Brian,Those straps are for small tanks maybe 10 gal and under. Depends on how
big your tank is. On my 39 the tanks are held in place by blocks of wood
screwed to bulkheads. My tanks are all at least 30 gal. Hope this helps. Doug
Doug Mountjoy Rebecca Leah LF39 Port Orchard YC, WA.
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<cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Date: 9/14/18 09:10 (GMT-08:00) To:
cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Nauset Beach <nausetbe...@optonline.net> Subject:
Stus-List Fuel Tank Support and Tie Down / Straps
A few weeks ago I discovered a diesel leak from the bottom of the tank – the
tank had 2 areas of pitting and one was sufficiently deep to start leaking and
warrant replacing the tank. I now have the new AL tank and have a couple of
questions about installing it: The old tank was not strapped down and was
resting directly on the ends of 2 stringers and the hull, surrounded on the
sides [fairly tightly] by plywood. This allowed the tank to shift slightly,
more or less in place, which wore on the two end points of the stringers, and
that is where corrosion developed and the leak occurred. A while back someone
(Rick Brass (?) who is probably a little busy with Florence at the moment)
recommended glassing in old battens under the tank to reduce the opportunity
for moisture to collect and corrosion to occur. Last week Joe mentioned he
used Dri-Dek. Is there a consensus on how to best support a fuel tank? The
constant shifting of the tank was a contributing factor for the leak. How do
people tie down / strap AL diesel tanks? There is not much that looks overly
solid to which I can screw in hold downs, like those that come with this from
Defender:
https://www.defender.com/product3.jsp?name=scepter-expandable-tank-hold-down-kit&path=-1|311|2349059|2349070&id=4201879
And what to people use for straps? Would this Sceptre product be an
acceptable way to restrain the tank? Any suggestions? TIA,Brian
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