I took my tank out last October on haulout....had a pin hole leak in my
33 year old aluminum tank....kept the original tank with its
fittings....had a machine shop weld a new bottom to my tank and at the
time had them reduce the 'depth' of my tank by one inch.....my original
tank with the 'fittings specifically the infill connector' was a small
fraction maybe 3/16" too big to get the tank out of the
lazarette....finally I just pulled it out....after I noticed I had
crushed the aluminum 90 deg elbow infill connector by the same 3/16"
.....no big deal...with the repaired now tank one inch smaller, getting
it back in was a breeze.....I went from 20 gals to say 18.5 gals....not
a problem for me the way I use my boat and ability to refuel.
When I reinstalled my tank, all the 4 hose connections were really
tight....C&C didn't waste an inch on any hose when they built my
boat.....the one inch drop in tank height compelled me to either get all
new longer hoses or loosen existing clamps holding the 4 hoses to
bulkheads....I loosened the clamps....not as neat as before but not as
costly and difficult as replacing all the hoses. After I reclamped the
tank to its holding station and loosening clamps to make the 4 hoses to
connect, I then thought about putting one inch whatever under the tank
to bring it back to its original position and the hose
connections.....but that's now 20/20 for this genius!
Rob Abbott
AZURA
C&C 32 - 84
Halifax, N.S.
On 2018-01-09 9:03 PM, Rick Brass via CnC-List wrote:
The subject line says 38, but doesn’t say what model.
On my 38 mk2, R&R the tank was easy. Drain the tank and remove the
hoses. IIRC, there is a 90 degree elbow in the top of the tank that
also needs to be removed. From the starboard lazarette, remove the
straps that hold the tank on the platform on which it sits. Slide the
tank to starboard so you can reach it through the top of the
lazarette. Rotate the tank so the former starboard side is now the
top, and lift it out of the lazarette. There was a generous inch of
clearance around my old tank when it came out… so I had the new tank
built a bit larger than the old and increased the volume to 22 gallons
from 20.
Rick Brass
Washington, NC
*From:*CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] *On Behalf Of
*Bev Parslow via CnC-List
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*Cc:* Bev Parslow <bparslo...@yahoo.ca>
*Subject:* Stus-List c and c 38
Need to take out the fuel tank. What is the process?
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