I found my family’s boat from my childhood!! I need help!

[Kjvxr]

Fcdave . The plywood was cut by me when I got the boat. After the inspection by the technician I remove the back panel and put the plywood down just to be able to stand on it. I do not believe there is any fuel in the tank. But I will know this week when I pull the cover off.I can handle the cleaning of that tank and the pressurization test no problem. Thank you so much for your advice.

 

[Kjvxr]

Tank is a 57 gallon alluminum

 

[tpenfield]

Tank is a 57 gallon aluminum

Better see if you can take it out and have a look on all sides of it. An aluminum tank should have some internal bulkheads/baffles to give the tank some structure. You can probably remove the fuel gauge sender from the top of the tank to get a look inside.

Be safe when work with and around the fuel tank. . . . no sparks

 

[Fcdave]

Some tanks do not have baffles...most alum have them.....my 35 gal tank had just one and besides the notches at side/corners and bottom of baffle it had a wide cresent shape cutout at top....allow some access to cleaning other half....i used my trailer jack to move bow up & down a few times to slosh fuel around, put it all to back of tank under access point and to clean & slosh with Heet. If you have any concrens with existing tank and easy access to pull tank and replace it, i would....its an old tank and a new one will give you peace of mind for another generation of boating!