A number of years ago, I had some friends with motorcycles who had this problem
with the tanks on their bikes. Seems to me that they got a compound at the
cycle shop for dealing with this. If I recall, it was called a "sloshing
compound", and they were able to seal the gas tank with it. They emptied the
tank, poured the stuff in, sloshed it around, let it set for awhile and then
poured out the excess. Don't know if it is still available or if it would be
applicable in a boat tank, as sloshing might be a problem, but thought I would
mention it.
Good luck with your tank.
Duane Melling
C27 No. 166
Coeur d'Alene, ID
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have been a fan of all of this collective knowledge in these emails,
but I am facing my own major problem that I am hoping there is a golden nugget
of knowledge.
I have a 1977 Catalina 27 in Lake Texoma near Dallas. It has served my dad
and I well over the years but recently it has developed a slight leak in the
gas tank - we have the original Universal Atomic 4 with less than 400 hours on
it.
Unfortunately, the estimate to cut out the lazarette remove the tank and
replace with a new one is $3200 of which only $250 is the new tank itself.
This would really be too much to spend on this boat so it may be an end of an
era if I dont come up with something else.
I was wondering if there was any brilliant advice, if any of you have
replaced the tank before etc.
Thanks so much
Sam
Jube II and Sam
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