Anti siphon valve

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I know, nobody likes to cut a hole. Theoretically it is probably possible but would be a nightmare. I would like to hear from someone that's really pulled it off. I can tell you that the fuel sender is 24 1/4" back from the lip of the cockpit hatch with about 3" of clearance from the top of the tank to the bottom of the deck. It would be tough. The good news is that there is a support stringer/brace that runs across the beam just about an inch aft of the hole, so there should be some pretty good support there. The sender gasket and corosponding mounting holes only fit in one way and really need some care to be torqued down just right to prevent leaks or over squishing the screw gaskets.

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I was pretty happy to have nice access to all of this so that I could really see what was going on in there. It would be tough to get that thing in without bending either the bracket or float wire. It's the little things that make you happy, but I was pretty thrilled to see a working fuel gauge today.

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Both anti siphon valves are a breeze to reach just inside of the cockpit hatch and on top of the fuel tank where the lines come out. Lay on your belly and grab a good quality wrench..
This boat has come a long way for us this summer. We bought it pretty much abandoned out of a farmer's field in Kansas City and shipped it 200 miles south to it's new home. The survey showed a solid hull with low hour (368) motors, so it was worth it to us to spend a summer working out little things. Now we have an amazingly cheap waterfront condo as far as I'm concerned.
Every single weekend has been a list of projects, but it's getting there. This weekend was the first opportunity to really take a nice on the water shot of it in its current state.

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