ccp 200 fuel fill hose

[Rich L]

I'm in the midst of changing the fill hose on my fuel tank and noticed a aluminum fill tube that runs a good part of the way up towards the fill cap. I can't tell for sure if its good or not, I was planning on running hose the entire length to the cap. Is there a trick to getting this tube out? I searched the site over and over and didn't find anything, so if I'm beating a dead horse. Pardon me.

[jdupree]

Rich,

Based on what I saw on my 200 CCP, I think you are going to have to cut that section of the deck out to get the old hose along with the tube.  I wanted to replace mine but never did because of that reason.  I am sure that the hose and tube are embedded by foam like mine were.  You could just cut out a small section and install an access hatch once your new hose is installed.  This would also give you the chance to see what condition your foam is in under the deck.  The access hatch would be right out beside the console and would look fine.

[Rich L]

Thanks John, the tube doesn't look that bad. I'm going to send a boroscope in there Monday and see what I have to work with. The only thing that looks like a pain is the upper hose.

[Rich L]

I checked the tube out it looks very solid so I cut the hoses of with a dremel. It was like doing surgery and yoga all at once.I didn't see any foam encasing the tube which I thought for sure would be there. Next is to order the tank from Alloy Metal I spoke with Phil the other day real nice guy and very helpful. He seemed pleased when I told him I heard about him from the aquasport guys online. I'm trying to post pics but no luck yet.    

[Capt. Bob]

I'm trying to post pics but no luck yet.    

Assumption: You have a Photo Bucket account and you post photos there .

Now, once you understand how Photo Bucket works and you still can't post pics, try this.
Read steps carefully.

1: Go to your Bucket account (you need one to post photos on this forum), open and double click on a photo you have downloaded to the site.

2. Place cursor on the top left of photo, tool bar will appear, place cursor on EDIT then click on RESIZE

3. In a few moments a new window will open (call it the re-size window) with your photo and a tool bar above it.
Note the current photo size in the tool bar.Since this site (Classic Aquasport) limits posted photos to 800 pix wide X 600 pix long you must re-size it in order to post it, if it is larger than that. So.....

4. Photo Bucket has preset sizes you can use. They are in a 4:3 ratio and you will notice them in the toolbar just below the width measurement. Also notice that you can manually enter the pixel size for both width and height. Also note that there are two selections you can make when manually selecting the number of pixels. Unless you're a photo genius make sure you have the "proportion" button highlighted (little red dot to the left). This keeps your photo in the standard 4:3 ratio mentioned above. Why is this important? Under normal conditions, you hold the camera in the standard position and your photo is taken in the 4:3 ratio. Tilting the camera on end alters the width to height ratio. By leaving the proportion button highlighted, you can enter 600 px in the height box and the width will automatically change for a proper photo size.

5. This is where most members screw up. :o After you set the proper size you must do two (2) additional steps. First, click on the APPLY button on the right side of the tool box. Nothing much will seem to happen. Now scroll down and click on the Replace Original button. It's located underneath and to the right of your photo. If you do not complete this step, you will never place the proper size photo on the Aqua site. This is the thing most members do not do.

6.After clicking on the Replace Original button, the screen will take a few moments to do its thing and a new window will magically appear. Scroll down and look to the right and you will notice several options for "sharing your photo". Click on the last (IMG) one and notice how a little yellow box appears to the left saying "copied".

That's it, you're done.
Go back to your post and place your re-sized photo into the post where you want it by pushing "Ctrl + V" (at the same time) and it will appear as code. By previewing your post before submitting, you can check that you did everything correctly.

[Rich L]

http://s1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd4 ... tion=view&

[slvrlng]

You also have to unlock your photobucket account so we can look at your pics! Soooo Close!
Once we can look at them we can determine why they won't post. This is usually because of the sizing. 640 X 480 max.

[Rich L]

Damn soo close

[Rich L]

Try that, I public now.

[Rich L]

[GoneFission]

Classic pre-1981 model 200 CCP - nice boat!  

[Rich L]

Thanks, it was a real mess when I picked her up. Not to bad a shape just real dirty and very little maintenance done. I have been bustin my butt last couple a weeks to say the least. I have the tank out, which is shot. All the teak is redone, tank lid recored and undecided on what size tank to put in.

[GoneFission]

Go big with the tank - match the original or even some more.  Resale is hurt when you downsize the fuel tank, and you can always put 40 gallons in a 55 gallon tank, but not vice-versa.  The extra few bucks for more tankage will be a good investment.  

Good luck!

[Rich L]

I dropped off the old tank at Alloy metal on Friday, it wasn't the stock tank.I took the day off cause I have a boat now and now have priority's . It was only about 50 gallons so I went for 55. Saturday was a blast i spent the day cleaning up the wiring and connections, amazing I didn't get stuck last season. The main ground wire to the console was hanging on by a thread. No wonder the lights wouldn't work and the bilge pumps where haywire.

[jdupree]

Rich,

Nice looking rig!  Good job with the teak!

As I said in my pm, think long and hard about a 55 gallon tank in that 200 CCP.  I can speak from experience when I said that I wish I had never downsized on my 200 CCP.  I think my 200 CCP might have got 2mpg and that 55 goes quick if you want to go offshore.