'85 23' Sceptre project

[jaythefisherman]

not at all just a very smart consumer and excellent idea ,,,,,,will save everyone the price gouging of marinas and ''genuine'' mercury parts that over 90% are manufactured by someone else and probably over half outside the country.......again awesome idea!

[John3325]

So I don't mean to hi-jack the thread, but some of the work you have done makes me believe your the guy to ask.

The "lip" that the gas tank deck cover sits on, I am assuming that the tank was put in and the lip was made after.

I too, have a 1986 23 Seacraft Sectpre and took the gas deck cover off of mine as well. I think my tank is good for now, but now that I took it up I was thinking how would I ever get that out with the lip there?

What route are you going to take, or have you taken? Sawzalling the tank scares the crap out of me, even empty. One spark and a gas fume is all you need to have bad news.

I heavily agree with the post above suggesting a plastic tank. It is the only way to go now in my honest opinion, and cost wise is usually the less or same of a replicated fab tank.