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04-22-2009, 02:27 PM
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Re: 1989 23WA Seacraft fuel tank replacemnt/maybe?
Loyd, sorry no pictures at present. I can not believe it but they made the hole 27 inches wide and the tank is 28 inches wide. I talked with a boat repair shop this AM and he suggested that since I am going to go to a smaller tank, instead of cutting up the boat, cut the tank and collapse it in so it will come out, said it would be a lot less work that redoing the glass. I just happen to be the owner of an 8 inches grinder, if that won't work, guess I will have to rent or borrow a sawszal.
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04-22-2009, 06:11 PM
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Re: 1989 23WA Seacraft fuel tank replacemnt/maybe?
Gary, be very careful cutting into that tank with anything. Gasoline fumes never seem to go away and will explode, with any spark. There is a proper way, I just don't happen to know it. Check with a welder, or someone with experience cutting open fuel drums to find out how to do it.
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04-23-2009, 01:33 AM
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Re: 1989 23WA Seacraft fuel tank replacemnt/maybe?
I put water into the tank and started cutting with a (power saw) sawzal, got it opened enough to see the 1st baffle, this is not going to be easy. I remeasured the hole and the deck plate, I think if I cut 1/2" on each side, I will still have plenty of support to replace the deck panel and good support.
All the deck screws are totally loose, any idea of how to repair them? Maybe epoxy and re drill the holes? I know the caulking holds the plate in place, but would be nice to keep the salt water out as I know it would seep through the screws. 
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06-03-2009, 12:48 AM
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Re: 1989 23WA Seacraft fuel tank replacemnt/maybe?
Picked up my boat yesterday and it really looks good. Easy fit and it has neoprene strips under it and foamed sides. I like the way they put flanges front and aft on the tank and the glassed in wood and stainless screws on each end to make sure it not going to move. I will take a couple of pictures when I get time. I just got home on Saturday night after a very long slow drive from East Lansing Michigan in rental truck w/dual axle car hauler w/a Ford explorer. I know we were way over weight, etc, but we did make it.
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04-23-2009, 10:23 AM
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Re: 1989 23WA Seacraft fuel tank replacemnt/maybe?
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Common Sense is learning from your mistakes. Wisdom is learning from the other guy's mistakes. Fr. Frank says: Jesus liked fishing, too. He even walked on water to get to the boat! Currently without a SeaCraft (2) Pompano 12' fishing kayaks '73 Cobia 18' prototype "Casting Skiff", 70hp Mercury
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04-24-2009, 01:32 AM
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Re: 1989 23WA Seacraft fuel tank replacemnt/maybe?
Well the tank is finally out. I had to cut one piece of 3/4" plywood (will need to replace it) to have room to slide the tank back and up after cutting about 1/2" off each side of the deck flange, (still plenty of room to reinstall the deck plate). I had to cut about 2 feet off of the tank to be able to slide it back far enough to lift it out with a come-a-long. I really did not want to remove the 225 Honda. I had it hanging in the air with about 5 gallons of water in the tank and I found a water bubble droplet seeping out of a small corrosion area. Not much, but enough to make a stink. The inside of the tank was a mess, lots of junk had accumulated. The tank was 98X28X10 w/4 baffles (115 gal). SEACRAFT did a lousy job installing the tank. No neoprene on the bottom, but large splotches of some type of foam/rubber material which held water of course and the sides were foamed in and had some corrosion, the tank had been painted with a gray paint of some sorts. It probably would have been impossible to do a through cleaning of the inside of the tank, so replacement time was in order even w/o the gas leak.
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04-24-2009, 09:51 PM
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Re: 1989 23WA Seacraft fuel tank replacemnt/maybe?
Too late to edit, so will do another post on today's lesson.
I really found the leak a little while ago. I was cleaning out some of the foam on the tank deck and found that the starboard rear corner foam really smelled like gas. I has set the back part that I had cut off on top of the rest of the tank and was washing down the inside, found several corrosion indentations on the inside, but noticed water drops forming on the rear portion of the tank. I then took a putty knife and scraped the outside and here comes a pee hole with water squirting out about 2 inches. Sure glad that did not happen on the water, but it was ready to pop. Then instead of dealing with crud in the tank, I would have been dealing a bilge full of gas. I have an outboard and and at that time, the float switch on the bilge pump wasn't working (just fixed that since the deck was off). Guess I avoided a disaster in the making. I would post pictures but haven't mastered that yet. Maybe try later, unless someone would like to post some of the pictures I took, I could E-Mail them to you. Let me know as my comcast does not show up on the profile. I think my e-mail address is current on the profile, I will check it and if not update it.  OK, I uploaded the photos to photo bucket now trying to figure out how add them here. Ok, I guess if you want to see them click on the link. Last one is just a picture of our active volcano, Mt Baker, we look at it all the time, some days you can see stem plumes. http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...RSCN0767-1.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...6/DSCN0763.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...6/DSCN0761.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...6/DSCN0759.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...6/DSCN0756.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...6/DSCN0766.jpg http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f4...6/DSCN0427.jpg
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