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Dodged 2 bullets yesterday....
Wheeeeeeeww sigh of relief
Started smelling a gas odor in the bilge this weekend....was fearing the worst -tank replacement....popped the front cover off the tank and its just my gas fill hose gone bad....like mush! Already replaced all fuel lines from tank to motor so now its time for fill and vent hose....  Transducer got broken off this weekend, had to remount. I was VERY nervous about drilling into the transome and finding wet wood, or even water seeping out....NEITHER!! Got good wood and dry from the previous holes!!  I love how easy it is to get to the gas fill neck of my tank...great design I LOVE MY V!!
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07-08-2011, 08:04 AM
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 Sounds like you had a good day then...ethanol got to those old hoses, but if they were original, probably time to change out anyway...glad to hear easy to get to!!
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'74 V-20/ BF 150 '95 V-21/ BF 150 '84 V-20/ 200 2.4 Merc '87 V-20/'18 F150 Yamaha 
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07-08-2011, 09:54 AM
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Hmmmm... I wonder... (sarcastically) is that the same Quote "thoroughly tested, safe, and effective motor fuel." Unquote that the ethanol producers have been shoving down everyone's throats? Seems to me that if an additive disolves the hoses that it's in, and allows the raw gas to leak out it's not all that "safe". Or am I missing something here? 
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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