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- Feb 4, 2016
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- Boat Info
- 1981 260 Sundancer with rebuilt 454/Mercruiser330-I/O. w/ alum. hard top with front and side wdos
- Engines
- One rebuilt 330 hp. 454 Chevy
Greetings
My 1981 260 Sundancer has a 6.5 KW. gen. ahead of the v birth. I doubt the flex fuel line has ever been replaced ( wow 39 years old). I have traced the line as far aft as the starboard storage area in the rear birth. The boat has a 100 gal. fuel tank residing on the aft side of the rear birth bulkhead. There is a deck above most of the fuel tank that prevents viewing the gen. fuel line connection to the tank, for that matter you can not even see the fuel gauge wire and float connection either.
I have only 3 choices as I see it. 1. Remove the engine (454 with Merctrans II) and move the 100 gal. tank aft far enough to get at the line then replace entire line from tank to gen. 2. Cut the existing line at the starboard storage compartment and run new line from the existing to the generator. 3. Install a new gas tank, say 5 gal. (external fill and vent) in the generator compartment. The gen. compartment already has an outside air inlet and exhaust fan. I have a fire ext. system from a previously raced sprint car that I would install in the gen. compartment also.
I would appreciate any other ideas and-or comments on my three ideas.
Thanks in advance
Hpcrank
My 1981 260 Sundancer has a 6.5 KW. gen. ahead of the v birth. I doubt the flex fuel line has ever been replaced ( wow 39 years old). I have traced the line as far aft as the starboard storage area in the rear birth. The boat has a 100 gal. fuel tank residing on the aft side of the rear birth bulkhead. There is a deck above most of the fuel tank that prevents viewing the gen. fuel line connection to the tank, for that matter you can not even see the fuel gauge wire and float connection either.
I have only 3 choices as I see it. 1. Remove the engine (454 with Merctrans II) and move the 100 gal. tank aft far enough to get at the line then replace entire line from tank to gen. 2. Cut the existing line at the starboard storage compartment and run new line from the existing to the generator. 3. Install a new gas tank, say 5 gal. (external fill and vent) in the generator compartment. The gen. compartment already has an outside air inlet and exhaust fan. I have a fire ext. system from a previously raced sprint car that I would install in the gen. compartment also.
I would appreciate any other ideas and-or comments on my three ideas.
Thanks in advance
Hpcrank