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Originally Posted by FishStretcher
I am going to cut some templates to fit- maybe make a MDF mockup to test. My tanks had bevels cut in them. The big 13.75' x 4" bevels on these tanks might make them work? it would be tight. I don't know. I need to cut a template to look. I might be able to plot it full size at work...
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So I cut a luan template of the tank cross section. It looks like it fits, but is too long to get two in the boat. But a 56 gallon tank forward and down low, and a smaller 25ish gallon reserve would work well for me.
I think the 5606 tank with the fittings aft of the deck cross member would be good.
The old tanks look better than I would have thought, but the tops are corroded, and the paint is all peeling off.
The tank install was a hack job. The grey bilge paint drained into the crevices and 9 years on, never hardened, but did partly occlude the limber holes in the bulkhead. The under deck crossmember was sawn thru in order to slide the forward tank forward. So that needs repair.
I can't say for certain who did the tanks, but a well known engine installer in Worcester, MA did the engine, and that was a poor enough install that it had to be done twice. And the fuel hose dates are of the same vintage as the engine. Those will be replaced, too. They were cracked.
After a wash with a stiff brush and some limolene and a shop vac and a garden hose, I think I can now pressure wash the bilge and look at bulkheads, too.