lumberslinger178
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does anyone who has pulled there tanks find a pvc pipe under it?
Tanks out and steerings out
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whale
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lumber....
My tank had the same PVC pipe under it. It appeared to be there to allow water to pass from the forward bilge to the rear under the tank due to the foam all around the tank that could have obstructed the flow otherwise. The ends on mine were all rotten (if that's the right word for deteriorated PVC). I suspect it had something to do with the gas leak. I wonder if gas dissolves PVC over time?? I do not plan to reinstall a PVC pipe since my new tank will not be foamed. As long as the flow is not obstructed by the tank I see no reason for the PVC.
My tank had the same PVC pipe under it. It appeared to be there to allow water to pass from the forward bilge to the rear under the tank due to the foam all around the tank that could have obstructed the flow otherwise. The ends on mine were all rotten (if that's the right word for deteriorated PVC). I suspect it had something to do with the gas leak. I wonder if gas dissolves PVC over time?? I do not plan to reinstall a PVC pipe since my new tank will not be foamed. As long as the flow is not obstructed by the tank I see no reason for the PVC.
lumberslinger178
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Mush, I didnt take it out. I had someone do it . and he wound up cutting a hole in both ends of the tank and put a chain thru it an pulled it out with a fork lift.
lumberslinger178
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Whale, I figured it had to be original . Are you putting in a plastic tank? Iam haveing mine refabircated from the original 1 inch smaller in diamention and I think hes going to make it two inches taller in height and it wont be foamed in , it will have heavy rubber attached to the bottom. its an aluminum tank powder coated. I will have more pics when the tanks done.
mushman
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Yea, I read your original post a few weeks back.I was just wondering if it was a ball breaker.
Chain and forklift seem like the way to go.
lumberslinger178
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jasoncooperpcola
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Lumber that pipe is a water passage for water to flow from bow to stern. I'm pretty sure it was sealed up pretty tight on both ends so water could not come in contact with the tank. We had a problem in our V like that. The water would just sit up front and verry slowly piddle down to the stern when we We drilled two four inch holes in the livewell and using a water hose to loosed up the crud we was able to pull all the cloggings out, It hasn't given us a probelm since.
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Iam thinkin Iam gonna paint the inside of this with some epoxy paint or something to seal the area
lumberslinger178
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I'm sure you've double checked, but is 2" taller gonna fit?
Funny, after thisafternoon, my helm looks zackally like yours...
yepper , with the old tank there was about 6-8 inches from top of tank to top of deck
lumberslinger178
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air can you get us some pics????
Airslot
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I'll take pics Sunday or Monday as I get into it for real. When I got home today it was nice and I had about 40 minutes of daylight, so I started to take apart my old stuff. Had to remove the lower glove box to get the helm out. I'll use the steering cable to fish the hydraulic hoses, with an added pull string. It's really not a hard install...and the hard part is bleeding a new set up, but my neighbor is gonna let me use his power bleeder
lumberslinger178
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The more pics the better
The guys who are doing mine had the engine off and put the part in that goes on the motor and I wish i was there to watch
The guys who are doing mine had the engine off and put the part in that goes on the motor and I wish i was there to watch
whale
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Yeah.....I picked up a 40 gallon plastic tank for cheap.....I test fit it today and it slid right in.
lumberslinger178
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That sounds like a plan whale, are you going to seal the hull be 4 you install the new tank? and how are you planning on fastening it back in.
Stinky_Hooker
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WOW!!
Better you than me ol buddy!!
Better you than me ol buddy!!
Airslot
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Lumber, how's it going? I've got to download some pics, but as for progress...the helm is in, and the hydraulic lines are hooked to the helm and run to the stern. I was supposed to finish today, but it looks like it may rain all day?
I'm not real satisfied with my helm mounting position. I front mounted mine, as per the instrucutions...it puts the steering wheel a good 2" closer to you. I may have to move the seat back to regain some room. Either that, or look at t a rear mount helm. Not sure what I'm gonna do just yet.
On a side note...I knew there was a good chance that a fuel tank was in my future. The only time I ever got a wiff of fumes was when I filled up. Well, in order to make it easier to run the hyraulic lines, I removed the rod box on that side, and what did I find...my vent line laying in the bottom. Seems the fitting had rotted and fallen apart. Now it looks like I need a $10 fitting instead of a tank. Glad I did this steering job...saved me a pile of money...
I'm not real satisfied with my helm mounting position. I front mounted mine, as per the instrucutions...it puts the steering wheel a good 2" closer to you. I may have to move the seat back to regain some room. Either that, or look at t a rear mount helm. Not sure what I'm gonna do just yet.
On a side note...I knew there was a good chance that a fuel tank was in my future. The only time I ever got a wiff of fumes was when I filled up. Well, in order to make it easier to run the hyraulic lines, I removed the rod box on that side, and what did I find...my vent line laying in the bottom. Seems the fitting had rotted and fallen apart. Now it looks like I need a $10 fitting instead of a tank. Glad I did this steering job...saved me a pile of money...
I suspect I have a leak in my vent or fill tube b/c I get this too at fillup. I try not to fill it ALL the way up for this reason.