[Rusty Bucket]

I'm not sure how "proper" the procedure was, but I pressure tested the 45gal. alum. tank out of an old Angler hull years ago. I used a short section of bike innertube with the valve stem on it, some hose clamps, a cheap pressure guage and some fuel line. I sealed the fill tube with the innertube section, hose clamps and a PVC pipe plug. I put the pressure guage in a piece of fuel hose clamped onto the fuel supply tube. I plugged the vent with a piece of fuel hose with a bolt stuck in it. It held 25lbs. of air all night and I pronunced it seaworthy. BUT... I didn't bed it down right and it wore holes in the hull......the hull leaked, but the tank didn't. I tested the hull with a garden hose on the trailer in the yard. Peed two streams amidships right where the front corners of the tank bore on the inside of the hull.

[ January 01, 2004, 02:22 AM: Message edited by: Rusty Bucket ]