[bilgerat]

spent a few days working on the 25 over the weekend,
first off on friday i worked on the port engine a little , I cleaned the carbs and hooked up a 6 gal. fuel tank to it and it fired right up!! couldnt believe how good it ran!!
I hope the starboard side cranks and runs as good, Ive found blown engine on CL Im going to get this week so I can get the trim system off it and put on the starboard eng, then Ill see if she will run.
I then dove into the fuel system, I removed all the old fuel hoses and got the rear 50gal tank loose and ready to come out, its gor about 15 gals of old stinking gas in it so ill have to pump it out before I can lift it out,
Then on to the original dual tanks in the floor, after bout 2 hours of digging out foam and cutting old hoses, the old tanks were oin the ground. The rear bulk head wall behind the tanks is rotton and will have to be replaced but the floor and all the stringers are solid as a rock! Im going to clean out the single 50 gal tank and mount it under the floor where the old tanks were and run all new hoses.
i also checked out the hydralic steering and found a leak in a hose going from the transom fitting to the engine , Going to order new ones in the morn.