# Fuel Tank **URL:** \ **Category:** Archives\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://freedomyachts.org/t/fuel-tank/4120 "2005-03-04T13:18:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![reh22503](https://freedomyachts.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@reh22503](https://freedomyachts.org/u/reh22503)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://freedomyachts.org/t/fuel-tank/4120/1 "2005-03-04T13:18:00Z")
Posted by reh22503 (reh22503@…\>) The fuel tank on my Freedom 36 split at a bottom seam. Where can I get a replacement that will fit through the companionway? The original tank was installed before the deck was put on the boat. To remove the old tank from the boat, the marina had to cut away about a foot of the forward starboard corner. The tank was aluminum with a capacity of 33 gallons, manufactured by Aluminum Fabricators Products in Perry, FL. Can’t find them on the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Brien\_Barnewolt](https://freedomyachts.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Brien\_Barnewolt](https://freedomyachts.org/u/Brien_Barnewolt)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 2:55pm UTC](https://freedomyachts.org/t/fuel-tank/4120/2 "2005-03-04T14:55:00Z")
Posted by Brien Barnewolt (babarnewolt@…\>) This happened to me this time last year on my 1988 F36/38. My yard had a new tank custom fabricated just slightly smaller than the original so it would subsequently fit through the companionway if there every is a “next time.” Loss of tank capacity was negligible. Good luck. On Mar 4, 2005, at 8:18 AM, reh22503 wrote: > The fuel tank on my Freedom 36 split at a bottom seam. Where can I > get a replacement that will fit through the companionway? The > original tank was installed before the deck was put on the boat. To > remove the old tank from the boat, the marina had to cut away about > a foot of the forward starboard corner. > > The tank was aluminum with a capacity of 33 gallons, manufactured by > Aluminum Fabricators Products in Perry, FL. Can’t find them on the > internet. > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ADVERTISEMENT > \<22305\_0205\_016\_b\_300250\_a.gif\> > \ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > • To visit your group on the web, go to: > [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freedomyachts2003/](http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freedomyachts2003/) > > • To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [freedomyachts2003-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com](mailto:freedomyachts2003-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com) > > • Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > Service. ---
**Author:** ![macks011](https://freedomyachts.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@macks011](https://freedomyachts.org/u/macks011)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://freedomyachts.org/t/fuel-tank/4120/3 "2005-03-04T15:21:00Z")
Posted by macks011 (macks04@…\>) This is precicely what happened on my F36. In my case, the tank was rewelded in its truncated shape. I figure I only lost2-3 gal of capacity. All the seams were inspected and rewelded and the tank pressure tested. The tank was recoated with an epoxy coal tar emulsion to protect from further corrosion. Check the partition panels along the tank. If you were leaking fuel, it pooled at the bottom of the partition. The edges of the panels were never sealed during construction and it is likely that fuel wicked up into the panels. One panel had to be replaced and another had a new bottom piece sistered in. — In [freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com](mailto:freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com), “reh22503” \ wrote: > The fuel tank on my Freedom 36 split at a bottom seam. Where can > I > get a replacement that will fit through the companionway? The > original tank was installed before the deck was put on the boat. > To > remove the old tank from the boat, the marina had to cut away > about > a foot of the forward starboard corner. > > The tank was aluminum with a capacity of 33 gallons, manufactured > by > Aluminum Fabricators Products in Perry, FL. Can’t find them on > the > internet. ---
**Author:** ![reh22503](https://freedomyachts.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@reh22503](https://freedomyachts.org/u/reh22503)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://freedomyachts.org/t/fuel-tank/4120/4 "2005-03-04T18:05:00Z")
Posted by reh22503 (reh22503@…\>) Thanks for the info. My boat is also a 1988; the first one so designated and it made the fall boat shows that year. (#69). The AFP company is now the RDS company used by BoatUS and west Marine. My marina told me this morning that they still have the engineering specs in their computer as you too found out. Again, thanks!