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Old 08-27-2012, 01:51 PM
Brooks Reid Brooks Reid is offline
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Default Restoration restoration

After pulling the console off and more cleaning it was time to take a look at the fuel tank. The previous owner told me the the fuel tank was replace with a larger tank and should be like new. But after 10 years of sitting in the sun I knew we had to take a look. We pulled the tank cover off and it looked OK. The aluminum was painted white, dirty and tarnished. The area of the deck directly aft of the original tank had been cut out to accommodate the larger fuel tank. After the larger tank was installed the deck was glassed in. We decided to take the boat to a shop to have the tank pressure tested. As soon as pressure was put to the tank a lot of water started coming out around the fuel sender. At that point I decided to replace the tank. Removing the tank required cutting the deck back. This was the first time I put the saw to my Seacraft and I was a little nervous. We cut back a section and with a lot of coaxing managed to remove the tank. The tank was not mounted securely and the white paint on the tank was peeling everywhere and there were a few spots that looked problematic. I took the tank to Sunshine Marine tanks in Miami and had them do another test just to be sure. BTW Sunshine is a top quality shop that makes marine fuel tanks for Contender and SeeVee boats. They are a family run business that does excellent work and really cares about their customers.
Surprisingly my tank passed inspection. Oddly the sender gauge was the wrong size for the tank. It would have made the fuel gauge read a half a tank even at empty. Blunderhead strikes again! I debated whether to keep the tank or replace it but finally decided to replace it. Sunshine built me a brand new shinny tank the same dimensions. I did make one sight change and that was to make the tank 1/2" less height in preparation for PVC strips mounted under the tank.
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