Re: '84-26' Starcraft Islander tear down and restoration
It looks like its got to be 80 gallons or bigger. That won't be fun on the pocket book to fill up when your done.
Its looks a lot bigger than my 52 gallon tank. Give a local welder or semi truck repair shop in the area a call and see what they say about welding it up. I saw on tv during one of the car shows awhile back a do it yourself gas tank renew kit. They mixed up x amount for the size tank they had, poured it in, and rolled the tank around a bunch to coat all the sides then dumped out any extra.
Be carefull wire wheeling that tank, wear some safety glasses and gloves. I started to clean mine that way and then switched to a pressure washer after the wheel came apart and had wires stucking in my arms, chest, and thighs. The pressure washer worked really good, the foam and dirt just washed right off of it quickly. I think the one I used was aroung 2500 psi but don't really remember it could have been bigger. Getting the foam out was not my favorite job when I did mine. I used a heavy duty garden fork to pry it up from the hull and a cross cut hand saw for cutting any that needed it. I didn't use a sawzall for fear of putting it through the hull or a stringer/rib.
