FUEL TANK REMOVAL

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AFTER YOU DISCONNECT THE HOSE FROM YOUR TANK YOU CAN UNSCREW THE GAS FILL BRACKET THAT IS MOUNTED ON THE CAP OF YOUR BOAT PULL THE HOSE UP ABOUT A FOOT OR TWO DO THE SAME THING WITH THE AIR EXCAPE HOSE THEN THERE SHOULDN’T BE ANY TROUBLE REMOVING THE TANK EXCEPT FOR THE WIRES FROM THE GAS TANK TO YOUR GAS INDICATOR AND A GREEN GROUND THAT MIGHT GO FROM YOUR TANK AND YOUR GAS FILLER TO A BOAT GROUND. AS FOR INSTALLING A NEW HOSE FIRST OFF MAKE SURE YOU BUY THE GAS TYPE HOSE NOT THE WATER OR EXHAUST TYPE HOSES IF YOU REMOVE THE HOSE CLAMPS FROM THE GAS FILLER YOU COULD ATTACH THE NEW HOSE TO THE OLD ONE BY USING SOME LARGE PVC PIPE WITH HOSE CLAMS HOLDING THE OLD ONE TO THE NEW TOGETHER. THEN JUST PUSH IT THROUGH. MAKE SURE YOU USE 2 GOOD HOSE CLAMS ON BOTH THE TANK AND ALSO THE GAS FILL JUST INCASE ONE BREAKS. THERE IS ONE LAST THIN TO DO WHEN YOU RUN THE NEW AIR EXCAPE LINE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A LOOP IN THE LINE LIKE A U JUST BEFORE YOUR OUT BOARD VENT BY DOING THAT IF ANY WATER DOES GET INTO THE LINE FROM THE VENT TAKING IN WATER IT WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR GAS TANK IT WILL GET CAUGHT IN THE LOOP. WHEN YOU FILL YOU TANK WITH GAS IT WILL GET BLOWN OUT THE VENT.
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