Thank you so much for the quick reply and the photos! I agree, the thought of cutting it out sucks, but setting it up so that I can access it again in the future with out cutting is nice. Thanks for sending the pictures, the idea about adding the lip is priceless. I was trying to think about how to make it so that I would not have to glass it back in and that's just the tip about the lip is exactly what I needed.
One last question, leaving 3 inches still left you enough space to get the tank out? Knowing what you know now, would you have made that larger/smaller? Or was that just about right?
I'm on my way to the store now to pick up a fresh blade and get to work.
Thanks again!
Kirk
Mike wrote:
I cut along the hull,,, stayed about three inches away from the hull wall so I could use it for a tab to connect the bunk floor when it was ready to be re-installed. As I said in the previous post, the bunk floor is screwed in on one side so all the cutting is along the outside hull wall.
If the level of diesel in your tank is below the sender/inspection port and you still have diesel pooling down around the nav desk/nav seat I'd say it's leaking because all hoses connect above that point; the vent hose and filler hose.
Once I cut the bunk floor out and removed it,,,, a quick look down and I could tell that my tank was indeed leaking. When I re-installed the bunk floor and I installed it so I could remove it quickly if necessary. .... SO removing it might just be worth it in the long term to be able to inspect the tank when needed. Just a thought...
Oh to answer your question specifically,,, I added a lip on the piece I cut out and connected it to the 3" tab side with screws,,, so the bunk floor simply sits back in ,,, screws on one side and the lip resting on top of the tab side.... some folks have simply connected it with Fglass but I like the idea of removing it when I want.
I have attached 3 pictures, two are of the tank with the bunk floor removed. You can see how the tank is held in place,,,, metal straps... the third pic is the rusty corner of my tank,,, that corner was cut out and rewelded.