[C320-list] Fuel polishing/fuel tank cleaning

[Ade Bateman]

I just uploaded photos of my fuel tank replacement project.
http://c320.org/mediagallery/album.php?aid=321

The new tank cost US$568 last year.

> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 04:32:37, Jon Vez wrote:
> 
> Correct,
> 
> You must remove the frame...
> 
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> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 10:34 PM
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> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Fuel polishing/fuel tank cleaning
> 
> My understanding is that it will fit through the aft cabin lazarette access
> in the bulkhead but only with the frame removed. Not at the boat so I'm not
> sure if the 14x24 is the door size or the hole size in the bulkhead.
> 
> Jim brown
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > On Jun 15, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Jon Vez <jonvez at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > It was 582, a 99 model so it should be no problem. It will not come
> > out of
> the lazarette opening. I now sail a 355, but had my 320 for 12 years...
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> >> On Jun 15, 2017, at 6:24 PM, Greg Flanagan <greg.flanagan at shaw.ca> wrote:
> >>
> >> Jon, what is your hull #? My aft cabin access port to the stern
> >> lazarette
> is only ~14" X 24". And the top sides port is also too small.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Greg
> >> Hoop Dancer #1076
> >>
> >>> On Jun 15, 2017, at 3:17 PM, Jon Vez <jonvez at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I replaced mine after 10 years. Not hard to do, just remove the
> >>> floor
> section in the Lazarette and remove tank from the access door in the aft
> cabin.
> >>> For those of you who follow Nigel Calder, he says the aluminum has a
> >>> finite life and the older tanks had a thinner wall than later hull
> >>> numbers. He also feels that aluminum is still the best choice for
> >>> fuel tanks...FWIW
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPad
> >>>
> >>>> On Jun 15, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Greg Flanagan <greg.flanagan at shaw.ca>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I think changing the tank periodically is a good idea. I have heard
> >>>> of
> failures after as little as 10 years. However, how much of the boat do you
> have to disassemble? Is there an article on doing this? Do people replace the
> aluminum tank with a plastic one?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>> Greg