I would think that hot water and refrig would be would be mandatory in your neighbourhood with a cold drink and warm shower to wash away the sweat at the end of a hot, humid, sweaty Florida day.
I take it this is not an American production model and you're converting all electrical components to 120V 60 Hz.
You should repair that inspection port. If water can get out insects or contaminants can get in.
This is a perfectly good strategy. Because the more you use your boat the more things break. So fix it once and then never use it again.But @sunlover now suspects his entire boat to be broken
Is he now doomed to do an entire boat inspection, stem to stern, every time he boards his boat? Every weekend will be spent inspecting his boat to ensure nothing is broken before collecting the courage to take it out
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Surely a fate worse than death
It only leaks under pressure from the fill hose. Once the water flow stops, the tank is fine. Because of the way the vent is plumbed it is possible to have a 1 ¼" hose full of water pressurizing the tank. When I stop filling the tank and the water drains out of the hose, all is good.
Absolutely!!!! The fuel cap chain makes it very difficult while refueling, and I was always concerned it would break during the process. And it is far easier to replace O rings without the stupid chain in the way.
This makes a lot of sense. Part of me wonders whether the caps with the broken chains are replacements for the ones that the PO was hanging there when the chain broke/came undone while fueling/pumping out/adding water. Cupholders on the aft seats make awesome places to put the fuel and pumpout caps. Can't knock them into the water, and they're right where I left them every time. I can't actually replace mine if I lost one without replacing the fitting - they're no longer made, according to SBO. So...super careful or I've got a very inconvenient project to add to the list. I might consider having a machine shop make one from a remaining specimen if I lost one, rather than replacing a fitting. Sheesh. Bet that wouldn't be cheap.One of the very first things I learned when I first my first boat with fill tanks was just this. ^^^^
The very best thing you can do is cut all of those chains off and put the caps somewhere safe, 'cuz at the end of one of those chains just ain't it!
It would be cheaper to buy a whole new deck assembly, hire three plumbers to install it, a project manager to oversee it, and throw a catered party with dancing girls to celebrate the installation
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looks like keeping spares is the best.Unfortunately you cannot use the chain on the pump out cap and the diesel cap chain was broken off long ago......... and neither cap floats....
Indeed, but at $55 US ( times 1.3 for CDN ) plus shipping etc., it's an expensive "spare"
When I lost the diesel cap I used the waste cap until the new one arrived. Wasn't overly concerned about some rain getting into the waste tank for a week or two.
You had me at dancing girls...It would be cheaper to buy a whole new deck assembly, hire three plumbers to install it, a project manager to oversee it, and throw a catered party with dancing girls to celebrate the installation
For $3.41 get 1 ¼" PVC Plug for an emergency spare.Indeed, but at $55 US ( times 1.3 for CDN ) plus shipping etc., it's an expensive "spare"
Way too simple
! ! Perhaps the ultimate solution when the chain is lost, a new cap is purchased and the chain can't be attached.