Winterizing the gas tank

Originally Posted by macojoe

In this case grease the crap out of it and make sure that the motor is turned so that the sterring shaft is all the way inside the tube so it is not exposed to the weather.

I have had more than one tech tell me just the opposite, they said leve them out so if the get stuck you have something to work with. It's not all hidden up in the tube. If I ever live anywhere that I don't use my boats all year I will give this a little more consideration (It's 71' and sunny T'sgiving day here)