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I am looking into buying a 20' Mako Center with a 115 Yamaha for 2500 and it says it needs a fuel tank. Im wondering how hard it would be to do this myself? Any advice?
Not quite sure about your question... Are you looking for a source for a replacement tank? Do you want to fabricate it yourself or have someone make it for you? (See: http://www.yachtsurvey.com/fueltank.htm)
Amen on that statement we all know how 2500 boats turn into 7-10 grand boats pretty fast...may I suggest you read through these forums, learn what to look for....and buy something newer?
You may want to try the mako site. I haven't been there in a long time but they had great pics and how to descriptions on major rebuilding. I remember one of the guys pulled something like 350lbs of wet foam out of his 17CC when doing stringers...which were originally plywood.
Speaking of fuel tanks....when putting them back in place, is there supposed to be something under it isolating it from the hull? When I dragged mine home the fuel tank had been pulled from it's home and just thrown back into the boat before I came to get it. I found 7 or 8 pieces of rubber about 18 inches long laying in the hole for the tank. I'm not sure if that's what the tank was sitting on or not. Any thoughts?
