deck filler

BarraBeast · Post by **BarraBeast** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:56 pm

would you mob install a ss deck filler in the floor of your boat, knowing it will get water over it from time to time?

it's risky I know - but I want to replace the sender unit head with a deck filler cap so I can check the fuel level manually.

see pic.

provided I seal the base in properly it should be ok right?

Post by **Matt Flynn** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:02 pm

Mine was covered in water for a while after I left the bung in and it rained hard for two days - no water went in the fuel tank, I was chuffed about that

BarraBeast · Post by **BarraBeast** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:09 pm

Matt Flynn wrote:no water went in the fuel tank, I was chuffed about that

yeah but your's is powered by a steam engine, doesnt count

max · Post by **max** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:37 pm

whats wrong with the set up now Beastie ,if it aint broke dont fix it

Blinky · Post by **Blinky** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:02 pm

Mines on the floor BB, and, as you say, it gets completely submerged at times, I've never had any water in the tank. But, mind you, I put a litre of metho in the tank every now and then.........to be sure, to be sure.

andrew.south · Post by **andrew.south** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:05 pm

What does the Metho do Blinky, I thought that was only for drinking......

nikoniko · Post by **nikoniko** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:08 pm

Does it help burn the water in the fuel off?

BarraBeast · Post by **BarraBeast** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:03 pm

nikoniko wrote:Does it help burn the water in the fuel off?

the metho particals bind with the water particals, making it combustable which helps pass it through the engine.

it's an old trick from ww2 and still used by Cops in remote locations who stash fuel for long periods of time.

Max - the fuel sender unit(electric one) doesnt give a good reading. So I'd rather replace it with a filler so I can dip a broom stick into it and do it manually. old school I know, but at least it will take some of the guess work and anxiety out of the equation if or when I forget to set the figures into the fuel flow panel on the gps.

plus, whats wrong with bit of sniff if your day is going so good.

if your not wasted - the day is.

dodgyone · Post by **dodgyone** » Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:30 pm

max wrote:whats wrong with the set up now Beastie ,if it aint broke dont fix it

Think its the reliability of the Lowrance Electronics thats mostly in question. Beasty is still saving for the quality stuff.

Whats the saying.... "Poor people and tightarses always pay twice".

BarraBeast · Post by **BarraBeast** » Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:21 am

dodgyone wrote: Think its the reliability of the Lowrance Electronics thats mostly in question. Beasty is still saving for the quality stuff.

Whats the saying.... "Poor people and tightarses always pay twice".

allow me to clarify - the sender unit is a sensotek branded thing that came with the boat and it's hooked up to a suzuki analoge guage

the lowrance shielding prob will get sorted out

it's a backup unit anyway.

a raymarine is comin, but from the price of the suckers it's gonna have a tiny screen!