[PPerrelli]

Hey guys!



New to this forum. I purchased a 1995 Maverick Mirage about 6 months ago and have thoroughly enjoyed the boat. I have been constantly upgrading the boat including GPS, trolling motor, speakers, etc. In the next few months, I am planning to do a full restoration of the boat including paint, fiberglass work, rewiring, and lastly, replacing the fuel tank. Now as of now i'm not having any issues with the tank, but the last thing I want is to do a full restore and two months later have my tank leaking like crazy. My question is how big and bad of a job is this? It's up in the bow so i figured it may not be as bad as having to cut the floor out like the MA's. Has anyone taken on this job before?

 

[texasag07]

I will most likely not fit through the hatch so you will most likely have to cut out the bulkhead and re-glass or cut part of your deck out.

 

[SKRT SKRT]

Leby does great glass work man. It will be a small percentage of overall cost in the scheme of things with him! Trevor’s mirage tank was starting to leak when we were last up there.

 

[lemaymiami]

That hull, like many Maverick and Hewes designs... had the fuel tank in place before the cap was secured - and that's what needs to be done to be able to remove one... If your Maverick is built like mine (mine is an early Mav - a 1988 hull) the deck cap is secured by through bolts every ten inches or so all the way around... So you'll need to un-bolt it, after removing the rubrail to be able to raise it enough to remove the tank. We did mine some years ago (and I swore at the time that I'd be selling my rig rather than go through that again....).

If you're doing a general cap off restoration it's no big deal but the way those hulls were designed the fuel tank won't come out unless you remove the cap -or start cutting the area that holds it in place... Once it's removed it's a simple matter to have another one made by any reputable tank fabricator...

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