98 Sea Swirl Striper

[jdlough]

Re: 98 Sea Swirl Striper

funny the gas tank needed replacement (which is a longer story) because the sender looked carroded adn when atteampting to fix that with a new sender the tank failed at one of the nut points. I replaced the tank, and good to go, but it seems the water through the hatch does corrode the sender units out, i should have left it alone and would have been fine.

Use a Wema or other brand Stainless Steel sender. No more corroded senders!


If you're installing a new sender and you strip a nut on the tank top, there is a way to still install the sender, if you're careful and lucky.

Remove the stripped tank nut if you can, or figure a way to enlarge the nut hole. (Don't use your sparky drill near the open gas tank hole).

Get about a 2" #8 or #10 stainless steel machine screw with stainless washer, and poke it up through the stripped hole from inside the tank. Hold it in place with a twist tie or something. Carefully lower in the new sender, and carefully feed that screw up thru the correct sender hole. (Those 5 sender holes look evenly spaced, but they're not. The sender has to be facing the correct direction). Now just tighten a stainless nylon lock nut down over that screw, and use stainless screws for the remaining 4 holes as normal. You'll have to hold the screw with a vise-grip while tightening the nut, but it's doable.

 

[catfishjoe]

Re: 98 Sea Swirl Striper

Hi guys, figured I'd ask in this thread since we have some other fellow seaswirl owners likely subscribed (and honestly not getting any bites on my engine problems topic). I'm experiencing some engine issues. Not major at this point but could likely lead to something more critical.

Full thread over here: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=556294 - if you all have any input I'd really appreciate it! Love this boat, hate to see it down!

 

[Chris1956]

Re: 98 Sea Swirl Striper

Joe, I posted some suggestions in your engine thread. Hope they work for you. The post originated last night at 10:30. You might give us more time to answer before you cite no bites....

 

[catfishjoe]

Re: 98 Sea Swirl Striper

Joe, I posted some suggestions in your engine thread. Hope they work for you. The post originated last night at 10:30. You might give us more time to answer before you cite no bites....

Thanks Chris, and you're right, I need to work on my patience I've never posted in that section and wasn't entirely sure what the odds were of receiving a response considering it fell off the first page.