Hello to all.I will get the Volvo out of my vega, and put an outboard.Anyone know if it is possible to get the plastic fuel tank out thrue the batterie acces trap ?David2226
Md6a Kombi
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yeah, i know did it once but under the plastic tank there is nothing so you should consider not to take it out..if you do, you have to take all fuel away, take all wires and fuel pipes away and all the batteries and then just try to lift the tank upwards away from keel..ray22.6.2017 13.35 "David Archambault quebecdave1@... [AlbinVega]" AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com kirjoitti:
I think you need to do with with the boat out of the water as the
water pressure makes it (?) impossible to remove..
The major advantages I suppose:
you have easy access to the bilge so all the tools that you dropped
in there can be fished out
you can flush out the bile & eliminate the accumulated diesel
leaks of (?) 20-30 years..
John V1447 Breakaway
On 22/06/17 13:57, Rainer Elvilä
rainer.elvila@... [AlbinVega] wrote:
water pressure makes it (?) impossible to remove..
The major advantages I suppose:
you have easy access to the bilge so all the tools that you dropped
in there can be fished out
you can flush out the bile & eliminate the accumulated diesel
leaks of (?) 20-30 years..
John V1447 Breakaway
On 22/06/17 13:57, Rainer Elvilä
rainer.elvila@... [AlbinVega] wrote:
The boat needs to be out of the water so that there is no water pressure on the hull. Empty the fuel tank,if you have an electrical lift pump you can use that. You then need to disconnect all the pipes and fittings on the metal plate at the top of the tank.Then take a piece of flat strong tape like that used for heavy parcels and pass it down and round the tanks forward end. Lift the tank up and remove by tilting the forward end up. Sounds easy but in my experience it involves a lot of laying on the cabin floor with arms in the hole and a fair amount of swearing.There is a sort of platform under the tank which is easily removed.I put a larger platform down there and then put my spare anchor chain down there. Keeps the weight nice and low.Good luck Mike On Thursday, 22 June 2017, 14:49, "John Kinsella John.Kinsella@... [AlbinVega]" <AlbinVega@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
I think you need to do with with the boat out of the water as the
water pressure makes it (?) impossible to remove..
The major advantages I suppose:
you have easy access to the bilge so all the tools that you dropped
in there can be fished out
you can flush out the bile & eliminate the accumulated diesel
leaks of (?) 20-30 years..
John V1447 Breakaway
On 22/06/17 13:57, Rainer Elvilä
rainer.elvila@... [AlbinVega] wrote:
I think you need to do with with the boat out of the water as the
water pressure makes it (?) impossible to remove..
The major advantages I suppose:
you have easy access to the bilge so all the tools that you dropped
in there can be fished out
you can flush out the bile & eliminate the accumulated diesel
leaks of (?) 20-30 years..
John V1447 Breakaway
On 22/06/17 13:57, Rainer Elvilä
rainer.elvila@... [AlbinVega] wrote: