Thanks for the welcome..... I was on this forum a lot of years, until the last few years. I think starting about 2003. I must have been inactive too long. Could not get into my account. So I created a new account here.
You must have a steel tank? I have a couple of plastic tanks. Not sure what you mean by: “loving what they did to those”? You mean from metal to plastic tanks?
Yes it will be fun when I get the boat on the water.
I paid $450 for the 60HP. But 2 stroke prices are pretty high around where I live. A lot of people like me can't afford a 4 stroke. Also a lot of people don't want to spend big money for a 4 stroke. The LU sounds a little louder turning the driveshaft by hand than my old 60HP LU. I think the LUs are swappable with my 93 60 Merc. The original Merc is in pieces now.
My tank is plastic but it has a manual vent screw. The new ones don’t. They supposed to self vent after they hit 5psi. They swell up like a balloon. Some have sprayed gas out. A lot of people get their carburetors flooded so bad the fuel just leaks through the outboard and into the water. The tanks are a strong poly that is supposed to handle the swelling.
Now they say to disconnect the fuel line when not running the motor.
I have one sitting in my shop that I bought when I rebuilt the fuel system.
My wife and I went fishing and it flooded all three carburetors. I didnt want to wear out my fuel fittings so I installed a shut off valve just before the fuel water separator filter. It worked but the swelling made me nervous. I grabbed an older tank I had and cleaned it up checked it out for leaks and been using it a couple of years now.
Attwood came out with a fuel demand valve that isn’t supposed to let any fuel past it unless the outboard is pulling fuel. Key word supposed.
The tanks have gotten better as far as functioning properly but you still have to add that fuel demand valve or disconnect the line every time you kill the motor.
Mine it a Scepter and i put a little fuel in it a few months ago because my old tank is starting to look it’s age. I let it sit a while and it never swelled. I even took it out in the sun here in Texas and no swelling whatsoever.
Turns out the cap that’s supposed to vent was venting all the time.
I emailed Scepter and they immediately sent me a improved cap.
I haven’t took the time to try it out yet.
