Recent content by jimjybe

Just got word that homeowners on the barrier islands cannot stay in their home until engineer inspections of mechanical and electrical have been performed and work completed.

Brent, sorry to see this happen to you or anyone for that matter. Hopefully this is worst of your troubles! Most of my friends on pine island are fine, friends in st James City not so much. At least everyone I know are alive and well. Bet you're glad you sealed that tank in, she should be fine...

I changed all mine out, SS above waterline, Brass below the waterline.

Nice job on your tank replacement, I like the reinforced deck bracing!

My floor is setting on the coffin box, another post here shows added floor bracing that looks pretty nice!

The fiberglass shop said that coal tar epoxy is epoxy with filler added and I was better off to go with straight epoxy, so I did. With that said, my tank Corroded from the inside out. The only corrosion on the outside was from where the leak was, the inside was pitted to death.

I had my tank made 6" shorter since I cut the floor 3" aft of the cabin door, probably didn't need to. The cut behind the door is where I epoxy in a strip of fiberglass board to support the floor. The rear was cut right down the center of the coffin box. On the sides I laid felt paper under...

This is what Parker sent me for my 1998 2520. I was able to measure the tank through the inspection holes to verify. had the tank made months in advance (since I was using the boat on a temp tank) and it fit like a glove!

Mine failed the pressure test, had the fuel smell in the bilge. Borescope inside, I could see corrosion in cell phone pics through the fuel guage hole.

That was the hardest part of the whole job, I put the fill hose in first but that made it hard to install the vent hose. Ended up using a borescope from the top to see and grab it with a soid wire in the hole I drilled in it.

Had the tank made in Tampa Florida by CL Mattson, he has since retired. I posted looking for a good tank fabricator on "the hull truth" and fb "Tampa offshore" page (my region). He was the most reccomend. Seemed like there were several others that had good reviews too. One guy couldn't make a...

Priced the 3/16" tank in September 2021 was $1,960,00 ordered it to be made a month later and it was almost $200.00 more due to the cost in aluminum. All in all I did this for around $2,500.00 having the visible seam in the floor.

I was thinking I was cutting along the top of the stringer, it worked out ok, just more work than needed.

did you resolve this???

Finally replaced the tank in my 2520. I emailed Parker and they sent me the dimensions of the original tank in my mod V, after measuring to confirm and making adjustments on the placement of the gauge and ports I had the tank made. I also shortened the tank 6" overall to make it easier to drop...