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Thank you all for the advise on cleaners. Now I just need to find a local lumber yard that sells small pieces of marine plywood. I'll post some pictures of the tank removed and the tank cradle it sits in. The original tank strap's had trangular threaded bolts that the straps where crimped too. I'll ...

Great looking deal there Chucka I wish you luck with the survey. What type of epoxy and hardener did you use on your strut plywood backing block. Yup looks like the backing block is 1/2 plywood Thanks for any response. Brian

Ahoy Gang The wheels of progress are turning and I recently removed my gas tank to access the bilge for repair of the strut backing block. Can anyone recommend a good bilge cleaner. Some dirt but mostly oily ground in dirt. Thanks for any help Brian

Thanks MattSC for that helpful link it will come in handy. Thanks Chucka for the advise. Yup just as I thought repair/reseal strut/backing block and cutlass bearing before removal of Engine and Trans assembly.The backing plate along with carriage bolt nuts are located under gas tank which is disscon...

Ahoy gang. Just wondering if anyone has ever removed thier shaft strut to reseal and repair the backing plate. Other than marking the strut outline were it meets the hull for a reference point when reattaching is a laser level line needed or are the mating surfaces of the shaft and tranny couplers t...

Ahoy John Welcome aboard the Trojan adventure. Great people,advise and knowledge. Yup don't forget Great Boats. I'm working on a 1978 F-26 HT so sing out with any questions I'll gladly try to help. Brian

Ahoy larry Welcome to this Great forum Great People, Great knowledge, Great Boats Talk to you later Brian (Pilgrim32)

Thanks chucka for the awesome info. I'm hoping to add some photos to this posts showing the damage I'm dealing with. With all the damage I'm wondering if it's just as easy to remove the hardtop and bring it into a shop area to fix at the same time it opens up the motor hatch for easy motor/tranny re...

Thanks for the forktruck info. Yup the hardtop removal could add alot of problems to the project but the more I look at the large cracks and delamination of the fiberglass along the edges, together with the center winshield support (seems) to have a broken weld at the top where both top/crossover wi...

Thanks strippermann I have add that site to my electronic tool box. Thanks again

Ahoy gang. While looking through some of my saved web sites I came across Safeafloat.com which has the newest regulations for boat builders. So I guess I found some of the fuel system info I was looking for. Its a good source of info,but nothing beats talking to real Trojan Boat Owners after all the...

Hello everyone. Just think ahead for my next rebuild/repower task of motor and transmission removal was wondering if anyone has ever removed the factory hardtop on a F-26 (1978) would make picking the motor and tranny up and out with a crane very easy?. Also hardtop has had water intrusion do to anc...

Thanks gang. Yup I'm starting the flow of Trojan Boat fever back in my system, and assembling my tools for the tasks ahead. Let's see PB Blaster,wrenches, beer,sockets,ice,camera,note pad,more beer and alot of patiences. Fuel tank removal no biggy,but the engine and tranny? well that's going to be a...

Ahoy gang. I'm in the process of removing/replacing the original 75 gallon fuel tank, fill pipe, vent lines and supply lines with new. I was wondering were a good source of Coast Guard Regulations could be found or viewed. Do they still allow the use of galvi pipe as part of the fill pipe assembly? ...

Ahoy gang. New owner of a 1978 F-26 HT that hasn't been on the forum for several months due to well the list is endless but I'm back in the Helm seat and ready to chart the next rebuild procedure. I've cleaned the interior and exterior and she cleaned up good,now on to the fuel tank removal, then th...