KWConch Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Hey fellas, Long story short I'm looking for some help putting a new gas tank in my 96 17MA. Is it possible to remove tank by only taking off the cap? Does the floor have to be cut as well. The boat has been redone by previous owner but it looks bone stock. Any advice would be grately appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLDXT Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Pull the cap or cut the floor out, only two ways to get it out. I believe the cockpit floor will come off with the cap. Please take some pics and document if you don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 2 hours ago, FLDXT said: Pull the cap or cut the floor out, only two ways to get it out. I believe the cockpit floor will come off with the cap. Please take some pics and document if you don't mind. Can anyone confirm that the cockpit floor comes off with the cap? Conocean, didn't you have a 17 MA re-done? Any recollection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conocean Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 I thankfully didn’t have tank issues with my old 17MA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 1 hour ago, conocean said: I thankfully didn’t have tank issues with my old 17MA. Gotcha - I thought you did a cap off restoration on yours, but may have misheard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 I'd cut the floor before I lifted the cap. Im assuming you're in the keys, plenty of talented fiberglass guys down there who can make it look like it never happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conocean Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 45 minutes ago, whichwaysup said: Gotcha - I thought you did a cap off restoration on yours, but may have misheard. I sold my 17MA & ordered an 18HPX instead of doing a complete refit (tank, rewire, pumps, spray deck, repower) which would've run me approximately $20k to do it the way I wanted to. The cost of doing the refit didn't scare me off but I wanted to pole & run skinnier so it made sense for me to move into a different fishing platform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whichwaysup Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 ahhhhhh, I misunderstood.. I thoght you went the other direction and did the refit. Gotcha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyshon Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 Best and most cost effective way is to remove the console and cut the floor. I would suggest you speak with Ray Ayres up here as he can lend some insight as to how to. Skip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWConch Posted December 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 On 12/12/2017 at 5:42 AM, FLDXT said: Pull the cap or cut the floor out, only two ways to get it out. I believe the cockpit floor will come off with the cap. Please take some pics and document if you don't mind. I will definitely post pics of the project. I am surprised I haven't found any on this model. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWConch Posted December 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 17 hours ago, slyshon said: Best and most cost effective way is to remove the console and cut the floor. I would suggest you speak with Ray Ayres up here as he can lend some insight as to how to. Skip 17 hours ago, slyshon said: Best and most cost effective way is to remove the console and cut the floor. I would suggest you speak with Ray Ayres up here as he can lend some insight as to how to. Skip Thanks Skip for giving me a contact. I'm gonna give him a call today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplec Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 20 hours ago, slyshon said: Best and most cost effective way is to remove the console and cut the floor. I would suggest you speak with Ray Ayres up here as he can lend some insight as to how to. Skip Skip, Would it be the same on the 96 18.5 MA as well ya reckon? No issues on mine but curious...just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slyshon Posted December 13, 2017 Report Share Posted December 13, 2017 1 hour ago, triplec said: Skip, Would it be the same on the 96 18.5 MA as well ya reckon? No issues on mine but curious...just in case. Yes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLDXT Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Mr Skip, in all your free time at MBC, maybe do a youtube video on how to replace the tanks in these older MA? It would sure help us die hards handle what we know is coming one day down the road with these classics.... ; )......I'm dying to see one of these!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooks V Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 I replaced my fuel tank , took off console and cut out floor . If you have any questions let me know 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted February 19, 2018 Report Share Posted February 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Brooks V said: I replaced my fuel tank , took off console and cut out floor . If you have any questions let me know Can you post any pics ? No issues on my 1995...but, I would imagine at some point it will be time... DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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