Hello All:
Been awhile since I have posted anything here on the Cherubini forum. (But I do look at the forum quite frequently!)
This query is specific only to the Cherubini Hunter 36. Really no need to respond if you don't have a 36' model. I expect that the layout of other models will be different and the info isn't quite interchangeable.
Before I get started on the project, has anyone actually replaced the OEM fuel tank yet? Mine is beginning to leak diesel into the bilge. Only a teaspoon a month. But will get worse. It's been hard to diagnose since the diesel is migrating in the void between the hull and the interior liner.
The aluminum OEM was obviously installed prior to the deck being affixed onto the hull. It will need to be cut to get out. Which will be done with shears (not a grinder) and with dry ice first dropped into the empty/washed tank to make the atmosphere inside less likely to explode.
A new tank will need to be much smaller to successfully contort back into the space. Also, I am thinking that installing a new tank on the port side (rather than the current tank's starboard side) might make the whole project much easier to accomplish.
Any insights will be welcome. Seems that replacement below deck tanks are dominated by Moeller.
rardi
Been awhile since I have posted anything here on the Cherubini forum. (But I do look at the forum quite frequently!)
This query is specific only to the Cherubini Hunter 36. Really no need to respond if you don't have a 36' model. I expect that the layout of other models will be different and the info isn't quite interchangeable.
Before I get started on the project, has anyone actually replaced the OEM fuel tank yet? Mine is beginning to leak diesel into the bilge. Only a teaspoon a month. But will get worse. It's been hard to diagnose since the diesel is migrating in the void between the hull and the interior liner.
The aluminum OEM was obviously installed prior to the deck being affixed onto the hull. It will need to be cut to get out. Which will be done with shears (not a grinder) and with dry ice first dropped into the empty/washed tank to make the atmosphere inside less likely to explode.
A new tank will need to be much smaller to successfully contort back into the space. Also, I am thinking that installing a new tank on the port side (rather than the current tank's starboard side) might make the whole project much easier to accomplish.
Any insights will be welcome. Seems that replacement below deck tanks are dominated by Moeller.
rardi