Moving Gas Tanks, CC and T-top Forward On 1980 18'

[bumpdraft]

Welcome, nice boat. I love the 18's, kind of wish I still had mine. Its hard to see from your picture, but if you move forward with the console that much, will you still be able to walk around the front of it alright. I agree on the fuel tank going forward, but wonder how much weight difference the console is going to make.

Nice boat btw erebus, it looks like you didn't move the console too far, just saying.

Pic of my old 85

[erebus]

Originally Posted by bumpdraft

...it looks like you didn't move the console too far, just saying.

Hmm, your'e right.
Looking at the pics again it looks like I maybe only moved it forward about 3 inches. I thought for sure it was more.
I know I did move the leaning post in a bit more so you could walk around behind it more easily.
Good eye!

[AnthonyAllen72]

I wondered about the difference moving the console and T-Top would make as well. But I can tell you the leaning post and T-Top are stainless and they are heavy so would imagine it would have to help some.

[AnthonyAllen72]

Does anyone know a good source for a replacement Gas Cap on the upper gunnel.
Mine is extremely oxidized and needs to be replaced. See the pic for reference. Also is this the original location of the Cap???

[erebus]

I used this one from Scandvik when I redid my 18SF.



Worked out nicely. I liked it because it was a similar profile (i.e, size etc.) as the original and required no key.
And that is the original location, as far as I know.
At least its the same as my 1975...

My fill hose from there to the tank was a nightmare. I think I ended up pulling it out through the fill hole in the cap while attached to a forklift. It was so slimy and rotten, there was no way I could pull it out by hand.
I put a 4 inch deck plate in the inside of the liner just below the deck fill so I could properly install the new hose to deck fill hose clamps.
You can see it up forward here, on the port side.: