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Unread 04-20-2009, 08:14 PM
cterrebonne cterrebonne is offline
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Think mine is just around the tank on my '89. I could use a new tank...don't know how much there is to it. If you replace it do you need to use more foam. around it or can you go with out?
you would have to get tabs welding on the tank and then glass in some mounts so you could screw the tank down if you dont want to foam in. ultimatly the foam with rot the tank again.
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Unread 04-21-2009, 09:31 PM
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you would have to get tabs welding on the tank and then glass in some mounts so you could screw the tank down if you dont want to foam in. ultimatly the foam with rot the tank again.
It certainly will, foam holds mositure and rots tanks and stringers. Seabird also built an exact copy of the V20, a friend had one. Powered by an unreliable 155 OMC, it sat several inches deeper in the water and ran so much smoother than my V. It turns out that every inch below the floor was filled with late 60's vintage foam and totally saturated. The extra weight made the boat ride very smooth, but soon became an unusable piece of junk. Keeping the bilge area dry is very important. Foam makes that impossible.
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