling in the holes so asnot to let water in the wood hope that fixs the problem. ;)

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TRL5,

If I may, pls. re-read the part about 5200. 5200 is applied to the plastic bed strips to preclude any moister becoming trapped against the aluminum. The tank is NOT recommended to be 5200'd to the shelf/base where it sits, but rather just set in place using the weight of the tank + fuel to prevent shifting. Most of the tanks I have seen, including mine have some aluminum tabs welded to them and then those tabs are screwed into the sides of the well that the tank/coffin is set into. A fine point yes, but think of someone trying to remove a tank 5200'd into place. THAT would be a "NIGHTMARE on ELM STREET"(and any other street as well)!

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I never knew that rubber would cause a problem until I read that article. Good to know BigLew. Thanks.

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thanxs lew maybe im not understanding it right but looks like he means the wight of the tank will make the 5200 sqeeze out just enough to bite the glass? mabe 4200 is the way to go? was going to use the tabs aswell and 52 or 4200 them to the stringers.looking forward to some feedback.

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TRL5,

The strips are attached to the bottom of the tank so the 5200 squeezes out to the the edges of the strip, thus preventing ANY water entering an opening between the strips and the aluminum. His point is that water sitting in continuous contact with the aluminum is the culprit in promoting "corrosion/pitting/weakening of the aluminum. The strips being 1/4 - 3/8ths thick provide passage beneath the tank of any water in the "coffin" to flow back to a drain to the bilge. The tabs are then screwed to the sides of the coffin using an epoxy resin barrier between the screw and the core in the sides of the coffin. (NO WATER Intrusion of the coring) That's it. Just be sure to use some amount of flexible fuel line so, if the tank should shift within the coffin, no fuel line will be broken or cracked.

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10-4 will secure tank by just the tabs w/ screws and 5200 maybe afew shims on the sides.