It’s time

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Progress

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Removing wood. Old tank 19 years old. It was primed and the i painted resin on tank bottom and part way up the sides before foaming it in. Looking back, I don’t know why I didn’t go all the way up. The tank wasn’t leaking, but a few areas were getting close. The original tank lasted 20 years before leaking.

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Well it started off real good. It has come to a hold. Ordered a fuel tank that was supposed to take over two weeks. It was done in 4 days. Waiting on resin to come in.to get boat done.

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Woohoo. Resin delivered and making progress. Waiting on neoprene strips for tank. Floor pieces are about ready and found a motor.

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Maybe I went a little overboard with the neoprene strips, but wanted to support bottom of tank as muck as I can . Tank shelf looks to be pretty straight and flat. It may dip as much as an eight of an inch in a couple places. A few inches of bad wood will be cut out on the rear of shelf.

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Originally Posted by bumpdraft

Well it started off real good. It has come to a hold. Ordered a fuel tank that was supposed to take over two weeks. It was done in 4 days. Waiting on resin to come in.to get boat done.

TNT doesnt mess around! Good operation there..

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Originally Posted by DonV

Nice Ron!! I'm with ya, if you're that far into it replace the tank! I've got a 144 gallon and would go down to a 100 in a second! I'm assuming you are keeping it mounted towards the front. Have fun!

I messed up. When I bought my tank 19 years ago from the original fab place, they had the old measurements already and I just replaced it with what they sent me. RDS was not making tanks for individuals when I called them recently , so I measured the tank as well as I could. I asked the glass man to get the depth measurement and he told me it was 12” and that is what I ordered and got from TNT. When the guys put the new tank in, it looked a little different, besides being shorter, it is also 1/2”taller than the old tank. It fits with the cover over it, but the mounting tabs need some modification. Looking back, I was too fixated with moving the cg forward. The new tank is 100 gallons. If I could, I would make it the same width, and inch or so less deep and four or five inches longer than the new tank.
Wish it was 75”x28”x11”= 100 gallons.

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Been awhile since I posted pictures. Under deck looked solid and saw no reason to go further. Shortened up the shelf for the tank and I had a few half holes put in to aid in air flow and drainage of water, just in case. Still glasswork to be done, but back cap and splash well now in place.

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Meanwhile back at the ranch, I’ve been filling in a couple holes dings and scratches and put a coat of primer on. Now some more sanding (hate sanding). Lining up some able body guys to get the console up on boat when I get it back.

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Can’t wait for the new Zuke that is waiting. Just a whole bunch of stuff to put together first.