Best Way to Remove Foam Around Gas Tank
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I ran a electrin's fish up the drain hole the center one that runs under the floor and gas tank.Well it got stuck when I was pulling it out, I pulled and turned on it a few times with no luck,so instead of taking my time l went and grabbed the vice grips and after about 5 or 6 Hard pulls I got it out. About 2 hours later I noticed a little bit of water in the bilge (what I thought was water) wrong it was gas. Bad day. The worst part was I just glued down the new carpet, I was almost done,all I had to do was install the front and rear new seats and I was done.Bad day!
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I guess it was almost there anyways, you just made it happen...
chit happens!
Last time i did that, i took a sawzall and cut big chuck and took em out with a large but small pry bar... still need some patience to do it...
good luck!
chit happens!
Last time i did that, i took a sawzall and cut big chuck and took em out with a large but small pry bar... still need some patience to do it...
good luck!
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I ran a electrin's fish up the drain hole the center one that runs under the floor and gas tank.Well it got stuck when I was pulling it out, I pulled and turned on it a few times with no luck,so instead of taking my time l went and grabbed the vice grips and after about 5 or 6 Hard pulls I got it out. About 2 hours later I noticed a little bit of water in the bilge (what I thought was water) wrong it was gas. Bad day. The worst part was I just glued down the new carpet, I was almost done,all I had to do was install the front and rear new seats and I was done.Bad day!
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Have to agree, with it taking that little to put a hole, it was ready to spring a leak. My guess is your foam at the base of the take is wet, and the water will eat thru the tank. Replaced my tank a couple years ago, and have to cut the floor open then a hand saw works pretty well.
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the problem is timing. you either spend the boating weekends cutting out the floor, gouging out the foam, etc,etc, or you find room for a 20 gallon moeller plastic tank for the next 2 months. mebbe in the cuddy? yeah it is kinda half-a$$ed but you have all fall to gut the cockpit and replace the tank. where do you run this guy? del river or margate-ocean city? in vintage chromo's resto thread for his pantera, on page 5 there is a bit about his fuel tank replacement. if these boats are that similar, they may all take essentially the same tank. at one point I stumbled across his tank measurements in his photobucket file. don't see it now, but he can probably find it for you. but 1 pic on page 5 shows the florida marine sticker which implies it is a standard tank they have on file. worth looking into. big fun. good luck. Derek.
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^^^You're kidding, right ? Even if he drains his fuel tank there will be a lot of vapor in there for a while. And what about the fuel under it ?