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I just finished mine this last weekend, and the only really tough part was pulling the new lines. I used the old electrician's trick where you make a tape "cone" at the front and use pulling ribbon to yard them through. We ran the ribbon in 3 of the 4 paths, so the 4th required some magic...

Welcome! I 2nd the idea of looking East for your Grady. Mine came from Virginia Beach in January of 2020. It needed (a fair amount of!) work but I couldn't be happier that I made that move...

Hmm. Maybe measure your deck hatch and be careful about making it any longer than that. A few inches maybe, but on mine the vertical clearance is tight. Have you pulled the hatch yet? Does yours look like mine? Personally, I love the two tank setup. I seriously thought about going to one, but...

My Sailfish is a 1998 272 and there was nothing between the tanks except a 2x4 spacer. Can't speak to any design changes happening over the year between our models, but here is the thread: https://www.greatgrady.com/threads/1998-272-fuel-tank-removal-questions.33552/ I had to trim a small...

That sucks. You may have seen my thread - I had to cut a 6" area off of the bottom of a ply member to get my front tank out too. But it was far easier than what you face, OP.

"ScottyCee, What kind of foam is that?" I bought a remnant at a local fiberglass surfboard (SIC) shop. I always wondered why a surf shop was in my neighborhood with no waves and all, but they sure do have everything a person could want for glassing stuff. It's 5/8" thick with a very fine...

That marine Tex sealer looks like a good product. Think I'll get some of that to coat the tanks at the end. At least the undersides...

Use a single piece of foam. Super strong, super light. This one was done 18 months ago and pulled up last week.

Sounds nice, but where will you find new motors?

They are really clean. There is a dusting of white oxidation / corrosion and some pitting that is very shallow in stripes where they rested on the rubber runners. No structural concerns, just want to kill the corrosion while it's easy. The two stripes look like the discolored 1-2" on the left...

The structure blocking the tank in turned out to be the bottom of the ply that makes the step riser going up to the help. Cutting 1=1/4" off the bottom for 6" was insubstantial. Now that the cover plates are fabricated and test mounted I should be able to clean the tanks. Being able to get hands...

Not interchangeable. Your Marlin transom is either 25" or 30" and you need that size motor.

Mine has three batteries, and three switches. Two batteries dedicated to the two motors (individually or together), and both of them are isolated but charge the house battery. I though this was normal.

Gas pump is safe for use cleaning out tanks. Fortunately there is little or no corrosion showing. Dry down there. Thanks for the input…

well, what you say makes sense but it’s a little inconsiderate of them. ;) I really didn’t think that they would do it that way but clearly they did. I hear what you’re saying, but that 150 gal tank is at least 1500 bucks, and that’s just not in the budget right now. I’m not spending any real...

Have you downloaded the owners manual from gradywhite.com yet? That’s The first place I always go for answers to that kind of question. https://www.gradywhite.com/explore/grady-owners/owners-manuals/

Hi All, The time has to come to pull the fuel tanks out of my 272. I want to clean off any corrosion, flush the insides, and repaint them. I also want to look at the stringers and clean everything up. There simply wasn’t time to go this deep last year when we bought it but this year it’s going...

You know, it might not hurt to call GW directly. I did a couple years ago, and they were willing to sell me a new anchor locker cover and bowsprit for a 1994 226. Unfortunately, the prices made that unrealistic for me, but those items were in fact available...

Guess it's about where you boat. I can't IMAGINE owning a walkthrough windshield \ bowrider model where I live. No way, no how. However, I have always thought of the GW as a "Florida / warm weather" boat, as they are canvas enclosed all the way up to the larger models. Boats made here usually...