One of the other projects on Captains list this winter was to replace the 8 gallon holding tank with a 25 gallon tank. The project lasted only 1 weekend, really most of the day Saturday and only a couple extra hours on a Sunday.
He ordered the new tank from Hamilton Marine in Portland and it took about 2 days to come in. Once he had it in his possession he had to get to work on it right away. But first, take out the old tank. It want' that bad, he checked all the hose clamps, to be certain the clamps were tight (he didn't want to spill any of that antifreeze and lets-not-think-about-it stuff on the very bottom of the tank). Removing the old tank would have been easy, but one of the hose clamps was indeed tight, but not tight around the actual hose! Captain started moving the tank just to take a peek at what he was dealing with and of course, that one clamp/hose combo. started leaking. GROSS! Captain doesn't mind getting dirty, but this was not what he was okay with. After putting things back in place, re-attaching the hose and tightening the clamp, putting a large size garbage bag over the tank, he removed the tanks and thoroughly scrubbed himself and everything around it.
This is the old tank.
This is the old tank.
This is the space fore the holding tank. This is in the locker under the cockpit. Captain is 6'4" tall and he really squeeze in this space. But he did it!
He built a level platform for the tank to sit on. Scrap plywood and attaching a larger platform over the existing one. Perfect!
He put the new tank in place, easy-peasy. Connected the hoses and tried it out. Okay, not really. He ran some water and more antifreeze through it. I am writing this on April 15 and it was 42 at the highest temperature today. Anti-freeze is a necessity even at this time of year.
We are all set for long weekends now!
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