Help!
I've started removing the original fuel tank from my 84 28+, and have run into the problem of the glassed in aluminum tabs not allowing me to remove the tank. I've cut away the plywood from the back, starboard, side of the tank, and can rock the tank up a few degrees, but it won't go any further.
When lifted a bit it hits the bulkhead between the fuel tank and engine room and I sure don't want to cut that to remove the tank. It has 3 tabs that are glassed in, and that is the only thing holding it in, but I don't know how to approach dealing with cutting that away without damaging the hull!
Any advice on how to cut away the fiberglass covering the alumnimun tank tabs would be ever so greatly appreciated.
Two hours of banging and rocking it back and forth only resulted in me getting hot and banged up myself.
I've started removing the original fuel tank from my 84 28+, and have run into the problem of the glassed in aluminum tabs not allowing me to remove the tank. I've cut away the plywood from the back, starboard, side of the tank, and can rock the tank up a few degrees, but it won't go any further.
When lifted a bit it hits the bulkhead between the fuel tank and engine room and I sure don't want to cut that to remove the tank. It has 3 tabs that are glassed in, and that is the only thing holding it in, but I don't know how to approach dealing with cutting that away without damaging the hull!
Any advice on how to cut away the fiberglass covering the alumnimun tank tabs would be ever so greatly appreciated.
Two hours of banging and rocking it back and forth only resulted in me getting hot and banged up myself.