Fuel tank removal 1978 23 CC

[Capt Chuck]

Eagle

I removed my fuel tank(100 gal) in my '78 without much effort. I was able to remove the deck plate over the tank with only tilting the console forward a bit. Once the deck was off exposing the tank, it was a matter of unscrewing the tank hoses and the side supports and working it up and back out at the same time. There was four pieces of approx 1" teak epoxied to the inside of the stringers that the tank's support brackets were screwed into. No foam was under just a small amount on the sides. The tank sat on a piece of marine ply. In 1995 it cost me $600 for a 135Gal replacement.