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     Mike Bergmann Unregistered guest Rating: N/A |
I removed the fuel tank the other day. As expected, the bottom of the tank was heavily corroded and fouled. I removed all of the dirt, etc. with a power wire brush, and found about 8 areas of deep pitting which appeared to be at least 3/4 of the way through the bottom of hte tank. I used the West System aluminum etching kit to clean the bottom of the tank, and laminated 3 layers of 6 oz. fiberglass cloth over the bottom using West epoxy. The whole process took about 2 hours. I hate to sound like a broken record, but I want to urge everyone with an older boat to check the tanks ASAP. My boat spends some time in salt water, so the tanks in the fresh-water boats are probably not as bad. Anyone with an '83 or '84 in salt water should be very concerned about this. |
